With the 2026 Winter Olympics just days away, much of the world’s attention is focused on athletes, venues, and medals. But across Italy, another Olympic effort has been underway for more than a year. It’s centered not on competition, but on the country’s kids.
In Cortina d’Ampezzo, one of the mountain towns hosting events for the Milan-Cortina Games, that effort appeared in an unexpected place — a small camper van style exhibit set up near a centuries-old church. “It doesn’t look like an Olympic venue,” said Khadija Taufiq with Scuola Futura. “But we’re trying to do something to … make students and the youth realize that they’re part of something bigger.”
