00:00As the FIFA World Cup prepares for kick-off, schoolchildren in Haiti are playing along.
00:0648 schools have been chosen to represent the 48 countries in the World Cup and stage their own tournament.
00:13But Team Mondial 2026 is more than a football tournament.
00:17It's a call for peace in a country ravaged by violence.
00:23Team Mondial 2026 meant a great deal to us and was a game for peace.
00:28We used this slogan in relation to Team Mondial's objective.
00:32It's about enabling young people to really enjoy themselves.
00:36Because we must remember that it's not just about students travelling from their homes.
00:41It's also about their schools being difficult to reach and the inaccessibility for these students.
00:51With Haiti participating in the World Cup for the first time in 54 years,
00:56it's an opportunity for Haitians to set aside their concerns and unite around their team.
01:02It also offers an alternative to violence.
01:07Haiti will not be rebuilt through violence.
01:10It will not be built by those who are destroying this school,
01:14these neighbourhoods, these playgrounds, these police stations.
01:20Haiti's national team faces its first World Cup opponent on Saturday,
01:25going up against Scotland in Group C.
01:28But the most significant matches may be those being played right here in Haiti.
01:34Yeah.
01:36Go for it.
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