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distance-learning platform for PE teachers, coordinators and tutors.One aspect of the project is to take sports to the Olympic vilas and public spaces where Transforma festivals are promoted. ÒMore than 15,000 people have already participated in sports in various states, like Minas Gerais and Amazonas. We operate from the Maracan‹ Stadium to the Olympic vila in Rocinha favela,Ó Berbat added.The project has also involved students from participating schools. They are currently taking part in a challenge called Olympic Truce, which aims to inspire the design of a peaceful flag and the creation of a message of peace. Participants have been registering their symbols on the competition website and starting what they call bandeira•o, or the sharing of the flags and messages, on social networks.THE FLAME OF PEACETo fire up the Brazilian spirit, the whole country has been celebrating the journey of the Olympic flame, which started in the federal capital Bras’lia on 3 May. The Olympic Torch Relay Ð which is supported by Presenting Partners Coca-Cola, Bradesco, and Nissan Ð will involve some 12,000 torchbearers and pass through every state in Brazil in the 95 days leading up to the Opening Ceremony. ÒThe Olympic flame has arrived. We call on all Brazilians to celebrate sport, youth and talent. Together we will build a better future, a future that we deserve,Ó said Rio 2016 President Carlos Arthur Nuzman.But Rio 2016 doesnÕt only want to reach the hearts of Brazilians and South Americans. Since the IOC announced that a delegation of refugees would take part in the Games under the Olympic flag, there has been an effort to integrate refugees into the Olympic Torch Relay. On the day the Olympic flame arrived in Brazil, Syrian refugee Hanan Daqqah, 12, was one of the first 10 people to carry the torch. Her family left the 300The Olympic flame visited more than 300 Brazilian towns and cities during the Olympic Torch Relay OLYMPIC REVIEW 37RIO 2016 PREVIEW