Gabriele Nissim

Gariwo Chairman

Articles

The great democratic challenge in a polarised world

2 December 2025

There are two major challenges for the Gariwo Foundation, within this network of three hundred Gardens of the Righteous worldwide, which we wished to launch around the theme of democracy—a gathering that includes the participation of thirteen countries, the United Nations, and several renowned African athletes who fight against racism and for inclusive sport.

The meaning of the network of the Gardens of the Righteous around the World

1 December 2025

In every age, the search for significance will always be the main motivation in human life. Nietzsche argued that “he who has a why to live for can bear almost any how”. Victor Frankl, the psychiatrist who survived Auschwitz and invented logotherapy, a psychiatric treatment to cure people of depression through optimism about the future, made this quote his own, arguing that in all circumstances, even the most terrible ones, human beings can get back up and say yes to life if they have a plan for the future.

Charter of Democracy: the democratic power “of the powerless”

1 October 2025

After the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, something unexpected is occurring in the world for those who believed that the values of democracy, dialogue, peace and nonviolence were guaranteed and one could build their future on them. Instead, the new images of 21st-century autocracies, persecuting and silencing any dissenting voices, as well as hatred and confrontation that can be perceived in the public arena, make us realize that we are losing our taste for and appeal to the fundamentals of democracy.

Changing the world through sport, a lesson from Rwanda

28 July 2025

In this ceremony, you can all learn something important. Even when you play sports, you can change the world when you understand that there are no first-class and second-class athletes, but understanding that everyone is equal and everyone can enjoy the beauty of sport. Those who respect their opponents, congratulate those who have lost and play sports not to become famous or to be applauded by the public, but to cultivate relationships with others, will be better people in life. The speech held by Gabriele Nissim for the 2025 Ceremony at the Garden of Kamonyi, Rwanda.

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