Washington, DC - On Sunday, July 26, three young Hungarian boys had the chance to attend the Formula 1 Grand Prix race and watch the Porsche Supercup from a VIP box. They got to meet a real international race car driver and even walk down to the pit to see the car up close. An opportunity like this does not come along often for anyone, let alone these young boys.

The boys participate in programs run by the Tudor Foundation, a GFC grantee partner in Hungary that works with gifted youth who do not have the means to develop their abilities or continue their education past the primary years. Tudor’s workshops help children build self-confidence, gain critical-thinking skills, and begin to set goals and form aspirations for the future. These boys were the lucky recipients of a prize for winning a competition put together by the Tudor Foundation.

This special opportunity for the boys was set up by GFC’s new partner, Porsche Supercup and the Sanitec racing team. Will Langhorne, the team’s captain and driver from the United States, spent time walking through the Porsche Supercup paddock with the boys, talking about his life and inspiring them to dream big.

The Global Fund for Children is thrilled to partner with this Porsche Supercup team. The team is sponsored by Sanitec, a medical waste processing company committed to keeping the world’s dumps free of dangerous medical waste, thus reducing the chances that those who work and live at dump sites will contract life-threatening diseases. GFC’s logo on the back of the race car has already zipped around race tracks in Monte Carlo, Istanbul, and now Budapest.

Introducing Porsche Supercup to our grantee partner in Hungary was an exciting way to directly connect the racing team to the vital work that GFC supports around the world. Hopefully, as Supercup keeps racing around the globe, we can continue to offer these types of special opportunities to our grantee partners and the children they serve.