British Charity Gifts for Hungarian Children

A convoy of 60 special cars arrived in Budapest on Saturday. The ‘Rally for Heroes’ has been on the road since 2010, collecting donations of some GBP half a million since. This time, they stopped in the Hungarian capital and brought donations for Hungarian children.

This Saturday afternoon, the special vehicles lined up at Heroes' Square in Budapest, where visitors had the opportunity to see them up close, take photos alongside them or even get inside one of the wonder cars.

The event also served to support children in need in Hungary, as part of the Operation Shoe Box campaign. This year's Rally for Heroes shoebox donation is delivered to disadvantaged children in this country by the International Children’s Safety Service, in partnership with the British Embassy in Budapest. The 65 shoe-boxes contain a variety of gifts, separately for girls and boys, including age-specific gifts. The Rally for Heroes is a bi-annual charity rally organized by British soldiers, with a convoy of 60 luxury and vintage cars travelling through ten countries across Europe, including Hungary. The charity’s primary aim is to help the families of British military heroes. The organizers believe that every five miles driven represents the life of a soldier who has died in combat since the start of the war in Afghanistan. Rally for Heroes participants have been on the road since 2010, covering more than 18,000 miles. This year's ride is the last of its kind.