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Announced ahead of the 2025 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix taking place on Saturday 11th January at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, the all-electric FIA championship has pledged its support to El Caracol and its ‘School of the Butterflies' project. The donation will helpprovide educational support, health care, food, transportation, teaching materials, and safe spaces to children, adolescents, and families transitioning out of life on the streets in Mexico City.
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In Season 11, a chosen charity in every of the 10 race marketswill receive a €25,000 charitable donation, bringing the fund total to €250,000— building on €100,000 that was donated to from the Better Futures Fund last year.
With Formula E’s donation, El Caracol will expand its impact and support 176 children and adolescents and 50 parents and caregivers from underserved populations across five boroughs in Mexico City currently experiencing sever poverty.
The initiative will provide educational support, health care, food, transportation, teaching materials, and safe spaces. Resources will also be allocated for activities like birthdays, cultural celebrations, and recreational outings to foster community integration and develop life skills, aimed at promoting a path toward independence, dignity, and a fulfilling life outside of the streets for all participants. This will include:
- Providing Psychosocial support for children and adolescents affected by street violence.
- Improved care spaces for children and families.
- Implementation of the School of Nurturing, which teaches positive parenting practices.
- Functional literacy programs to empower parents with limited reading and writing skills.
- Covering resources such as food, healthcare, teaching materials, and recreational activities to promote dignity, education, and inclusion.
Formula E’s support will also foster physical and mental well-being, educational inclusion, and skill development for children and adolescents, while promoting positive family dynamics, functional literacy for adults, and strengthened support networks.
Participants will also gain access to essential services, human rights awareness, and community engagement through cultural and recreational activities, empowering them to lead dignified, independent lives free from discrimination and rooted in supportive, inclusive environments outside of the streets.
Engagement during race week:
Formula E will also engage with El Caracol through a range of impactful initiatives:
- ‘A day at El Caracol’: The Formula E team will visit El Caracol to take part in a ‘day in the life’ at the charity. Representatives will engage in open dialogues with their community, participate in interactive and creative workshops with a focus on empowerment through human rights, fostering mutual understanding and solidarity
- Race Visits: Formula E will welcome and host 100 members of El Caracol's community at the 2025 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix
Julia Pallé, VP of Sustainability, Formula E said: “We’re thrilled to make our second donation of the Better Futures Fund for Season 11 to El Caracol in Mexico City. Our collaboration with El Caracol through the Better Futures Fund embodies our mission to empower underserved communities and tackle inequality.
"By supporting impactful projects like the ‘School of the Butterflies,’ we aim to provide children, adolescents, and families with the resources and opportunities to lead dignified, independent lives. This initiative reflects the core of Formula E’s sustainability and social impact strategy—building inclusive, equitable, and thriving communities leaving a positive and lasting legacy in Mexico City.”
Gerardo Rodríguez, Institutional Development at Centro transitorio de capacitación y educación recreativa El Caracol AC (El Caracol) said: "The financial collaboration of Formula E represents an opportunity to support a project that promotes educational inclusion and human rights. We know that a development model like the Butterfly School can empower participants to build and advance a life plan away from the streets, access and remain in safe spaces, and move toward a dignified life within a community."
What is El Caracol?
Founded in 1994, Centro Transitorio de Capacitación y Educación Recreativa El Caracol AC (El Caracol) is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to empowering underserved communities and addressing inequality. The organisation works with children, young people, women, adults, people with disabilities, the elderly, and families to provide educational inclusion, psychosocial support, and resources for those transitioning out of life on the streets in Mexico City.
El Caracol aims to enhance the well-being of underserved communities and tackle inequality by fostering community integration and developing life skills. This support helps participants lead independent lives outside of the streets, with a strong emphasis on human rights and dignity. The organisation equips individuals with essential skills needed for the future to promote social inclusion.
The Better Futures Fund is a cornerstone of Formula E’s Formula Equity social impact strategy, which is dedicated to addressing social inequalities and fostering diverse communities in host cities worldwide.
Everything you need to know about the Better Futures Fund
Launched during Season 10, the Better Futures Fund was created to build on the positive legacy Formula E leaves behind in host cities, maintaining the world-leading sustainability standards that the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship sets across the sporting and sustainability sectors. To date the fund has impacted 13,520 people within those local communities.
Focusing on initiatives aligned to Formula E’s purpose and sustainability strategy delivering environmental and social impact,with the goal of accelerating sustainable human progress through the power of electric racing, the Fund empowers and supports communities via impactful initiatives that will leave a legacy well beyond race weekends through funding (€25,000 per city), awareness, engagement with Formula E.
Alongside the funding itself, Formula E is committing to working with each charity holistically, providing awareness of the causes, engaging directly with the organisation and offering volunteer support while in the city.
Organisations will also be included within Formula E’s wider sustainability strategy, including hosting representatives at track and introducing them to the wider Formula E ecosystem as part of the series’ Inspiration Hour held every race week, to engage local communities with Formula E’s races.