This season, the GP2 Series helps a school in Seeta Nazigo

The GP2 Series is drawing to a close and will celebrate with its new Champion this weekend in Portugal, where the last round of the 2009 season will take place at the Autodromo Internacionale do Algarve. On Sunday evening, the traditional Prize Giving Ceremony will not only honour all the protagonists  of  the  fifth  season  of  the  Series,  but  will  also  feature  our  now  customary  charity auction.

This year, the GP2 Series has chosen to support and help develop St Mary’s Primary School in Seeta Nazigo, Uganda. Although attendance at a primary school is mandatory in this country, a large number of children still cannot afford to pay for the school fee.

Learning English and getting an  education  offer  a  significant  advantage  in  Ugandan  society,  and  going  to  school  helps  to secure a child’s future. Built  a  few  years  ago,  the  school  building  is  no  longer  big  enough  to  welcome  all  the  potential pupils, aged from five to sixteen years old.

Thanks to GP2 Series’ donations, a new classroom block - including teachers’ housing and a kitchen shed – will be erected. Further funds will also be used to purchase books and furniture, along with repairing and maintaining the existing block. GP2 Organiser Bruno Michel said: “Traditionally, helping charities has always been important to the  GP2  Series.  After  four  years  of  working  together  with  the  Gonzalo  Rodriguez  Memorial Foundation, this year, we have also chosen to help build a school in Uganda.

This new project is in line with the values and philosophy of our Series, and we are happy to contribute and facilitate the education of young children in Seeta Nazigo.”

The  auction  will  be  held  on  Sunday  evening  alongside  the  prize  giving  ceremony,  with  many items  donated  by  Formula  One  drivers  such  as  double  World  Champion  Fernando  Alonso,  the first  ever  GP2  champion  Nico  Rosberg  (thanks  to  Bridgestone’s  contribution),  Red  Bull  Racing drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, and ING Renault F1 Team’s Romain Grosjean.