'The Shape of Water' Director Guillermo del Toro changed these students' lives with a simple gesture

Guillermo del Toro is the director with a heart of gold! The generous del Toro has once more come to the rescue and helped a team of twelve young Mexican schoolchildren make their dreams come true. Through one simple gesture, the Oscar winner changed their lives forever.

A few days ago, it became known that the twelve schoolchildren and incidentally, math geniuses, would be unable to compete at the prestigious International Competition of Mathematics (IMC) in South Africa, due to lack of funds to cover the costs that would be incurred during the international trip. The news went viral and the famed Director of The Shape of Water, Hellboy and Crimson Peak (among others), took notice. Through his social media channel, del Toro announced he would pay for all twelve of the flights!

The generous gesture was applauded by many but none more than the kids themselves, who thanked the director through their own social media channels: Excited, but above all motivated to give Mexico [the international recognition] that it deserves, we thank the community and other donors for their support of the Olympic team heading to South Africa...," they wrote, also noting that Guillermo has also offered to pay for the tickets of another team that will attend a competition in England.