Atkins Charity Super Cup raises over £670 for Burmese refugee children

A charity football tournament organised as part of Atkins graduate corporate responsibility initiative raised over £670 for our projects supporting refugee children from Burma in Bangladesh, Thailand and on the borders of Burma itself.

The Charity Super Cup football tournament took place at the Jebel Ali Shooting Club, Centre of Excellence in Dubai. With a great atmosphere and more than 80 players playing 21 matches, a good time was had by all and all the players took a real interest in the cause. 

Seven of the participating teams were from Atkins, with others coming from Buro Happold, IBM and Petrofac. The Super Cup and gold medal winner was  the ‘Chamakh My Pitch Up’ team, with the silver medal being picked up by ‘Atkins Regulars’ and the bronze medal going to ‘Waylanders’ from IBM. 

“We tried to get as many teams as we could to participate in order to raise as much money as possible for the cause,” says organiser Elie Choufani.  “With the risk of an entire generation of children in refugee camps growing up unable to read or write, providing education becomes as essential as providing nutrition. As an engineer, I felt that our efforts to provide sustainable design through our work could also extend to providing social sustainability through charity work, by helping the less fortunate to learn and develop.”

On receiving the funds, John Littleton, our Asia Regional Manager said: “This money raised can cover the cost of a full class  of 25 pupils for a year's education in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Every dirham counts.”

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Atkins and especially Elie for organising this brilliant event. We’d also like to thank all the volunteers and players involved. 

Find out more about our work with refugee children from Burma and if you think your workplace would be interested in raising money for our projects, please do get in touch.

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