Ellucian employees “walk” to Bangladesh from the UK for Save the Children

Every year, Ellucian employees around the world volunteer for causes that they feel passionate about. This year, our employees got together from different parts of the world to volunteer for Save the Children.

Supporting children to learn, grow, and become successful, Save the Children offers proper access to education, food, and medicine, reaching 12 million children with their education programs alone in 2020. One of their global destinations, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, supports half a million Rohingya refugees.

It is easy to be disheartened in such a tough year. However, this cause helped us concentrate on the positives of getting together and forming a community within Ellucian.

Ellucian employees raised funds for Save the Children by “walking” to Cox’s Bazar from their office in Milton Keynes—a mighty total of 6,046 miles. Each participant recorded their total mileage on a website created by the team. During this time, they would ask their friends and family to donate to the cause and raise money for the children in Bangladesh.

Close to 80 Ellucian employees from the UAE, India, Australia, Ireland, and the UK participated in this challenge. A Slack channel was formed where employees posted pictures of their beautiful walks in different parts of the world. Some walked through hills in Bangalore, while others walked past the opera house in Sydney. A few colleagues even decided to drive an hour and a half in the UK to meet up, walk, and eat cake together!

After six weeks of combined effort, our colleagues walked enough miles to "reach" Cox’s Bazar and raised a total of $1,700. Following the walk, participants shared that the effort helped them concentrate on the joys of life and bonded them as a community.