普華永道

????普華永道（PwC）的美國企業(yè)責任主管莎倫?斯凱勒介紹道，自從2008年起，普華永道的員工就到伯利茲城，教當?shù)厝死碡敽蛣?chuàng)業(yè)。在這個國家，每10人里就有4個人生活在貧困線以下。今年普華永道打算在伯利茲城建立一個中心，為當?shù)厣鐣峁┤攴?，同時也作為來訪專家的活動基地。

????無論你是暑期實習生，還是退休的普華永道合伙人，都可以申請參與普華永道的伯利茲項目。這個項目每年都會派400人左右的隊伍，到伯利茲的22所學校支教。另外這個項目已經(jīng)為當?shù)靥峁┝?5噸的教學物資，其中包括80多臺電腦，并且還提供了600多份獎學金，總金額超過了15萬美元。盡管條件十分艱苦，比如電力不足和極端高溫，但項目每年還是會收到好幾千份申請。

????斯凱勒稱：“我們正在改變這些人的生活，接受教育的不僅是學生，也包括當?shù)氐慕處?、校長以及學生家長?！?/p>

????這些學校的校長們以前經(jīng)常把錢存在一個罐子里，現(xiàn)在他們已經(jīng)有了自己的儲蓄賬戶。一個年僅10歲的小姑娘在學習了創(chuàng)業(yè)課之后，自己開始做珠寶生意，現(xiàn)在賺來的錢已經(jīng)足夠幫助家里滿足吃穿用度了。

????參加了這個項目的員工在回到工作崗位后變得更加投入，不僅在公司待的時間比其他員工更長了，而且還開始積極追求領導角色。斯凱勒說：“它讓我們員工學會了換位思考，為別人提供幫助，換個不同的角度來看事物。他們已經(jīng)把它變成了工作的一部分……”（財富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：樸成奎

PwC

????Since 2008, PwC employees have travelled to Belize City to teach financial literacy and entrepreneurship in a country where four in 10 people live in poverty. This year, PwC plans to build a center that will provide year-round services to the community and serve as a home base for visiting professionals, says Shannon Schuyler, PwC's U.S. corporate responsibility leader based in Chicago.

????Everyone from a summer intern to a retired PwC partner can apply to participate in Project Belize, which sends around 400 people to teach in 22 schools each summer. The project has delivered 15 tons of school supplies, including more than 80 computers, and awarded 600 scholarships worth more than $150,000. Despite the harsh conditions, including sporadic electricity and extreme heat, the program receives thousands of applications every year.

????"We're changing the lives of these people," Schuyler says. "You're teaching the students as well as teachers and principals and their parents."

????School principals who previously put money in a jar have opened savings accounts. A 10-year old girl who learned about entrepreneurship started a jewelry business that brings the family enough to help pay for her food and clothing.

????PwC professionals come back from the experience more engaged, not only staying longer at the firm than the norm but also assuming leadership roles, Schuyler says. "It's helped our people to live those values of being in somebody else's shoes and appreciating a different perspective," she says. "They've taken that and made it a part of their work ..."