and experience they bring to client work, our people are helping these non-proifts digitally transform and address operational challenges, boosting their ability to tackle injustice in the US. Building inclusivity and upskilling communities PwC US has also recently committed US$125 million to help prepare 25,000 Black and Latinx college students for their business careers. The goal is to hire 10,000 students over the next ifve years to support Across our network, PwC member ifrms are having a positive impact, helping the ifrm’s efforts to attract a more diverse workforce to build inclusivity and upskill their communities through various initiatives. and to connect students to other organisations and Examples include: career opportunities. This commitment supports PwC’s global strategy, The New Equation, which looks ■ PwC China: Tech Carnival for rural students to create powerful new combinations through widely ■ Collaborating with Adream Foundation, an NGO, PwC China has different perspectives. been working to help close the skills and opportunity gap, developing curricula and programmes that provide quality education to students PwC UK is working with 25 black-led charities and in rural and underserved communities throughout China. Recently they social enterprises to support their work across a range delivered a ‘Tech Carnival’ to students from rural schools across Jiangxi of activities from helping pregnant women seeking Province, China. The carnival brought to life the importance of digital refuge in the UK to empowering school children from skills and design thinking for nearly 20,000 students ethnic minority backgrounds. In addition, PwC UK has formed a partnership with the Refugee Council to ■ PwC UK: Developing the skills of disadvantaged students, expanding help refugees in the UK get back into the job market their pathway to employability by providing training on employability skills, including ■ PwC UK’s Social Mobility Community Programme focuses on working on professional communication and interview supporting disadvantaged school students, undergraduates and other practice and also seeking out opportunities for groups who could beneift from greater social mobility such as refugees refugees to join PwC UK. and PwC UK Social Entrepreneur Club members. The programme brings together a community of PwC UK professionals, all of whom are passionate about delivering upskilling opportunities in their local regions