Project Belize

Day camps are held at various schools in Belize City, with more than 3,000 children attending since 2008. PwC partners, principals, staff and interns as well as retired partners, teach interactive lessons.

The program includes breaks for activity time outside, including educational games on Project H learning landscape playgrounds.

This program provides scholarships to students who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom and in extracurricular activities but don't have the financial means necessary to continue their education at the secondary level. During the on-site program, PwC participants spend three intensive days with the students, focusing on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, career preparation and leadership.

Project Belize is about making a lasting impact. This may be most clear in our work with scores of teachers and principals. Teachers receive a fully developed and customizable financial literacy curriculum, enhanced by the opportunity to refine their teaching and technology skills. Principals work side-by-side with PwC staff to learn about finance, bring new concepts to life and find best practices. Along the way, PwC leaders share insights on personal goal setting, making a difference, and leading others.

In alignment with PwC's commitment to environmental sustainability and our belief in learning through play, educational playgrounds are built by PwC participants at select schools. Repurposed materials, such as bus tires, are used to create a learning space through which hundreds of educational games can be taught while children enjoy time outside. The work is tiring but the reward is well worth it. Our Project H teams arrive in Belize not sure what to expect but leave having created a learning tool for the school children to enjoy for many years ahead.