(PwC), Press Release 30 April 2021 – PwC in the Caribbean and the PwC Charitable foundation have collectively raised over US$100,000 for donation to the disaster relief and recovery efforts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
On 9 April 2021, the La Soufriere volcano erupted explosively, sending ash and gas plumes miles into the sky and affecting neighbouring islands. The eruption—the volcano’s first explosive event since 1979—has displaced about 20,000 people and left the entire population of 110,000 people without clean drinking water or electricity.
The partners and staff of PwC firms operating in the Caribbean contributed a total of over US$71,000. The funds, which were raised by firms in The Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, East Caribbean (Barbados and St. Lucia), Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are being donated to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.