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Accenture: Youth Business International Gets Grant

May 26, 2012

By Rob Starr, Content Manager, Big4.com

Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded YBI a grant of US$4.95 million to give thousands of 18 ? 35 year olds the skills and support they need to start their own businesses. This grant brings Accenture?s direct support to YBI to more than $8.5 million since 2006.

Adrian Lajtha, chief leadership officer at Accenture comments:

?Supporting Youth Business International helps bring to life Accenture?s commitment to building skills,? he said. ?We share YBI?s commitment to making a significant, lasting impact on the long-term economic vitality and resilience of individuals, families and communities around the world.?

The three-year grant will help support 33,500 underserved young people and help strengthen YBI?s global network.? It is part of Accenture?s Skills to Succeed initiative, which is equipping 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business. The award consists of cash and time and skills of Accenture employees to enable YBI?s network members to improve the services they offer to young people. In addition, Accenture employees will offer mentoring and training to the entrepreneurs.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 246,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.? Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world?s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.? Through its Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship focus, Accenture is committed to equipping 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business.? The company generated net revenues of US$25.5?billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.

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