OurCommunities Weworksidebysidewithcommunitypartnershelpingtosolvesomeoftheworld’smostpressingchallengesandbuildboth long-term programs and what we call “Right Now Needs” programs to help build strong inclusive communities. Ourlong-termprogramssupportcommunitiesinarangeofways.Forexample: • AmazonFutureEngineerisourglobalchildhood-to-careercomputerscienceprogramthatinspiresandeducates students from underserved and underrepresented communities. In 2021, the program reached 1.8 million students in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, India, and the UK. Students explore computer science by meeting Amazon employees in career talks or exploring our innovations. We support educators with school curriculum on topics like using code to make music and programming robots; we award 100 students in the U.S. each year with four-year, $40,000 scholarships and paid internships at Amazon; and we honor Teacher of the Year Award winners with more than $30,000. • Weprovidefreecloudskillstraining, with the goal to reach 29 million people around the world by 2025. The AWS- designed programs range from self-paced online courses to intensive reskilling programs that help participants build new careers in the technology industry. In 2021, we launched AWS Skill Builder, a new digital learning experience; added AWScoursestotheAmazon.comwebsite;expandedtheAWSre/Startglobalreskillingprogram;andopenedAmazon’s first dedicated, in-person cloud learning space in Seattle. • AmazonlaunchedtheAWSArtificialIntelligence & Machine Learning Scholarship, a $10 million education and scholarship programaimedatpreparingunderrepresentedandunderservedstudentsgloballyforcareersinmachinelearning. • AmazonlaunchedtheAmazonHousingEquityFundinJanuary2021.ThisistheCompany’smorethan$2billion commitmenttopreserveandcreateaffordablehomesinWashingtonstate’sPugetSoundregion;theWashington,D.C., andArlington,Virginia,metropolitanareas;andNashville,Tennesseebyprovidinglow-rateloansandgrantstotraditional andnon-traditional housing partners, public agencies, and minority-led organizations. As of March 2022, Amazon has announceddetailsof$1.2billionofthecommitment,whichwillcreateandpreservemorethan8,000affordable housing units helping an estimated 18,000 people. OurRightNowNeedsprogramsincludeincreasingaccesstofoodandbasicgoodsforchildrenandtheirfamilies. For example: • Amazondonatesitslogistics network to support food banks and community organizations, delivering groceries and pre-packagedmealsdirectly to vulnerable families andthosedisproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Deliveries in 2021 totaled more than 20 million meals in the U.S., Australia, Japan, Singapore, Spain, andtheUK. • Weleverageouroperationalexcellence, technologies, andworldwidelogistics network to support organizations fighting large-scale natural disasters.Forexample,wefillcargojetswithAmazon- donateditemsforcommunitiesravagedbyhurricanes, helpgovernmentsandnonprofitsexpediteresponse efforts through our AWS cloud services, and respond morequickly to natural disasters in the region from our Disaster Relief Hub in an Atlanta fulfillment center. In late 2021, Amazon donated more than 300,000 emergency aid items to support communities affected by tornadoes in the Midwest and Southern U.S.; wildfires in Colorado; and flooding in Chennai and Uttarakhand, India and in British Columbia, Canada. Through the AWS Disaster Response team, weworkedwithorganizations to rebuild infrastructure and connectivity in the aftermath of hurricanes in the Atlantic. Learn more at aboutamazon.com/impact/community.
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