In areas where we operate, Chevron Bangladesh invests in activities and programs that focus primarily on economic development, education and health care. Our social investment initiatives affect the lives of approximately 30,000 people in Bangladesh.
We carry out most of these projects in partnership with leading nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Our employees also participate in community development projects.
Improving Livelihoods
Most of Chevron's social investment programs in Bangladesh focus on improving the quality of life and economic opportunities for the communities where we work. These development programs have organized villagers into self-help groups and provided skills training and seed funds that have launched a variety of small and medium-sized enterprises.
In 2011 and 2012, Chevron began to support programs that offered families better cooking stoves and solar panels. This project is reducing energy costs in 1,000 households and 10 schools in seven villages near the Bibiyana and Moulavi Bazar fields.
In 2006, Chevron launched economic development programs in about 100 villages in the Bibiyana Field. By 2012, these programs were helping about 4,000 families in all three fields.
These initiatives are developed in partnership with the Institute of Development Affairs, Prochesta and the Center for Natural Resource Studies.
Improving Public Health
Working with the NGO Service Delivery Project and the U.S. Agency for International Development, we helped start three community clinics near the Bibiyana and Moulavi Bazar fields. These facilities provide about 72,000 individual health care services per year.
Creating Educational Opportunities
Chevron strives to improve the quality and availability of education for students around our operations. Our scholarship drive for high-achieving underprivileged students was launched in 2001, and the numbers have steadily increased since then. In 2012, we funded about 1,100 scholarships for students in 30 schools and two tribal communities. We are also helping to fund a five-year program that offers scholarships to students from across Asia and the Middle East who attend the Asian University for Women. We also support programs to improve children's learning experiences, including computer learning centers in two schools near the Bibiyana and Moulavi Bazar fields, an education endowment fund, and funding for school uniforms, sports equipment and school furniture.
Being a Good Neighbor
Chevron employees are active members of the community. In 2012, more than 400 employees donated blood in Chevron's annual drive to mark World Blood Donor Day. Also in 2012, Chevron helped plant more than 13,000 saplings on roadsides and at schools and clinics near Chevron's Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulavi Bazar fields. Each year, our volunteers help Habitat for Humanity International build low-cost, durable homes for people in need.
Updated: April 2013
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