Chevron's social investment spending in Brazil is focused in education, health and conservation.
Chevron has supported Programa de Alfabetização Solidária for almost 10 years. The program is designed to combat illiteracy in Brazil. Through our participation, we helped more than 9,000 adults and children in poor counties in the north, northeast and southeast regions of the country learn to read.
We support Projeto Conhecer (Knowledge Project), which teaches basic English to underprivileged children living in Fundação Casa Santa Ignez in Rio de Janeiro. The project also promotes understanding of foreign cultures. More than 600 children have already received a basic degree in English.
In partnership with World Vision, we support Iniciativa Esperança, a project that helps Duque de Caxias, a suburban area of Rio de Janeiro. The program uses education to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
In 2008, our upstream unit in Brazil began working with the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership to set up learning centers in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. The Learning Center initiative complements the curriculum of underserved schools by providing televisions, DVD players, educational video programming and three years of teacher training.
We continue to participate in the Antonina Reforestation pilot project in the Brazilian state of Paraná, made possible through a $3 million grant by Chevron. The land will be owned and managed by the Society for Wildlife Research and Environmental Education (SPVS), a Brazil-based conservation organization. The company works with the Nature Conservancy and the SPVS to restore and protect approximately 2,500 acres (10 sq km) of rain forest. The effort is part of Chevron's response to concerns about climate change.
Updated: May 2009