In Cambodia, Chevron supports community engagement programs focused on economic development, health and education.
Fighting AIDS and Helping the Sick
Chevron partners with Pact Cambodia to educate people about tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Our work targets at-risk groups and people living with HIV as well as members of the fishing community. More than 7,300 TB-HIV informational booklets and 1,800 hygiene and sanitation posters have been printed and distributed to fishermen's families and people living with HIV.
In 2010, Chevron and Pact Cambodia began the Women's Empowerment and Health Promotion Project. The project aims to improve the health, education and livelihood of people through education about health issues like TB, HIV/AIDS and sanitation. So far, the project has helped more than 6,800 people. Information about family planning has been distributed, and more than 200 patients were referred to appropriate health centers and have been treated for TB and HIV. The program also works to improve the literacy and math skills of 800 underprivileged women by supporting micro financing at the village level and micro enterprise development.
Chevron works with the Women Organization for Modern Economy and Nursing, a nongovernmental organization based in Phnom Penh. In 2010, our partnership organized a charity event to provide food to orphans and children affected by HIV/AIDS.
In 2011, Chevron and Cambodian HIV/AIDS Education and Care organized a charity event for People Living with HIV/AIDS and the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project. The event provided necessities for 250 needy people from Kandal Province.
Education
Chevron worked with Pact Cambodia to build a new library for a junior school in Sihanoukville. The project provided books, bookshelves, equipment and training for librarians. The library opened in February 2012.
Chevron sponsored daylong seminars in 2010 and 2011 to help high school graduates prepare for success after high school. The event, organized by the nonprofit Help Our Homeland, was the first of its kind in Cambodia and the largest postsecondary seminar ever held in Phnom Penh. The two seminars attracted more than 4,400 young people from around the nation.
Disaster Response
Every year, Chevron donates funds to the Cambodian Red Cross for anti-poverty and humanitarian projects for the vulnerable.
In October 2012, Chevron donated relief materials, food and rice to families affected by the fire in Tomnoprolok Floating Village in Preah Sihanouk Province. The project helped rebuild 32 homes and construct a water storage container and water basin. We also provided new school uniforms for young students.
Also in October 2012, Chevron donated bags of rice to needy families in Otrest village, in Preah Sihanouk Province.
When record-breaking floods struck Cambodia in 2011, Chevron quickly responded. We contributed food to villages in Prey Veng and Siem Reap provinces. Our employees helped distribute more than 21,000 pounds (9,500 kg) of rice, 480 cartons of instant noodles and 9,600 cans of sardines to families there. Chevron also contributed funds to the Cambodian Red Cross and Save the Children.
In 2010, following a tragic bridge stampede, Chevron donated food to 130 victims being treated at Kosamak Hospital in Phnom Penh.
Road Safety
In Cambodia, Chevron supports programs that promote safe driving, with a focus on motorcycle safety. In 2010, in partnership with Handicap International and the National Road Safety Committee, we distributed 260 helmets to students and teachers. The following year, we again partnered with Handicap International, to distribute 220 helmets to teachers and students at Preak Leab High School.
In 2012, we worked with Asia Injury Prevention to organize road safety awareness events for three high schools in high-risk traffic locations in Phnom Penh. Chevron donated 1,500 helmets and educated students on the importance of road safety.
Updated: April 2013
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