The company takes seriously its role as a member of the community in Nigeria and is active in many projects promoting health, economic development and education.
In some cases, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) provides communities near its operations with power and drinking water directly from company facilities. We have also purchased and installed generators in some communities and provided fuel and maintenance.
Responding to Needs in the Niger Delta
In 2011, Chevron announced we were joining the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in contributing $50 million to the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative (NDPI) Foundation, which Chevron established to address the socioeconomic challenges facing the area.
Also in 2011, Chevron signed a memorandum of understanding with USAID and the NDPI Foundation to each contribute $25 million over four years to support programs designed to promote economic development, improve government and civil institutions, and help reduce conflict in the region. Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) was incorporated in Nigeria to support and monitor these programs.
Some key accomplishments include the following:
- PIND's Economic Development Center was officially commissioned in May 2012.
- PIND's Capacity Building for Local Empowerment project was completed in partnership with the Crown Agents Foundation.
- PIND signed an agreement with the Enhancing Nigerian Advocacy for a Better Business Environment project to build and support regional business management organizations.
In 2005, CNL adopted a new approach to community engagement in the Niger Delta to improve local participation in determining the needs our programs should address. This model, called the Global Memorandum of Understanding, gives communities a greater role in managing their development through newly created Regional Development Councils. CNL signed the agreements with eight councils.
The objective is to bring peace and stability to areas where Chevron operates. The memoranda have generated approximately 200 projects in more than 400 communities, villages and chiefdoms and benefited some 600,000 community members. Projects worth more than $6.3 million have been completed, enhancing the quality of life in these communities.
Chevron's local content policy has resulted in contracts with local businesses and has generated employment and business opportunities for communities near our operations.
Promoting Technology as a Tool for Progress
To boost Nigerian technical expertise, Chevron funded the Biotechnology Center of the Federal University of Technology in Yola, in northeastern Nigeria. The two-story, nine-laboratory facility is designed to help Nigeria use scientific advances to increase food production and reduce disease.
Fighting HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
Chevron helps fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. We directed $5 million of the $30 million we contributed to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to Nigeria's National Agency for the Control of AIDS.
Chevron built and donated a center at St. Kizito Clinic in Lekki, Lagos, to fight tuberculosis and other infections common among HIV/AIDS patients.
CNL has donated medicines to five hospitals in four states and provided funds for the development of four clinics in the creeks of the Niger Delta.
Supporting Public Health
CNL supports the Riverboat Clinic, a mobile health service that serves communities along the creeks and islets of the Escravos and Benin rivers in the western Niger Delta. The first of its kind in Nigeria, the boat has provided free treatment to local communities since it was launched in 2001.
The Roll Back Malaria initiative focuses on helping pregnant women and children under the age of 5. CNL launched the program in 2006 and provides financial and volunteer support for communities in 12 states.
To improve access to medical facilities, four fully equipped chest clinics were donated to public hospitals in Nigeria for the management of tuberculosis and other chest-related diseases.
Helping Students and the Needy
Chevron grants scholarships to secondary school and college students. We joined our Agbami Field partners to launch the Agbami Medical and Engineering Professionals Scholarship. More than 9,870 engineering and medical students have received scholarships, and two fully equipped science laboratories were donated to public secondary schools.
Chevron also invested $600,000 to build and furnish two libraries at public secondary schools.
Care for the Environment
Chevron supports the Lekki Conservation Centre. The 190-acre (0.8-sq-km) sanctuary for the flora and fauna of the Lekki Peninsula is the only refuge of its kind in the Lagos area.
We also provide funding to the Nigerian Conservation Foundation.
In 2005, Chevron established a postgraduate research scholarship for doctoral students in environment and conservation. We also host the annual S.L. Edu Memorial Lecture to promote environmental management awareness.
Updated April 2013
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