Chevron works to improve the social and economic well-being of communities where we operate. We support programs focused on basic human needs, education and training, business development, and the environment.
Basic Human Needs
Chevron's four companies in the Philippines donate funds to various disaster relief organizations in the country. Caltex Starcash fuel cards are distributed to families affected by natural disasters. Our employees and contractors also contribute their own time and money to disaster relief.
In partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Chevron has provided $5 million to fight tuberculosis in the Philippines. The partnership supports internationally recognized treatment strategies and efforts to improve management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. In addition, Chevron uses its network of Caltex stations to distribute information and funds a tuberculosis awareness bus that visits public transportation terminals.
Employees and contractors from our Mak-Ban facility participated in a home construction project to help victims of Typhoon Ondoy. Twelve houses were built using a $25,000 grant from Chevron. A 13th house was built using funds generated from company Christmas card and calendar sales. In another effort, about 200 Chevron employees helped build a home for Habitat for Humanity Philippines.
Education and Training
At Chevron, we believe that education is an important factor in the economic growth and well-being of our communities.
Energy for Learning™ is a long-term initiative by Chevron and its retail brand Caltex® that aims to expose people to new information, new skills and different ways of thinking. In partnership with local communities, governments and nonprofit groups, Chevron provides school supplies, refurbishes libraries and offers curriculum support.
Educational programs we support include these:
- Over the course of two decades, we have provided scholarships to 700 gifted high school and college students in need.
- Chevron supports the Abakada Program, an innovative early education program for 1,320 preschool children in 21 day care centers in Tiwi.
- We support the Educational Enhancement for Public School Students program, which caters to elementary students with learning difficulties in the communities near the Mak-Ban plant.
- Through Malampaya Foundation Inc., Chevron helped outfit five laboratories at the University of the Philippines Institute of Chemistry Science complex.
Caltex has four successful skills training programs, three of which focus on baking and marketing. Our partnership with Don Bosco Pugad in Makati trains migrant youths and led to the creation of Pugad Pandesal: Manna From Heaven, a bakery and bakeshop.
Two additional partnerships, one with the Marcellin Kapatid Program and the other with the Consuelo Foundation and eSkills Network, train at-risk youth in welding, engine repair and metal fabrication. Of the nearly 600 graduates, a large majority secured jobs.
Chevron Geothermal partnered to build science classrooms in Tiwi and Mak-Ban. In Tiwi, the Geothermal Education program promotes geothermal education in public schools.
Economic Development
In the Philippines, Chevron supports programs that assist small businesses and offer training in agriculture, fisheries and home industries.
In Tiwi and Mak-Ban, we partner with private groups to provide seed money to help women, fishermen and villagers develop small businesses using products that abound in their areas, such as coconut and cassava.
We also support the Tiwi local government in a resource-management program for 12 coastal villages. This project has planted more than 230,000 mangrove trees to help protect Tiwi's coastline. It also promotes seaweed production and the growth of fish and other aquatic animals in a mangrove area. A seaweed noodle production project is also providing a new source of income for fishermen's wives.
Chevron works with the Center for Agricultural Research and Development to support a micro finance program in Mak-Ban. Approximately 2,500 women with small businesses have received business training and mentoring, insurance, health care, and scholarships. The program has a 100 percent repayment rate.
Caring for the Environment
Chevron Philippines is a founding member of the Philippine Eagle Foundation Inc., which helps protect and preserve this endangered national bird and its habitat. We donated equipment for the breeding program, and our annual donation supports foundation operations.
Chevron promotes sustainable resource management in partnership with the Project Seahorse Foundation. Together we created the Minantaw Sanctuary in the endangered Danajon Bank, one of only six double barrier reefs in the world.
Chevron Geothermal collaborated with Cabiokid Foundation, Inc., Tiwi local government and the Department of Education in establishing a model farm to train teachers, students and parents in sustainable agricultural technologies.
Updated: April 2012