Chevron supports community programs focused on education, economic development, health and the environment in Thailand.
Supporting Education
Education is the cornerstone of Chevron's community activities in Thailand. We have an enduring relationship with the Phra Dabos Foundation, a royal initiative by Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The foundation provides occupational studies, meals and housing to students who cannot afford higher education. Over a six-year period, Chevron contributed approximately $1.2 million to the foundation for scholarships for 360 students.
Chevron has donated $600,000 to the Distance Learning Foundation and launched a campaign to raise funds from the public to support the foundation. The campaign raised $1.2 million for better satellite communications at more than 700 schools across the country.
We started the Chevron School Network in 2008. The program is based on a successful waste management project first implemented in 2004 in Songkhla Province, where we have facilities. This program in 84 schools promotes environmental awareness among students, teachers and communities.
Chevron, in collaboration with PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited and Chulalongkorn University, has established an international master's program in petroleum geosciences that attracts students from across Asia. Together we are providing $10 million in funding during the first five years of the program. The program has produced more than 50 graduates who are currently employed in the petroleum industry in the region. Chevron Thailand committed up to $2.75 million over four years.
We also support a two-year partnership program between Chulalongkorn University and Stanford University. The program includes student exchanges and research collaboration between the two institutions.
We support science, math and marine ecology camps organized every year through Chulalongkorn and Walailak universities. Our funding provides Exemplary Youth scholarships to needy students who are average performers, but demonstrate outstanding behavior at school and in the community.
Better Health Through Greater Awareness
Chevron has directed $5 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to help fight HIV/AIDS in Thailand. We partnered with the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control, the principal recipient of a Global Fund Round 1 HIV/AIDS grant.
We worked with a recipient of Global Fund resources—the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)—to increase awareness and education among Chevron employees, Thai youth and Caltex customers in Bangkok. The PATH Parents Network and train-the-trainer programs are active across the country.
Chevron supports Operation Smile, a program that helps children with cleft lips and cleft palates. Funds raised by employees paid for medical services for 50 children and a speech camp for 50 children in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
In 2012, to mark Chevron's 50th anniversary of upstream business in Thailand, we initiated the Heart to Heart campaign to support the Cardiac Children Foundation of Thailand. Donations raised by employees and funds from the company help more than 300 children.
Responding to Community Needs
In 2011, Thailand experienced the worst flooding in 50 years. For several months, floodwaters swamped more than two-thirds of the country, resulting in hundreds of deaths and affecting hundreds of thousands of families and businesses. Chevron responded immediately with a $1 million donation to the Thailand Flood Relief Operations Command.
The company also contributed $1 million for restoration efforts to the Chaipattana Foundation, a Thailand-based nongovernmental organization. Caltex retailers took part in a nationwide fundraising drive, and another donation, more than $200,000, was made to the foundation. In addition, Chevron provided flood relief supplies worth $130,000 to the Ministry of Energy to support its flood relief efforts.
In 2012, Chevron's downstream business, in partnership with the My School Project, led a team of volunteers made up of employees, Caltex retailers and lubricants distributors to provide supplies and help renovate Wat Klong Charoen School in Kamphaengphet Province, which suffered heavy flood damage.
In 2011, Chevron, in collaboration with the Population and Community Development Association, launched a three-year, $5 million campaign. The project aims to help more than 70,000 people in 50 villages. The program includes support for education, income generation, occupational development, environmental protection and public health.
Our employees share the company's commitment to responsible citizenship. Chevron workers regularly contribute their time to participate in community activities around the country. In the past, we have built classrooms, painted school buildings, improved playgrounds, planted mangrove trees and distributed school supplies to needy students.
Updated: April 2013
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