Every day, our employees and contractors maneuver through crowded, busy streets to go to work and return home to their families. Our goal is that they arrive safe.
Over the past five years, we invested $10 million and more than 54,000 hours in our Arrive Alive program, collaborating with other private-sector companies, international donors and governments to implement programs to help eliminate traffic accidents and fatalities. The program is well established in five countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.
In 2009, we were recognized with the Prince Michael International Road Safety award. In presenting the award, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Patron of the Commission for Global Road Safety, said, "The company rates road safety highly and is an example to all in the corporate sector of the importance of sharing knowledge – a vital ingredient for building sustainable road safety programs in any country."
In South Africa, Chevron is a member of the Global Road Safety Partnership. We sponsored two programs for schoolchildren because, as pedestrians, children are some of the most vulnerable road users. The programs reach 22 primary schools and nine high schools near a busy road with heavy pedestrian traffic. The older students used music, dance and humor to convey road safety challenges and solutions.
Amelia Haycock, Chevron Arrive Alive coordinator for South Africa, said about the programs, "It was an incredible experience to see the impact of our involvement in the community, in particular, the leaders of tomorrow embracing safety."
Updated: May 2010