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2002 ChevronTexaco Corporate Responsibility ReportSocial IssuesCommunity Engagement (Continued)The following are illustrativeof our community programs,reflecting the geographic diversityof our operations and varietyof community activities:> Skills Development inPoliteknik Caltex Riau, sponsoredNigeria: Chevron Nigeriaby Caltex Pacific Indonesia, is theLtd, ChevronTexaco’s affiliatefirst university of its type in centralin Nigeria, and the NigerianSumatra.National Petroleum Corp.,in partnership with the International Foundation for Education andSelf-Help and the Nigerian Opportunities Industrialization Centres,have developed the Technical Skills Acquisition Project. The projectprovides a yearlong job training program for youth in remote NigerDelta communities, where unemployment is acute. About 160 menand women have completed the program since it was started in 1996,and half have found paid employment in their field. ChevronTexacohas invested more than US$1 million in the project and plans toexpand the program to 120 trainees per year.> Technical Institute in Indonesia:In Riau Province on the Indonesianisland of Sumatra, PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI), a ChevronTexacosubsidiary, sponsored the Polytechnic Caltex Riau (PCR), the province’sfirst elite polytechnic university. PCR offers study programs in computerscience, telecommunications and electrical engineering. Duringits first year of operation in 2001, some 640 students – more thantriple the capacity at the time – applied to the polytechnic. By 2010, thecampus expects to enroll 5,000 students. The school is adding newstudy programs in 2003 and 2004 that match the province’s businessneeds and contribute to its economy. CPI’s support of the universityincludes capital outlays of US$5.45 million and operating funds forthe first three years, estimated to be approximately US$1.3 million.> Helping Street Children in the Philippines: Caltex (Philippines) Inc.,a wholly owned ChevronTexaco affiliate, is working with the governmentto help Philippine street children move out of poverty. TheCaltex Fund Street-to-School program, which was started in 1999 inpartnership with two nongovernmental organizations in Manila, hasprovided shelter, scholarships and training for nearly 500 young peoplesince the program began. Indirectly, the program affects thousandsmore who participate in various livelihood and skills training initiativessponsored by Caltex. In 2002, Caltex brought in several newnongovernmentalpartners to expand the program nationwide. A companionprogram launched in late 2001, the Caltex In-Plant TrainingProgram, provides practical work experience for the older youth inthe program at the company’s Xpress Lube stations and with Caltexretailers. In 2002, the Street-to-School program won the Institute ofPetroleum’s community initiative award.> Supporting Education in Saudi Arabia: In Saudi Arabia and thePartitioned Neutral Zone, Saudi Arabian Texaco (SAT) contributesto health, education and cultural initiatives, including sponsoringthe Al-Jasser Library in Saudi Arabia, which helps preserve the heritageof the Arabian Peninsula. SAT also sponsors the Al-Birr CharitableSociety, which addresses the social and economic needs ofSaudi citizens, providing training in a range of skills, as well as anumber of other education programs and institutions.> Small Business Development in Kazakhstan: In 1999 in Atyrau,Kazakhstan, Chevron Muniagas Inc. (CMI), ChevronTexaco’s whollyowned subsidiary, launched a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)Program, in partnership with the United Nations Development Program,the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development andthe U.S. Department of State. CMI and its partners created the threeyearSME Program with the goal of making community investmentsthat promoted sustainable, grassroots economic development. TheSME Program transferred entrepreneurial skills to local businesses,funded low-interest and no-collateral loans to Atyrau entrepreneurs,and helped prepare nearly 280 business plans, of which more than25 percent were approved for loans. The program concluded, asplanned, in 2002.> Increasing Literacy in Latin America: Throughout Latin America andthe Caribbean, ChevronTexaco supports a variety of community projects,including building medical and dental facilities, providing homesfor orphans, and drilling water wells. In particular, ChevronTexaco andits partners focus on supporting education projects in the region. InVenezuela, for example, 2,500 students have benefited from schoolrestoration projects that the company has supported since 1996. InBrazil, 3,000 adults and children attained basic language competencyskills through the company’s national literacy program. In Colombia,a cultural and learning center built by the company serves 6,000 localchildren. In Argentina, ChevronTexaco’s local affiliate and a partnerbuilt Ruca Quimpen, a school that provides lodging, food and medicalservices to 40 children and their families.© 2003 ChevronTexaco Corporation. All Rights Reserved.15
2002 ChevronTexaco Corporate Responsibility ReportSocial IssuesCommunity Engagement (Continued)Case Study >Angola Partnership Initiative> Science and Math Education in North America: Since 1991,ChevronTexaco has sponsored Family Science, a program designedto build interest and skills in science and math. The program encourageschildren of diverse backgrounds, especially minorities and females,to consider science-based careers. Family Science includes workshopsfor teachers, parents and students in select locations in the UnitedStates, Mexico and the Philippines. By including parents in the training,Family Science increases the likelihood that learning and an interest inscience will continue outside the classroom. Since 2001, more than200 workshops have been held, and multiple scholarships have beengiven to instructors to expand the program in other communities.In 2002, as Angola emerged from 30 years of civil war, more than one-thirdof its population was displaced, and the social and economic fabric of thecountry was torn. ChevronTexaco, whose wholly owned subsidiary CabindaGulf Oil Company Limited has operated in Angola since the 1950s, has beenone of the largest foreign investors in the country. With the ending of thewar, we resolved to expand ourongoing community programs to dosomething that would have a meaningfulimpact in helping the peopleof Angola recover from theirdecades of strife.© 2003 ChevronTexaco Corporation. All Rights Reserved.16The Angola Partnership Initiative After research and discussion withis helping more than 3,000 key stakeholders, ChevronTexacoAngolan families through its initiated a major new program, thesupport of small-scale farming. Angola Partnership Initiative. Themission of the Initiative is to buildhuman capacity with a focus on the development of small and mediumsizedenterprises. The primary focus areas of the program are:> strengthen the supply of vocational training,> expand the supply of micro-credit,> introduce business development services, and> strengthen the enabling environment for socialand economic development.Under the initiative, we have developed formal partnerships with the UnitedStates Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United NationsDevelopment Program (UNDP). Together, we have established a combinedgoal to raise US$50 million to support this initiative. Additional partnershipsand alliances are under discussion. ChevronTexaco has committed US$25million to support this effort.Two projects already launched under the initiative are a program to supportthe revitalization of the agriculture sector and the formation of a new microcreditbank. Both projects focus on job training and creation, and providetechnical assistance and financial stimulus for locally owned small andmedium enterprises.The agricultural effort combines immediate hunger relief to the most vulnerablesegment of society and longer-term agricultural development throughseed multiplication and seed variety experiments. It also supports the creationof some 200 farmer associations. This effort is designed to supportapproximately 160,000 rural families – representing more than 600,000individuals – with the goals of increasing food security, decreasing reliance
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