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Building Education Resources for YouthBWI Computer Literacy ImprovementProjectThe Booker Washington Institute (BWI) was established in 1929 and is oneof the oldest technical learning institutions in the country. The school has1,800 students and focuses on a participatory, hands-on approach to humanresource development.GoalStrengthen vocationaland life skills of youthThe civil war wreaked havoc on theinstitution’s equipment, leavingthe school with few resources torebuild its capacity. Chevron LiberiaLimited partnered with the school tohelp raise its institutional capacity,enabling BWI to better teachtechnical and vocational skills toLiberian youth.This partnership refurbished theschool’s computer lab with newcomputers, air conditioning unitsand equipment to encouragelearning and skill development. Thecomputer lab supports all 1,800students in the school as well as anadditional 500 students that visiteach month. The school plans toincrease the number of hours eachstudent spends on the computer byadding two additional labs.The welding and carpentrydepartments have also beenoutfitted with high-quality tools andequipment as well as a generatorto support electrical needs in theshops. The welding and carpentryprograms have increased femaleinterest, and many can be foundalongside their male counterpartslearning the basics in these neededspecialty areas.The refurbished BWI computer lab encourages learning and opens access to a greater number of studentscompost training facility at BWI.The partners built a new facilityin Kakata, Margibi County, whichserves over 200 agriculturalstudents who learn organicrecycling techniques and utilization.The idea is to foster improvedagricultural practices, createmethods of recycling organicmaterial and enable students tocontribute to sustainable farmingin the country. And the programhas already achieved commercialsuccess; the compost producedby the students at the new facilityis already being sold, generatingincome to sustain the educationalprogram.Chevron Liberia Limited is confidentthat the development of youth inagriculture will improve agriculturaloutputs and food sourcing as well asvalue-added business opportunitiesfor better livelihoods.BWI AgriculturalCompost ProjectChevron Liberia Limited partneredwith Global CommunitiesPartners for Good, formerly CHFInternational, to implement aFrom left to right: Jacob Sweeney (BWI), Steve Lavake (CHF), Karl Cottrell (Chevron Liberia Limited) andMulbah Jackollie (BWI)10 | Chevron Liberia Limited
Members of BWI, CHF and Chevron Liberia Limited with students participating in the BWI Agricultural Compost ProjectEmpowering Women with YAIYouth Action International (YAI) wasestablished in 2005 to develop andimplement programs that alleviatethe suffering of children and youthaffected by war and empowerthem to reach their full potential.The organization has a mission toprovide education, health care andeconomic empowerment for itstarget beneficiaries.Chevron Liberia Limited joinedthe Alabaster Foundation, BurtFamily Foundation, Cellcom and theManifest Foundation in sponsoringYAI’s Centers for Women’sEmpowerment. These centers train600 women each year through theirempowerment curriculum, whichincludes counseling, workshops onsmall business enterprise, marketingand adult literacy; YAI also putsthe women through a month-longapprenticeship.At the conclusion of the program,the participants will createcooperatives and receive a microcreditloan to start a new business,which can include: crafts, traditionalcloth making, jewelry, bakeries andbeauty salons. Within two years, YAIwill train 3,000 women in Buchanan,Gbarnga and Monrovia.Youth Action International’s Centers for Women’s Empowerment empowers women to start a new business, which can include craft-making operations2012 Corporate Responsibility Report | 11
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