Chevron highlights spirit of volunteerism, community
Chevron Philippines Inc., marketer of Caltex fuels and lubricants, manifests its dedication to enabling human progress through its annual Volunteer Week, this year celebrating women and livelihood empowerment, education and career appreciation, and coastal sustainability.
Now on its 12th year, Chevron encourages its employees and business partners to volunteer their time and energy to work for the improvement of the communities where they operate, focusing on projects that positively impact the women, youth, marginalized sector and environment.
More than 300 Chevron employees, contractors, suppliers, Caltex retailers and other Chevron business units volunteered to help the less fortunate ones.
Mothers leading the move forward
Chevron Philippines Inc. commenced Volunteer Week 2019 with “Project MOVE,” an initiative aimed at empowering mothers by equipping them with the skills needed to start a sustainable business as a form of livelihood.
Employee volunteers from Caltex Makati Credit Cooperative (CMCC), together with 12 mothers from Barangay San Isidro,
Makati participated in a basic meat processing workshop by Negoskwela, a leading livelihood and technology training center in the Philippines that produces globally competitive Filipino professionals and volunteers.
“We appreciate the CMCC volunteers because these types of workshops are better done one-on-one. It was helpful that there was a volunteer who could assist each mother from beginning to end. They were also able to explain to the mothers the instructions since our handouts were not translated into Filipino,” said Negoskwela training director Linda Binanitan while thanking the volunteers.
CPI, through CMCC, turned over stainless mixing bowls, aluminum cooking pots and a set of chef knives to Don Bosco Pugad, a halfway home for youth rescued from violence, domestic abuse, human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Building bridges for the future
A total of eight Chevron volunteers and 43 teachers joined hands and shared their stories of hardships and eventual successes to the 429 junior high school students of San Pascual National High School (SPNHS) in a career talk and employment opportunities orientation in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for the second day of Volunteer Week 2019.
A group of accountants, engineers and managers from Chevron shared their personal adversaries and professional journeys to the students of SPNHS from picking a college course to landing a job at Chevron to inspire the grade 10 students, who are about to enter senior high school and choose a track of specialization.
One for the turtles
The spirit of community reigns as Chevron concluded its 12th Volunteer Week with the much-awaited annual coastal cleanup. Volunteers from CPI, MSSC, the Batangas Terminal, as well as local farmers, retailers and suppliers, joined together to collect trash and segregate them into color coded garbage bags to clean the long coastline of the Chevron Batangas Terminal, a nesting site for the OliveRidley sea turtles.
Since its regular security patrols and annual cleanup operations in 2007, Chevron has sighted more nesting grounds along the shore of Chevron Batangas Terminal.
Louie Zhang, Chevron Philippines Inc. country chairman, reflected on the constant support of the participants and the positive turnout of the coastal cleanup “Here at Chevron, we place our highest priority to our people and the community where we operate. It’s uplifting to see old and new faces working toward a common goal of keeping this coast a sanctuary for the Olive-Ridley sea turtles. We would not be here, conducting our 12th Volunteer Week if not for the unrelenting support of our members, partners and the local community.”