Reply #41: Chevron-Texaco's working with the Vene. government on new projects [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

raising the well-being of many more Venezuelan citizens.

ChevronTexaco’s Western Venezuela Development Program has partnered with local governments, community leaders and professionals to:

• Create the first regional reconstructive surgery program for cleft lip, palate and other facial deformities; ChevronTexaco worked with the Boscan Rotary Club and local physicians to change the lives of 60 children last year.
  
• Construct the first high school in the Boscan region serving 1,500 students – a facility with science labs, sports fields, a library and administration buildings.
  
• Refurbish 11 schools in four locations of the Zulia state that benefit nearly 6,000 students.
  
• Construct computer rooms in three local schools that benefit 1,600 students during the day and are open to the community in the evenings.
  
• Provide the first medical and dental clinic serving a community of 7,000 people, including an ambulance, several treatment areas, maternity ward, emergency room and a community meeting room.

ChevronTexaco was one of only three companies to be honored by The Trust at ceremonies in Washington, D.C. and has, additionally, been recognized for several other corporate responsibility initiatives.

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