Chevron Malaysia Limited, which carries the retail brand Caltex has successfully completed its annual community campaign, Caltex Fuel Your School in partnership with MyKasih Foundation.
The Caltex Fuel Your School campaign is part of Chevron’s Energy for Learning – a global initiative which encourages partnerships with local communities, government bodies or non-profit organisations to expand learning opportunities as well as to support the development of both the social and economic vitality of these communities.
In its 4th consecutive year, the campaign had once again further raised the awareness in driving change and providing equal self-development with proper classroom facilities for students of high need schools in Negeri Sembilan and Malacca by enhancing a better environment and further promoting the learning of Science, Technology, English and Mathematics.
“By reaching out to schools in Malaysia one state at a time, we are glad that the Caltex Fuel Your School campaign has made a difference and this is especially important for high need schools as more than 50% of the students are from low income households. In line with our global initiative, Chevron’s Energy for Learning, this community campaign truly helps to support learning-based programmes – whether it’s acquiring new knowledge, gaining new skills or exposing individuals to different ways of thinking,” said Policy, Government & Public Affairs Manager, Mokhtar Ali Ismail.
This year, out of 25 classroom projects funded for Negeri Sembilan, Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampong Parit and Sekolah Kebangsaan Pendidikan Khas Seremban struck the most wins and were awarded with learning materials worth RM20,000 each. The submissions contributed to a 60% increase in project submissions compared to the overall campaign last year.
The learning materials awarded to all winning projects of participating schools in both Negeri Sembilan and Malacca created an impact reaching a total of 1,241 students. In Negeri Sembilan itself, the campaign had reached out to more than 300 students with the support of Caltex users who purchased petrol using the Caltex JOURNEY Card from 15 October to 14 November with RM2 pledged to the classroom projects. Funds generated were channeled towards purchasing materials such as computer notebooks, projectors, interactive white boards, electronic dictionaries and laboratory equipment, to name a few.
