The second cycle of the Caltex Fuel Your School, one of Chevron’s CSR programs, successfully gathered PHP 3 million which was used to purchase equipment in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) classroom subjects for select public schools in the city of Davao.
The 30 public high school shortlisted beneficiaries of Caltex’s fuel to donate program received interactive projectors and other learning aids to help facilitate education better. Caltex Fuel Your School (FYS) is estimated to benefit at least 200 teachers and 50,000 students in Davao City’s highest need senior public high schools.
From June 1 to 30, 2016, Caltex Fuel Your School donated PHP 1 for every one liter purchase of Caltex with Techron or Delo Sports diesel engine oil from any of the 22 Caltex stations or lubricants business partners in Davao City. The students played a vital role in raising awareness for the program. Aside from tapping social media, they created jingles, cheers, and gave away handcrafted FYS flyers throughout Davao metropolis to inform their communities that in fuelling up at Caltex, they’re helping improve the education of thousands of Filipino students.
For the first time in the school’s history, students at Baracatan National High School get to use computers in their classes.
“Since its Philippine launch in 2015, we are proud to report that Caltex Fuel Your School has funded more than 58 classroom projects at 67 schools in Manila and Davao cities. It has impacted around 153,000 public high schools students,” said Peter Morris, country chairman of Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of the Caltex brand of fuels and lubricants.
FYS beneficiaries were selected by Chevron’s project partners, the Department of Education, and the American Chamber Foundation of the Philippines based on stringent criteria. For the FYS cycle 2, teachers can choose the learning materials they need up to PHP 100,000 in value per school.
At Davao City National High School for instance which has a student population of 10,000; the teacher proposed that his grade 11 students receive two sets of Lego Mindstorm robotics kits which let them build a variety of robots and create programming missions.
“Such learning materials will help the children engage in lessons that offer many opportunities to master the skills needed to boost their education and expand their future career opportunities. And we don’t have to borrow equipment from other schools anymore,” said teacher Brady Nave who listed the robotics kits on his FYS wish list.
“We are proud to support our local teachers in helping their students get excited about STEM and encourage them to pursue STEM courses, and ultimately, STEM careers, ”said Margaret Jubane, Caltex retailer.