Two young girls participate in the ExxonMobil Girls Engineering Festival at the Lonestar Convention Center in Conroe, Texas, in May 2015.
With the help of ExxonMobil, USAID collects blood samples for malaria tests at the Lucala municipal hospital in the Kwanza Norte province of Angola.
A Solar Sister participant uses a neighbor-to-neighbor distribution system to deliver solar technology solutions to her community.
To date, the antimalarial programs we have funded were able to reach more than 125 million people, and our support has resulted in the distribution of almost 14 million bed nets, 3.8 million doses of antimalarial treatments and 2.6 million rapid diagnostic kits, as well as the training of more than 520,000 health workers. Our cash grants during the past 15 years total more than $146 million, making us the largest private-sector grant-maker in the fight against malaria. For more information on our community malaria initiatives in 2015, see the Up Close on page 69. Women’s economic opportunity initiative Economically empowering women is essential to enhancing local economic development. According to a 2014 World Bank report, Gender at Work , women are key drivers of economic progress and development because they consistently invest in their children and communities. Women also tend to help propel other women forward, creating a powerful multiplier effect that benefits society as a whole. To promote economic opportunities for women, we invest in programs proven to provide the skills and resources needed to increase their productivity and income. Over the past 10 years, ExxonMobil has invested approximately $94 million for the purpose of helping women fulfill their economic potential and improve their well-being and that
Additionally, 95 percent of participating students advanced a full grade level in math or science for each summer they enrolled in the program. For more information on our efforts on education initiatives in 2015, see the Up Close on the previous page. Malaria initiative We care about the health of our employees, their families and members of the communities where we operate, which is why we invest in community health programs that help combat preventable or treatable illnesses. In several countries where we operate, including sub-Saharan Africa, malaria continues to have a significant impact on local communities. Each year, this preventable and treatable disease claims the lives of nearly half a million people. The good news, however, is that significant progress has been made in the global fight against malaria and the number of deaths and infections continues to decline. We believe ending deaths from malaria requires an integrated approach, including education, prevention and access to proper diagnosis and treatment. In 2015, ExxonMobil contributed $12.5 million to fight malaria. We are proud to say that 2015 marks ExxonMobil’s 15th anniversary year working to reduce the human and economic toll of this disease. These contributions have supported a variety of research, educational and treatment programs in countries and communities that lack adequate health care systems.
Education initiative We believe global economic growth in today’s high-tech world relies upon highly skilled individuals, particularly those well-trained in STEM. In the United States alone, the U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that STEM occupations are projected to grow almost twice as fast as non-STEM-related occupations from 2008 to 2018. For this reason, we invest in education and teacher develop- ment programs designed to encourage students to pursue careers in the STEM fields. Over the past 16 years, we have contributed more than $1.2 billion to education programs around the world. In 2015, we invested nearly $100 million in education programs around the world. In 2015, ExxonMobil continued to support the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) through a two- week middle school academy program designed to help students learn and complete Algebra I curricula. During the middle school academy, participating students in grades five through eight explore engineering and science career options and complete a hands-on activity designed to help prepare them for post-secondary STEM curricula. As a result of the program, more than 75 percent of ANSEP students complete Algebra I by the end of the eighth grade, compared with just 26 percent of students nationwide.
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