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Chevron South Africa wins gold for CSI excellence

Chevron South Africa celebrated its win at the annual American chamber of commerce Thanksgiving and Awards evening which recently took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

According to SA:The Good News, Chevron was awarded gold in the health and wellness category for its outstanding Corporate Social Investment (CSI) partnership with the Intervention with Micro Finance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) programme.

“The IMAGE programme is very dear to our hearts and we are thrilled to be acknowledged for this particular CSI initiative. As we are currently honouring the national 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign in South Africa, we are extremely proud to be associated with the IMAGE programme as it embodies the activism campaign and assists in changing women’s lives for the better, daily,” says Nobuzwe Mbuyisa, chairperson of Chevron South Africa.

IMAGE, a community-based economic, HIV and gender-based violence prevention programme is designed to reach disadvantaged women. The programme aims to improve women’s economic wellbeing and independence, combining group-based microfinance with gender and an HIV training curriculum called Sisters For Life (SFL) to reduce their vulnerability to intimate partner violence, which is an independent driver of HIV, reports the news portal.

Partnering organisations of the IMAGE programme include; United States Aid for International Development (USAID), Wits Health Consortium (WHC) and the Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF).

“The real winner is Lufuno Muvhango, IMAGE project director and her inspiring team who touches the lives of so many women on a daily basis. Chevron has partnered with the IMAGE programme since 2011 and we’ve witnessed the remarkable work and progress that is happening within these communities,” added Mbuyisa.