In Vietnam, one of the ways ConocoPhillips supports its community is through Operation Smile, which provides life-changing cleft lip and cleft palate surgery.

ConocoPhillips believes it has a responsibility for the safety, health and well-being of its employees and the communities in which we operate.

One way ConocoPhillips meets the social needs of communities around the globe is through local United Way organizations. About half the company’s donations to social service organizations are channeled through the United Way to strengthen communities worldwide. The rest is contributed directly to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, community centers and other service organizations such as the Shunyi Orphanage outside Beijing, which houses approximately 30 children, many of whom are handicapped.

ConocoPhillips is actively involved with Rebuilding Together to provide low-income homeowners, particularly elderly and disabled families, with renovated, energy-efficient homes. In partnership with communities, ConocoPhillips helps the organization pursue its goal of making a sustainable impact by enabling low-income homeowners to live in dignity and comfort. ConocoPhillips is working with the American Petroleum Institute and Rebuilding Together’s affiliate organizations in dozens of U.S. cities to ensure that their home renovations include energy efficiency as a core component. Our employee volunteers have used their time and skill to help renovate numerous homes in various cities, including Houston; Lake Charles, La.; Trainer, Pa.; and Ponca City, Okla.

ConocoPhillips Vietnam has been recognized for its community service and contributions to the petroleum industry and economic development, including the Third Level Labor Medal from the President of Vietnam. We contributed $18,000 to support two separate Habitat for Humanity projects in Vietnam aimed at building new, much-needed residences for people from My Tho province in the Mekong River Delta. ConocoPhillips employees in Vietnam and their families helped with the construction of four “Love Houses” that were donated to the community’s neediest people.

Many of our businesses hold regular events to share their health and safety knowledge with the public. At the Sweeny refinery in Texas, for example, we organize an annual Health and Safety Fair offering free health checks and medical services to the local community. More than 400 people attended the 2008 event.

In the United Kingdom, our JET^® brand fuel marketers have focused on road safety for children with a number of innovative national campaigns. We also address safety concerns through organizations such as the Progressive Agriculture Foundation, which conducts camps to teach safety to thousands of children growing up on farms and ranches across North America.

ConocoPhillips donated $5 million to the Providence Alaska Foundation, with the single largest contribution directed to the Providence Cancer Center, a state-of-the-art facility in Anchorage created through the vision of previous Alaska cancer patients and their families. The Center provides local advanced cancer care with a special focus on meeting patients’ emotional and spiritual needs. The 45,000-square ft. facility offers a publicly accessible cancer resource center, the Susan Butcher Family Center, and patient navigators for one-on-one guidance.

In many instances, our employees have developed programs to educate local communities on safety, such as the Fire Safety House, which has taught more than a million schoolchildren across the United States how to protect themselves and their families from fire. ConocoPhillips supports the Smart Sparx Fire Reduction Program, a fire safety initiative implemented by the Australian Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service to educate indigenous children in urban schools. It uses storytelling, songs, music, color, games, puzzles, DVDs, CDs and role-play hand puppets to communicate its fire safety messages to children.

In 2008, when an earthquake struck Sichuan, China, ConocoPhillips China (COPC) and its employees quickly launched a relief program and donated approximately $560,000 to the China Red Cross. COPC also plans to support reconstruction of the area. For its efforts, COPC was one of 100 entities and individuals granted the Vanguard for Chinese People’s Livelihood 2008 award for corporate social responsibility.

In developing countries, our efforts are directed toward such fundamental needs as clean water and good hygiene. In Southeast Asia, we partnered with WorldVision to construct two hydraulic water pumps in rural communities near Dili, Timor-Leste. Community members, women and children in particular, had traditionally fetched water by laboriously climbing steep slopes up to four times a day over relatively long distances. The two water pumps assist 1,650 people in the villages of Ferik-Katuas and Laulara by improving hygiene and supporting local agriculture, which in turn improves nutrition. Using very few moving parts, the pumps are powered by the momentum from flowing streams in the valleys. Villagers contributed to construction and installation.

In Peru, ConocoPhillips partners with PRISMA, a Peruvian non-governmental organization, with 22 years of experience in the implementation of maternal and child health projects to seek healthy conditions and food security. The program targets native indigenous communities located in the direct area of our activities’ influence, and aims to improve health practices, nutrition and housing conditions; to increase food availability; and to promote local development and good governance practices.

ConocoPhillips also is one of the original supporters of the Alola Maternal and Child Health Program (Suko Hadomi Inan no Oan) in Timor-Leste. With one of the highest fertility rates in the world, the country has a high rate of maternal mortality, with 660 deaths per 100,000 live births. Almost all maternal deaths are preventable if high-quality health care is provided to pregnant women. This program delivers family planning, prenatal education, basic goods, and health practitioner-assisted births to thousands of women in Timor-Leste. Another key health initiative is promotion of the breastfeeding of infants, partly by encouraging the formation of Mothers’ Support Groups across the country.

For several years we have supported Operation Smile, a program that conducts surgeries on children with cleft lips and palates. In 2008, ConocoPhillips helped Operation Smile Vietnam by funding operations on more than 100 children from Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces of Vietnam.