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ARMENIA-VIVACELL-FULLER-25-CHARITY [ArmInfo - Newswire (Armenia)](ArmInfo - Newswire (Armenia) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) VivaCell-MTS and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia continue partnership to bring decent housing to 25 more families in need Yerevan, April 11. ArmInfo. Erik Abraamyan. VivaCell-MTS and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia joined in a home build in the borderline village of Vazashen, Tavush Region to mark the official launch of the new project sponsored by VivaCell-MTS addressed to assisting 25 low income families from bordering villages of Tavush and Armavir regions to build and renovate their homes. The press service of VivaCell-MTS has told ArmInfo that today Armenia's bordering villages face critical challenges, such as the need for decent housing, the lack of jobs, which, in its turn brings forth emigration, low natural reproduction that threatens the existence of these villages. The problem is vital both for security reasons and for the overall economy of the country. To provide assistance, to lessen critical challenges the bordering villages face and to make the borderline areas of Armenia a place to live and raise a family VivaCell-MTS makes an investment of 55 million AMD and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia undertakes the implementation of a new program through which 10 families from bordering villages will be assisted to complete their half-built homes and 15 will be assisted to renovate their homes. The partnership between VivaCell-MTS and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia team goes back to 2007 and has fruitful outcomes. Already 25 families in Armenia enjoy the happiness of decent housing with the help and dedication of VivaCell-MTS. Through this long and fruitful partnership VivaCell-MTS makes a secure social investment in the protection and development of Armenian communities becoming part of the mission of eliminating poverty housing in Armenia through a striking example of corporate social responsibility. "Our people on the borders are our country's shield, and it is our duty to give them a helping hand for a better living. Every stone we build here, every roof we enhance is a strong armor for our country. Together with Fuller Center for Housing Armenia, we will help these people realize their dream - finish their homes and raise their children in safe and decent conditions," VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian stated. "The productivity of the partnership with VivaCell-MTS has been proved through the experience of many years, through the real difference made in the lives of many Armenian families. This is a unique partnership based on corporate social responsibility towards the communities, the families who are living side by side with us in a community that we ourselves are a part of. Through the generous support of VivaCell-MTS 25 families from bordering villages will have better housing condition. Instead of thinking of emigrating from Armenia in search of better standards of living they will remain in their homes and foster the security of the country borders," shared the president of the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia, Ashot Yeghiazaryan. VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia's leading mobile operator, having the widest 2G/3.75G/4G network reach and spreading a wide range of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July 2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any development serving the Armenian mobile communications market. The company follows the guidance provided by ISO 26000 (International Standard of Social Responsibility). For more information, visit www.mts.am Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at www.mtsgsm.com Fuller Center for Housing Armenia is a non-government, charitable organization that supports community development in the Republics of Armenia and Artsakh by assisting in building and renovating simple, decent and affordable homes, as well as advocating the right to decent shelter as a matter of conscience and action. FCHA provides long-term, interest-free loans to low-income families. The monthly repayments flow into a Revolving Fund, which is used to help more families, thereby providing a financial foundation for sustainable community development. In its five years of operation, the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia has assisted 278 families. For more information, please visit www.fullercenterarmenia.org or email us at [email protected] (c) 2014 ArmInfo News Agency. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |