OREANDA-NEWS. Starting from August 10, 2009 in VivaCell-MTS’ Service Centers located at Amiryan, Saryan and Tigran Medz streets as well as Nothern Avenue, handicapped artwork is being displayed, reported the press-centre of VivaCell-MTS.

We all share the same right to have our job well acknowledged. Thus VivaCell-MTS aims at providing the handicapped people who have skills in such traditional crafts as pottery, painting, embroidery, wood carving, stone carving, etc., means to share the outcome of their efforts and creativity with everyone. For that VivaCell-MTS joined hands with two organizations for the handicapped - Pyunik and Prkutyun NGOs.

A contribution box is placed in each of the Service Centers for receipt of charitable contributions. Later on these contributions will be used by NGOs to carry out their charitable purposes.

 “Belief, equal treatment and sense of responsibility towards the Armenian society always guides VivaCell-MTS in such and other activities. Integration of handicapped people into society is our responsibility. Corporate responsibility is not about one-time actions. It’s about creating conditions for harmonious cooperation between private and public sectors”, said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian. He made the first contribution by choosing one of the items.

In 2007 VivaCell-MTS sponsored creation of arts and crafts centers for the handicapped in Gyumri and Yerevan, where under the supervision of  professional trainers disabled people are making their own artwork and handicrafts to sell at different events and distributed to retail souvenir shops throughout Armenia. The centers also provide an alternative way of organizing leisure of the disabled, develop their problem solving skills, discover relaxation techniques, and build self-confidence. The Centers give an opportunity to children, who would otherwise have no other way of stimulating their development, to try their skills in arts and crafts.