17 April, 2014,  Shgharshik Community, Aragatsotn Region, RA: VivaCell-MTS and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia 2015 partnership started with a momentum; this year VivaCell-MTS invested AMD100 mln. (last year AMD 55mln) for the housing project and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia has undertaken its implementation. The dream of 40 Armenian families of 10 regions of Armenia. 20 families will have improved housing conditions, another 20 families will complete the construction of their half-built houses.

 

VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian, staff members from the company and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia team launched the project in Shgharshik village of Aragatsotn Region with the construction of Khamoyan family house.

 

"A whole life, almost 20 years, my family has lived in this half-built house with cement floors, leaking roof and damp walls. Two of our children have serious health problems; my daughter was born with a heart disease. My son was born blind in one eye, he is also ill with brucellosis. My wife and I seem to have lost hope that anything good could happen in our life. And now, when our dream comes true, I am the happiest man in the world," said the father of the family, Mushegh Khamoyan.

 

The partnership between VivaCell-MTS and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia goes back to 2007. Through this partnership 53 families live in decent homes. This year, another 40 families will replenish the list.  

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.

 

"VivaCell-MTS is pleased to support the implementation of this project. In addition to the strategic importance, it holds the idea of unity, the idea of helping and encouraging each other. I am filled with special joy, when I see that the employees of our company are guided with these ideas and express willingness to voluntarily participate in the construction works of these families' houses. This proves that the values of our company are spread among, accepted and practiced by our employees," said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

 

''Poverty housing and poor socioeconomic conditions in Armenia are forcing people to leave their home country in search of a better life abroad.  The best solution of this problem we are facing over many years is to have a solid roof and decent housing conditions. A man who loves his home will never leave it," said Fuller Center for Housing Armenia president Ashot Yeghiazaryan.

 

 

VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia’s leading telecommunications 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) and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (Information Security Management System). For more information, visit www.mts.am

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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-governmental, 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 a 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. 

 

Since 2008 the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia has assisted 362 families

For more information, please visit www.fcharmenia.org or email us at fcarmenia@fcharmenia.org

 

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