VivaCell-MTS allocates AMD 6.9 bn for community development projects

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, VivaCell-MTS has allocated around AMD 6.9 billion for community development projects in Armenian provinces throughout the 10 years of operation.

Some of the projects realized in the provinces include provision of apartments to 40 earthquake-struck socially vulnerable families in Gyumri and Vanadzor; construction of drinking water supply system in regions; creation of alternative energy infrastructure (for street lights and heating systems), construction of heating system in kindergartens and schools; provision of neonatal care equipment to the regional maternity houses; provision of ambulance cars equipped with state-of-the-art devices and a navigation system to regional medical institutions, as well as modernization of the administrative system; provision of vehicles adapted for people with special needs, support to the localization of the emergency number 911; construction and renovation of houses in villages, including borderland communities; renovation of educational and cultural institutions in the regions; provision of tuition fees for university students; creation of computer labs in regional educational institutions among other things.

VivaCell-MTS has created more than 204 stable workplaces for people from different regions working in 54 service centers and 10 mobile service centers of the Company.

“The development of rural communities is about eliminating the gap between a village and a town, between provinces and the capital,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said.