This year, owing to the partnership between VivaCell-MTS and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia, 40 families have already finished the construction of their half-built houses or renovated their houses.

Manukyan family from the village of Kakavadzor in Aragatsotn province is one of those happy families who already have a safe roof and decent conditions after many years of waiting.

VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian, and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia president Ashot Yeghiazaryan visited the Manukyans to participate in the housewarming celebration.

The young family started the construction of the house four years ago but couldn’t finish it. The family had lived in the paternal house, 11 people under a roof, later moving to the dark basement room of the half-built house. For the five-year-old Sirusho and the seven-year-old Hayk there is no greater happiness than the feeling of being the homeowners of a big and beautiful house.

“Nothing can compare to the happiness of the family seeing its new and long-cherished dream come true. It is with great excitement that we take part in this project that brings so much joy and happiness to families. For them, new house is a fulfillment and yet a new beginning, another reason to stay attached to their native land, paving a way for new dreams for the future,” Yirikian said.

VivaCell-MTS invested AMD100 million (AMD55 million in 2014) in the project in 2015, with Fuller Center for Housing Armenia implementing it. Through this partnership, the number of the families having their houses renovated or reconstructed will reach 93 by the end of the year.