EXHIBITIONS OF WORKS BY DISABLED PEOPLE START IN YEREVAN
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.08.2009 14:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Exhibitions of products prepared by disabled people
started today in Yerevan in the four sales and service offices of
the VivaCell-MTS Armenian telecommunication company. Exhibitions are
organized in service centers in Amiryan, Saryan, Tigran Mets streets,
as well as North Avenue.
"Faith, equality and responsibility towards the Armenian public –
these are the principles guided us through implementation of such
charitable projects," Ralph Yirikyan, Director General of VivaCell-MTS
said at the opening ceremony.
Boxes to collect donations are set up in each of the offices with
exhibitions. As Vahe Isahakyan, press secretary of VivaCell-MTS told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, funds raised during the exhibition will
be sent to non-governmental organizations for charitable purposes.
Through the joint efforts of the UN Development Program, the
VivaCell-MTS company and the Pyunik union of disabled two new centers
were established in Yerevan and Gyumri in 2007, where people with
disabilities learn painting, pottery, the embroidery, and carvings on
stone and wood. The works of disabled people prepared under guidance
of experienced teachers are distributed during various events, and
sold in various crafts shops in Armenia.