VivaCell-MTS awards students, instructors for environmental protection efforts

VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of “Mobile TeleSystems” CJSC, summed up the environmental essay competition held among the students of all universities of Armenia.

At the event in the Yerevan Zoo Armenia’s leading mobile operator awarded 12 students from 4 universities and their instructors for their efforts against purely consumerist attitudes towards the Nature and the propagating the necessity of having a clean environment.

From the outset Armenia’s leading mobile operator has adopted a responsible approach that is based on the understanding that the Company’s mission cannot be limited to its main activities alone. VivaCell-MTS’ desire to see Armenia, and the Earth in general, free from hazards, was one of the decisive steps to make the dream come true.

The new management culture envisages projects, including broadcasting of videos on environmental topics, creation of eco-clubs in cooperation with the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets, participation in tree planting events as efforts towards the preservation of forests, support to the initiative of recycling the flowers brought to the Genocide memorial into paper, general sponsorship of the environmental festival, encouraging efforts to make the voice of children calling for nature protection heard by the adults through a series of photo exhibitions, and many more.

The competition of essays on environmental issues announced among the students of all universities of Armenia was another step in this direction. Upon the completion of the contest 12 students from four universities and their instructors received special awards. VivaCell-MTS awarded them participation certificates, gifts and prize sum of AMD 300,000 per person.

“One needs to be clean before his or her conscience and the Nature by trying to look at the world from the point of view of the next generation. It is important to realize that prevention is the best way of problem-solving and that philanthropy starts with the ability to value the general well-being. In the frames of the suggested topic you have managed to look at the reality from that angle; this means that our 5-year-long environmental campaign does serve its purpose. You look at life from the point of view of defending everyone’s rights. Keep up living by this principle,” said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.