Exhibitions of works by disabled people start in Yerevan

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.