VivaCell-MTS awards environmental essay competition winnersSeptember 29, 2011 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS summed up the results of environmental essay competition held among Armenian university students at Yerevan Zoo -hosted event. VivaCell-MTS awarded 12 students from 4 universities and their instructors for their efforts against consumerist attitude towards nature and promotion of clean environment. VivaCell-MTS awarded them with 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,” said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian. The new culture of management reveals itself in 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 to protection of the Nature heard by the adults through a series of photo exhibitions, and much more. The competition of essays on environmental issues announced among the students of all universities of Armenia was another step in this direction, VivaCell-MTS press service reported. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |