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Bakcell congratulates children on International Child Protection Day - PHOTO

Bakcell congratulates children on International Child Protection Day - <font color=red>PHOTO</font>

02 June 2011 08:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA-Economics. Bakcell, the first mobile operator in Azerbaijan, has made it a tradition to celebrate holidays with children in need. This time Bakcell brought the joy of the holiday to the Surakhani District Specialized Boarding School No 7.

The holiday event dedicated to June 1 - International Child Protection Day was organized at the initiative of ANS Press Publishing House, â€œBala Diliâ€ and â€œElliâ€ childrenâ€™s magazines. Bakcell, together with children who participate in the Corporate Social Responsibility program â€œBakcell Starsâ€, joined to support this initiative. â€œBakcell Starsâ€ childrenâ€™s choir from Baku SOS Childrenâ€™s Village and Dancing Group from Baku SOS Youth House for Girls performed in front of their peers.

On behalf of children, Head of Surakhani Boarding School, Ms. Gabila Bagirova thanked to Bakcell and ANS Press Publishing House for organizing such an entertaining event and commended SOS Childrenâ€™s choir and dancing group for their wonderful performance. â€œThis is a great social experience for children. It creates a good chance for them to interact, laugh, play, have fun, make new friends and feel members of the big community.â€

The children were also joined by popular singers and â€œKorpemâ€ Childrenâ€™s theater who entertained children with a clownery play. Competitions were conducted among children for the best dance and poem. Each child received gifts from Bakcell and also â€œBala Diliâ€ and â€œElliâ€ magazines. Children also enjoyed outdoor sports and play activity organized by the team of Social Services Initiative, the implementing agency of â€œSports for Development and Inclusionâ€ project within the â€œBakcell Starsâ€ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

On the 1st of June Bakcell also conducted a campaign in partnership with â€œParentsâ€ international parents and family magazine. During the campaign run at the busy spots of Baku, as Fountains Square, Nizami Street and Sahil Park, Bakcell staff members and a group of volunteer students distributed holiday gifts to children and â€œParentsâ€ magazine to parents. â€œTaking good care of children is one of the main obligations of parents. We are happy to give parents their favorite â€œParentsâ€ magazine as a gift on the International Child Protection Day, which we hope can be a useful guide for them. Thank you to Bakcell for organizing this campaignâ€, said Suheyla Jafarova, Editor-in-chief of â€œParentsâ€ magazine.

Congratulating all children on their holiday, Richard Shearer, Chief Executive Officer of Bakcell said: â€œChildren are the builders of our future, therefore we should make everyday childrenâ€™s day. Through â€œBakcell Starsâ€, our Corporate Social Responsibility program, we made it an important part of our mission to contribute to the building of the happy future of our societyâ€.

â€œParentsâ€ is the first and only licensed international parenting and family magazine in Azerbaijan. The magazine covers all aspects of child development including health, nutrition, behavior, psychology, child care and etc., as well as the issues of womenâ€™s health, pregnancy, family budget, beauty, fashion and many other interesting topics. Azerbaijan Pediatricians Association supports the publishing of this magazine. Head office of the â€œParentsâ€ magazine is located in NY, USA. Copyrights belong to â€œMeredithâ€ corporation.