The "Youth Career and Development Center” project, implemented by the "SOS Children’s Villages Azerbaijan Association” with the support the Bakcell – The First Mobile Operator and Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, has been successfully completed. 

Within the frames of this project, the "Youth Career and Development Center”, established at the SOS Children’s Village in Baku, has been provided with all the necessary equipment. By means of this Center, a total of 68 young persons have successfully completed the interview skills, CV creation, career development and accounting courses. Five of them have already started working by establishing their own small businesses.

At the same time, a special section dedicated to youth employment has been created on the official web-page of the "SOS Children’s Villages Azerbaijan Association”. Resumes of more than 50 young candidates, who have completed the courses and trainings within the frames of this project, were placed to the said section. This webpage also contains detailed information about the above mentioned project and its partners, as well as some additional useful information about the relevant legislation and employment opportunities. The link to the said section is as follows: http://soschildren.az/1/static/33  

It should be noted that this project covers beneficiaries of SOS UK Azerbaijan Association as well as children and youth serviced by the relevant authorities under the Ministry of Education, and serves the purpose of broadening the employment opportunities for them and improve their knowledge and competency in this area. The majority of project beneficiaries are children and teenagers deprived of parental care or those from low income families.

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About Bakcell

Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and the Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, offers a variety of products for modern mobile communications customers. Bakcell provides class leading 3G and 4G mobile internet experience in the country under the Sür@ brand name. 

With more than 5300 base stations Bakcell’s network covers more than 99% of the population and 93% of the land area of the country (excluding occupied territories). Bakcell is a leader in innovation and it focuses on bringing the best of the mobile internet to Azerbaijanis through new partnerships and its Sür@ services. Bakcell 3G service is available in all regions of Azerbaijan and covers 93% of population. 

For more information about Bakcell products and services, please visit www.bakcell.com or call 555.For press releases please see www.bakcell.com/az/news (or www.bakcell.com/en/news for press releases in English).

If you are not a Bakcell subscriber, but wish to find out about Bakcell and its services, please call 055 000 05 55

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About SOS Children‘s Villages International

"SOS Children’s Villages-Azerbaijan National Association” NGO is a member of the SOS Children’s Villages International humanitarian organization founded by Hermann Gmeiner in Imst, Austria, in 1949. SOS Children‘s Villages International provides children deprived of parental care with permanent place of residence, family environment, preparing them for independent life, regardless of their race, national origin and religion.

Representative offices of SOS Children’s Villages International are active in 134 countries of the world, working in close cooperation with UNESCO and listed in the register of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. In 1999, on the eve of its 50th anniversary, SOS Children’s Villages International was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2002, SOS Children’s Villages International was awarded with the "Conrad Hilton” Humanitarian Prize, which is the world’s largest humanitarian prize.

For more detailed information about the "SOS Children’s Villages-Azerbaijan National Association” NGO, please contact the following person: Tural Abbasov, Corporate Fundraiser - + 994 (55) 227 47 33; + 994 (12) 490 39 13 Email- [email protected]