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ORANGE TO MAKE ACCESSIBLE ITS SHOPS TO PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS
http://armenianow.com/economy/it_and_telecom/35697/orange_armenia_accessible_shops_wheelchairs
IT and Telecom | 16.02.12 | 16:55
>From now on Orange Flagship store staff will have at its disposal
a new and innovative device that will help them to assist customers
with wheelchairs to enter the shop. Today Orange management, with the
support of Unison NGO Executive Director Armen Alaverdyan, tested a
special device in Orange Flagship. This device aims to make accessible
to Orange customers those Orange shops, which, due to their stairs,
are not accessible to the disabled and where it is not impossible to
build ramps. To climb up and down the stairs the wheelchair is put
on the device, which safely moves it up and down the stairs.
Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said: "We have 75 shops throughout
the territory of Armenia, and majority of them are with stairs. We have
built ramps in the shops where it was possible to build, in order to
make our shops accessible to everyone. We target to make accessible
to everyone 70% of our shops by the end of the year. We consider
this as an important point in our corporate social responsibility,
so we are doing our best to provide equal opportunities to everyone
to benefit from our services".
Before acquiring this device of Italian production, Orange Armenia
has consulted Unison NGO. This device is considered as the best of
its type.
Orange Flagship at Northern Avenue is still the one to have this
device, but some time later, after having feedbacks of the customers
and shop staff on the efficinecy of the device, the company intends to
equip some other shops as well with such device, or to find alternative
solutions, such as mobile ramps.
http://armenianow.com/economy/it_and_telecom/35697/orange_armenia_accessible_shops_wheelchairs
IT and Telecom | 16.02.12 | 16:55
>From now on Orange Flagship store staff will have at its disposal
a new and innovative device that will help them to assist customers
with wheelchairs to enter the shop. Today Orange management, with the
support of Unison NGO Executive Director Armen Alaverdyan, tested a
special device in Orange Flagship. This device aims to make accessible
to Orange customers those Orange shops, which, due to their stairs,
are not accessible to the disabled and where it is not impossible to
build ramps. To climb up and down the stairs the wheelchair is put
on the device, which safely moves it up and down the stairs.
Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said: "We have 75 shops throughout
the territory of Armenia, and majority of them are with stairs. We have
built ramps in the shops where it was possible to build, in order to
make our shops accessible to everyone. We target to make accessible
to everyone 70% of our shops by the end of the year. We consider
this as an important point in our corporate social responsibility,
so we are doing our best to provide equal opportunities to everyone
to benefit from our services".
Before acquiring this device of Italian production, Orange Armenia
has consulted Unison NGO. This device is considered as the best of
its type.
Orange Flagship at Northern Avenue is still the one to have this
device, but some time later, after having feedbacks of the customers
and shop staff on the efficinecy of the device, the company intends to
equip some other shops as well with such device, or to find alternative
solutions, such as mobile ramps.