Telenor Hands Out Free Tickets to Belgrade High Schoolers
Belgrade, Nov. 14, 2006
Telenor handed out 2,000 tickets to Belgrade high-school students for a friendly football match between the national teams of Serbia and Norway, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 8.15 p.m. Tickets are valid for the east section of the stadium.
The Secretariat for Education of the City of Belgrade supported the action and recommended it to the principals.
“Our support reflects our belief that the Telenor action is valuable for the promotion of sports among Serbia’s young people,” said Vladimir Todic, head of the Secretariat.
Telenor provided 43 buses to pick up the students outside their schools and take them to the stadium. One bus will collect the protégées of all four Belgrade homes for children without parents in front of Mosa Pijade Home, 19 Ustanicka Street.
One teacher will escort the students on each bus. During the ride to the stadium, the students will be given symbolic gifts from Telenor: scarf and fitted cap, lyrics of the new Serbian national anthem in Cyrillic script, and a light snack.
The Belgrade police will make sure that there are enough parking places for the buses, and will escort the students to and from the stadium. After the match, the students will be bussed back to their schools.
“I’m all for this action. Football games are perfect for young people to hang out and boost their patriotism. Actions like this one show that the society cares for its young people,” said Dejan Josipovic, a high-school principal. Some 80 protégées of four Belgrade homes for the children without parents will participate in the action, along with their peers from 12 Belgrade high-schools.
A socially responsible corporation, Telenor gladly initiates actions which, like this one, contribute to a healthy growth of a society, its young people above all. Telenor is among the largest mobile companies world wide with a subscription base of more than 105 million. This company has established a strong reputation for driving the development of advanced services in mobile telephony sector in the international growth areas. After the company invested a total of 1.513 million EUR on July 31, Telenor officially operates in Serbia since September 1 this year.
