Litvínov, October 20, 2011 – Part of CZK 330,000, which this year Unipetrol has donated to social, educational and environmental projects of the city of Most, will go to start reconstruction of the former presbytery in Vtelno. The Regional charity of Most would like to build up a centre for educational, social and cultural events for the general public and day centre for the handicapped here. The donation, which the company Unipetrol has provided for the project, is aimed at introduction of electricity and putting sanitary facilities into operation.
„Unipetrol Group has been promoting education long time, because it is a way how to secure new young well educated employees for different departments of Unipetrol in the future. We are, therefore, pleased that we could contribute to the project of the Centre for international meeting and education, which should serve for development of cross-border cooperation and increase in local students´ interest in the history of the Most region,“ said Mr Piotr Chełmiński, the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unipetrol.
„With establishing the Centre for international meeting and education, a unique space will occur in the Most region where Czech students will meet with foreign ones, as well as volunteers and the public in educational, cultural and social events. We would like this baroque monument to revive and open its doors to Most citizens and not only them. Currently we install electricity, adapt certain rooms, but mainly with preservationists, builder and designer strive for removal of two points in disrepair in the building. The donation from the company Unipetrol has helped us in electricity installation and material purchase,“ said Ms Eva Čenkovičová, Directress of the Regional charity in Most.
The project of the former Cistercian presbytery complex reconstruction in Vtelno has been developed by the Regional charity in Most. Besides the Centre for international meeting, a day centre for the handicapped and their families as well as sheltered workshops should come into existence here. Families with children with special needs will find assistance here. The day centre capacity will be 30 – 40 persons.
Unipetrol helps in the Usti Region
This year Unipetrol has donated municipalities of the Usti Region altogether CZK 1.55M. The funds provided by Unipetrol Group have been used, for example, for equipping a playground in the garden of Karel Havlíček Borovský Nursery School in Most, amounting to CZK 100,000. Construction of parking lots and retaining wall reconstruction in Hora Svaté Kateřiny will require CZK 65,000. A sig-nificant amount of CZK 300,000 will be spent on chemical lab equipment in the Primary school with extensive language teaching and Nursery school in Litvínov.
Unipetrol also co-operates closely with the Usti region to which has donated CZK 2M for charitable projects this year. Over a long period, the company has been sponsoring Educhem High school. Last time the company provided a financial donation which was used for procurement of teaching aids such as data projectors, chemicals for experiments within chemistry lessons, equipping computer classrooms or for completing the sports equipment for physical education.
UNIPETROL, a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 UNIPETROL became a part of the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest oil processor in Central Europe. The UNIPETROL Group is oriented mostly towards oil processing, fuel distribution and petrochemical production. In all of these business areas the UNIPETROL Group is among the key players both in the Czech Republic and on the Central European market. The Group ranks among the leading firms in the Czech Republic in terms of its revenues, and employs almost 4,000 people.
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