Armenia Fund To Hold Another Telethon - November 24, 2005

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Indeed they do, but some more than others.

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REVIVAL OF ARTSAKH
Christine Mnatsakanian

Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
10 Dec 2005

During the annual telethon of the Armenia Fund in Los Angeles on
November 24, 7 million 770 thousand dollars was donated, which will
enable to finish the construction of the North - South highway and
launch the Revival of Artsakh programme. The most important thing
about the Telethon 2005 is that for the first time in 14 years,
besides rich benefactors, common people from Armenia, America and
Europe participated in it actively. This year a vast number of young
and middle-aged people participated. The medium-sized donations, i.e.

1000 - 25 000 dollars, also have increased in number. Medium-sized
donations have almost tripled in Armenia. Together Armenia and Nagorno
Karabakh gathered 1 million 200 thousand dollars. Donations from
France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain totaled 1 million 200
thousand dollars during the phonethon in Europe. The Armenian community
in Lebanon donated 100 thousand dollars, in Argentina 51 thousand,
Great Britain 31 thousand dollars, etc. Louise Simon Manougyan donated
1 million dollars, and the president of the Union of Armenians in
Russia Ara Abrahamian donated 250 thousand dollars. Naira Melkumian,
Executive Director of the Armenia Fund, promised to publish the names
of the other donators at the beginning of the next year, since the
donations will continue until late December. The money will be spent
on the implementation of the first stage of the Revival of Artsakh
Programme - reconstruction of the region of Martakert. During the
war this region was damaged most of all.

Thousands of settlements, economic, educational and cultural
establishments, and communications were destroyed. Therefore, the
reconstruction of Martakert will be the first stage of the Revival of
Artsakh Programme. The programme involves development of agriculture,
reconstruction of schools and hospitals and the problem of drinking
water. The programme will be implemented in the regions of Martakert,
Hadrut and Martuni.

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Armenia Fund Reconstructs Artik Hospital

Armenia Fund, Inc.
111 North Jackson St. Ste. 205
Glendale, CA 91206

T | 818-243-6222
F | 818-243-7222
E | [email protected]

https://www.armeniafund.org

For Immediate Release
March 13, 2006

Armenia Fund Reconstructs Artik Hospital
United Kingdom Affiliate Finances Project

Yerevan, Armenia - Armenia Fund is proud to announce that it has
embarked on yet another vital hospital reconstruction project in
the Shirak Region of the Republic of Armenia. The Artik Hospital
will undergo major renovation in order to meet the growing needs of
the region.

Presently, the project is in its design stage. The scope of the
reconstruction will include strengthening of the building and its
foundation, construction of a boiler-house, installation of a modern
heating system, as well as installation of new doors and windows. The
hospital will also undergo crucial seismic retrofitting in order
to prevent collapse in case of an earthquake. In addition to key
structural upgrades, new restroom facilities will be built, as well as
new flooring will be installed throughout the facility. Part of the
new plan will encompass a new electrical conduit system, as well as
safe and reliable wiring throughout the building. Upon completion,
the hospital will have a new and separate sewerage system. The
surrounding landscape of the hospital will be redesigned in order to
be more people friendly.

After a close assessment of the hospital, healthcare specialists
determined that the condition of the hospital is critically
deteriorating. Construction experts revealed major structural damages,
due to a lack of repair and maintenance over the years.

Over the past twenty years, the hospital has been moderately renovated.
Unfortunately, the catastrophic earthquake of 1988 crippled the
hospital's structural support and foundation lines. Currently, only
one building out of the four is being used for patient services.

The hospital currently has 40 beds and serves as the main healthcare
facility for the town of Artik. Due to a lack of readily available
healthcare facilities, the hospital has come to cater to the Shirak
region's growing 60,000 population. Armenia Fund plans to expand
patient capacity as soon as reconstruction works are completed.

Armenia Fund, Inc., is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation
established in 1994 to facilitate large-scale humanitarian and
infrastructure development assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.
Armenia Fund, Inc. is the U.S. Western Region affiliate of "Hayastan"
All-Armenian Fund. Tax ID# 95-4485698

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UAF's 137th Airlift Delivers

UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 301
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900

For Immediate Release
11 March 2006

UAF's 137th Airlift Delivers
$3.6 Million of Aid to Armenia

Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 137th airlift arrived
in Yerevan on March 11, delivering $3.6 million of humanitarian
assistance.

The UAF itself collected $2.9 of medicines and medical supplies for
this flight, most of which were donated by AmeriCares ($2,100,000);
Operation Blessing/Armenia Fund U.S.A. ($570,000); Brothers Brother
Foundation ($266,000) and Catholic Medical Mission Board ($39,000).

Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were:
Armenian General Benevolent Union ($213,000); Michael Der Boghosian
from Boston Medical Center ($166,000); Dr. Stephen Kashian ($65,000);
Nork Marash Medical Center ($42,000) and Armenian Missionary
Association of America ($28,000).

Also contributing to this airlift were: Howard Karagheusian
Commemorative Corp ($19,000): Armenian Relief Society ($15,000) and
Armenian American Health Association of Greater Washington ($9,000).

Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $428 million of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 137 airlifts and 1,285
sea containers.

The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian Assembly of America,
the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Armenian Missionary
Association of America, the Armenian Relief Society, the Diocese of
the Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic
Church of America and the Lincy Foundation.

For more information, contact the UAF office at 1101 North Pacific
Avenue, Suite 301, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.

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Oskanian Promotes Armenia Fund's New Project in Los Angeles

Armenia Fund, Inc.
111 North Jackson St. Ste. 205
Glendale, CA 91206
Tel: 818-243-6222
Fax: 818-243-7222
Web: www.armeniafund.org

Contact: Sarkis Kotanjian
[email protected]

PRESS RELEASE
May 23, 2006

Oskanian Promotes Armenia Fund's New Project in Los Angeles

Armenia Fund Embarks on Rural Poverty Eradication in 150 Armenian villages

Los Angeles, CA - Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, H.E.
Vartan Oskanian, and Ambassador of Armenia to the United States, H.E.
Tatoul Markarian were in Los Angeles on May 19-20 to promote Armenia
Fund's new beneficiary project - Rural Poverty Eradication in Armenia.
The Minister and Ambassador held meetings with Armenia Fund's leadership
over the weekend, discussing plans for the socio-economic recovery
program and its eventual implementation. The discussions were focused on
prioritizing implementation strategies and the steps to carry out the
program in the Diaspora and defining the organizational mechanisms
through which Armenia Fund will implement public outreach, fundraising,
communications and coordination of the Rural Poverty Eradication
Program.

Armenia Fund's International Board of Trustees, which includes prominent
Diaspora Armenians - Charles Aznavour, Mark Geragos and Vartan
Gregorian, among others, approved the large-scale reconstruction project
aimed at eliminating rural poverty in Armenia and Karabakh. The program
will parallel the works of the $235 million Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) project that is financed by the United States
Government. The MCC will rebuild rural roads and install a modern
irrigation network throughout the republic over the course of five years.

`We envision that the Armenia Fund is best situated to take over as the
umbrella which will appoint a governance board, a fiscal agent, as well
as the management team. This ambitious program is a natural expansion of
the Armenia Fund's mission - to facilitate infrastructure and
development programs that are beyond the government's capacity,' said
Oskanian.

The economic blockades imposed by neighboring Turkey and Azerbaijan have
crippled the fledgling republic's economy, leaving it without a safe and
secure transit means of goods and services. Furthermore, with the
collapse of the Soviet Union, the centralized Moscow-based economy
shattered and sent negative ripple effects throughout Armenia. Roads,
communication lines, irrigation and drinking water systems, as well as
energy supplies were all hampered and damaged due to neglect.

Building on the international momentum of increased aid to the economic
recovery of the country, Armenia Fund will begin this unprecedented
large-scale infrastructure development program. Armenia, at the
assessment of international experts, has the potential to become the
breadbasket of the region, despite being a landlocked mountainous country.

"The decision to have the Armenia Fund as the organization to carry out
the Rural Poverty Eradication Program speaks to the quality and track
record of Armenia Fund. We are all proud to be a part of this new
initiative," said Maria Mehranian, Chairperson of Armenia Fund, Inc.

Through this project Armenia Fund will implement a comprehensive
development plan in the rural regions of Armenia. The project will
include development of waterways, irrigation systems, roads, educational
facilities, hospitals as well as agricultural development assistance
programs. Similar to the Martakert Regional Development Program,
currently underway in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Rural Poverty Eradication
Program will be developed by experts from Armenia, France, and the
United States who are currently working with Armenia Fund.

Armenia Fund, Inc., is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation
established in 1994 to facilitate large-scale humanitarian and
infrastructure development assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.
Armenia Fund, Inc. is the U.S. Western Region affiliate of `Hayastan'
All-Armenian Fund. Tax ID# 95-4485698