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    FUND'S INTERESTING NUMBERS
    James Hakobyan

    Lragir.am
    01/12/09

    Hayastan pan-Armenian fund released the results of 2009 telethon
    which show quite an interesting image. 15 million 845 thousand 43
    dollars have been gathered. Those, as we know, are concrete donations
    and promises. Unfortunately, the fund did not release which part of
    it are promises and which is to be considered given money. At the
    present moment, the problem is not this, though in general it is a
    serious problem.

    Approximately 16 million was gotten not only during the Los-Angeles
    telethon but also during the telethon held earlier as well as during
    the dinner of the Armenian businessmen in Russia. In particular,
    the very dinner donated 5 million 290 thousand dollars. This number
    is several times less than the one of the last year which was held
    in a wider format and businessmen from Armenia also participated in it.

    Last year, almost 30 million dollars were gathered 15 millions of
    which donated the businessman Samvel Karapetyan.

    But even if we assume that last year, businessmen from Armenia also
    participated in the dinner, nevertheless, the decline of this year is
    essential. The point is that this year from Armenia and Artsakh the
    donation got only 1 million 747 thousand 43 dollars. If we presume
    that this is the money the businessmen donated and citizens have no
    participation, adding it to the Moscow 5 million we have almost 7
    million dollars. If we assume also that during the previous time,
    15 million from 30 gathered during the dinner was donated by Samvel
    Karapetyan, nevertheless, in comparison with the previous 15 million
    7 million is doubly less. The economic crisis is possible to have
    intervened we just registered the fact.

    >From this point it is also notable that surprisingly little money
    was gathered from the U.S. which is the most wealthy Armenian colonies.

    Surprisingly, only 2 million 86 thousand drams were gathered. Here
    again the reason may be the crisis but we again register the fact.

    Previously, only the wealthy Armenian people living in the U.S. used
    to donate more than the whole U.S. gathered this year. Perhaps, the
    former NKR president, the current Armenian Ambassador at large Arkadi
    Ghukasyan failed to convince the Armenian-American wealthy men to be
    generous while donating. Which is the reason why they were passive
    this time? Is it the result of the ineffective work of the fund,
    or delusion from the Armenian government or the crisis? This is a
    matter of another conversation.

    The result of the Armenians living in Europe is more or less
    impressive. Generally, Armenians living in France, Germany,
    Switzerland, Holland, Austria and Great Britain gathered approximately
    5, 5 million dollars. The fund is notable not to mention other
    countries, while in Europe there are many other countries having
    Armenian colonies.

    The fact that alongside with the names of Argentine and Brazil the
    name of Uruguay lacks while there is a tangible number of Armenians
    living there is interesting too. More than half a million of dollars
    was gathered from Canada, and Lebanon and Australia together gathered
    300 thousand dollars. The name of Greece which has quite a big Armenian
    colony lacks, it is surprising too.
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