SYRIAN ARMENIANS TO RECEIVE 4% OF TELETHON 2012 BY HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND
tert.am
09.11.12
The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund will hold Telethon 2012 on November
22, with 4% of the raised funds to be directed to resolving Syrian
Armenians' problems, Ara Vardanyan, Executive Director, told Tert.am.
The Fund has a special account for Syrian Armenians' needs, he added.
Mr Vardanyan noted that the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund organized a
fundraising dinner last December.
This year, the Fund has organized a fundraising dinner in Moscow and
made a relevant announcement.
With respect to the U.S. $12m donations - if it is "much" or "little"
- Vardanyan said: "Once more I would like to urge everyone not to use
'much' or 'little' because this is the result of donations by one or
two persons. Last year, Eurnekian promised U.S. $12m, but this year
he has not."
In this context, Vardanyan said that the funds donated by Mr
Eurnekian have been used on the purchase of laptops for students in
Nagorno-Karabakh and on water-supply programs.
At the fundraising dinner in Moscow, the Argentine-based businessman
Eduardo Eurnekian donated U.S. $11m of the total U.S. $18,635,000
raised.
This year, Samvel Karapetyan, brother of Karen Karapetyan, ex-chief
of the RA presidential staff, donated U.S. $1m. This year, he has
promised U.S. $1.5m.
About 50 big businessmen took part in the 2012 fundraising dinner at
the Golden Palace restaurant complex, owned by Konstantin Manukyan,
who covered all the expenses.