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  • UAF's 149th Airlift Delivers Over $4 Million of Aid to Armenia

    UNITED ARMENIAN FUND

    1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 204
    Glendale, CA 91202
    Tel: 818.241.8900
    Fax: 818.241.6900

    PRESS RELEASE


    September 27, 2008



    UAF's 149th Airlift Delivers
    Over $4 Million of Aid to Armenia
    Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 149th airlift arrived in Yerevan
    on September 27, delivering over $4 million of humanitarian assistance.
    The UAF itself collected over $2 million of medicines and medical supplies
    for this flight, donated by AmeriCares ($1.6 million) and the Catholic
    Medical Mission Board ($793,000).
    Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were: Boston
    University Medical School/Dr. Aram Chobanian ($721,000); The Armenian
    EyeCare Project ($343,000); Dr. Mary Alani/Focus Armenia ($114,000); Dr.
    Hrair Hovaguimian ($108,000); Fund for Armenian Relief ($85,000); Prelacy of
    the Armenian Church-East ($80,000); Dr. Vahe Karacholu ($60,000); Dr. Hrair
    Garabedian ($49,000); Armenian Missionary Association of America ($47,000)
    and Diocese of the Armenian Church-East ($45,000).
    Also contributing supplies to this airlift were: A.P.A.E.F.A (Association
    Perreuxienne d'Amities et d'Entraide Franco-Armeniennes of France ($37,000);
    Hershey Medical Center ($31,000); Dr. Stephen Kashian ($21,000); Armenian
    Technology Group ($20,000); Shushi School of Music ($18,000); Dr. Nishan
    Goudsouzian ($18,000) and University of Connecticut ($17,000).
    Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $535 million of humanitarian
    assistance to Armenia on board 149 airlifts and 1,609 sea containers.
    The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian Assembly of America,
    Armenian General Benevolent Union, Armenian Missionary Association of
    America, Armenian Relief Society, Diocese of the Armenian Church of America,
    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 204, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.
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