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  • UAF's 153rd Airlift Delivers $3.3 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 26, 2009



    UAF's 153rd Airlift Delivers $3.3 Million of Aid to Armenia


    Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 153rd airlift arrived in Yerevan
    on September 26, delivering $3.3 million of humanitarian assistance.

    For this flight, the UAF itself collected $2.8 million of medicines and
    medical supplies donated by various charities, including AmeriCares ($1.9
    million), Health Partners International of Canada ($395,000), and the
    Catholic Medical Mission Board ($349,000).

    Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were Cafesjian
    Museum Foundation ($125,000), Dr. Mary Alani/Focus Armenia ($68,000),
    Armenian Relief Society ($64,000), Dr. Hrair Garabedian ($39,000), Dr.
    Stephen Kashian ($36,000), Sacred Heart Medical Center ($20,000), and Dr.
    Samuel Malayan ($20,000).

    Also contributing supplies to this airlift were Howard Karagheusian
    Commemorative Corp. ($19,000), Birthlink of UK ($17,000), Joseph
    Guzelian/UMAF Rhone-Alpes of France ($17,000), Armen Kocharian ($16,000),
    Armenian Missionary Association of America ($15,000), Armenian Students'
    Association ($13,000), and Armenian Bone Marrow Registry ($11,000).

    Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $569 million of humanitarian
    assistance to Armenia on board 153 airlifts and 1,726 sea containers.

    The UAF is the collective effort of the 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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