UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 301
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
PRESS RELEASE
3 June 2006
UAF’s 138th Airlift Delivers $12 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA – The United Armenian Fund’s 138th airlift arrived in
Yerevan on June 3, delivering $12 million of humanitarian assistance.
The UAF itself collected $10.8 million of medicines and medical supplies
for this flight, most of which were donated by AmeriCares ($9.9
million); MAP International ($481,000); Health Partners International
of Canada ($298,000) and Catholic Medical Mission Board ($150,000).
Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were:
Pfizer Inc. ($445,000); UMAF from France ($309,000); Armenian Eyecare
Project ($74,000); Armenian International Ophthalmic Association
($50,000); Nork Marash Medical Center ($44,000); International Academy
of Telepathology ($38,000) and Howard Karagheusian Commemorative
Corporation ($36,000).
Also contributing to this airlift were: Foundation Semra ($28,000);
Armenian American Health Association of WA ($20,000); Armenian American
Cultural Association ($20,000);
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $441 million of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 138 airlifts and 1,312 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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