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.