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  • UAF's 133rd Airlift Delivers $5.2 Million of Aid to Armenia

    UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
    1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 301
    Glendale, CA 91202
    Tel: 818.241.8900
    Fax: 818.241.6900

    25 April 2005

    UAF's 133rd Airlift Delivers $5.2 Million of Aid to Armenia


    Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 133rd airlift arrived in
    Yerevan on April 23, delivering $5.2 million of humanitarian
    assistance.

    The UAF itself collected $4.8 million of medicines and medical
    supplies for this flight, most of which were donated by AmeriCares
    ($2.3 million), the Catholic Medical Mission Board ($1.7 million) and
    Eli Lilly ($788,000).

    Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were:
    Nork Marash Medical Center ($111,000); Armenian Missionary Association
    of America ($47,000); American University of Armenia ($34,000); Howard
    Karagheusian Commemorative Corp. ($29,000); and Accuware Consultants
    ($22,000).

    Also contributing to this airlift were: Srbouhi Hairapetian ($17,000);
    Shushi Music School Society ($16,000); and California State
    University, Northridge ($10,000).

    Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $408 million of
    humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 133 airlifts and 1,172 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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