UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 204
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
December 19, 2009
UAF's 154th Airlift Delivers $4.6 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 154th airlift arrived in Yerevan
on December 19, delivering $4.6 million of humanitarian assistance.
For this flight, the UAF itself collected $4 million of medicines and
medical supplies donated by various charities, including AmeriCares ($1.9
million), Catholic Medical Mission Board ($1.9 million) and Direct Relief
International ($95,000)
Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were Armenian
EyeCare Project ($137,000), Dr. Mary Alani/Focus Armenia ($132,000), Howard
Karagheusian Commemorative Corp. ($58,000), Armenian Missionary Association
of America ($36,000), Fund for Armenian Relief ($34,000), Dr. Stephan
Kashian ($26,000), Kapriel Ghambarji ($25,000), George Asadorian ($23,000)
and St. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church ($21,000).
Also contributing supplies to this airlift were Armenian Relief Society
($13,000), Armenian Bone Marrow Registry ($10,000), Knights of Vartan
($10,000) and Armenian Support Project ($8,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $580 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 154 airlifts and 1,761 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.
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 204
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
December 19, 2009
UAF's 154th Airlift Delivers $4.6 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 154th airlift arrived in Yerevan
on December 19, delivering $4.6 million of humanitarian assistance.
For this flight, the UAF itself collected $4 million of medicines and
medical supplies donated by various charities, including AmeriCares ($1.9
million), Catholic Medical Mission Board ($1.9 million) and Direct Relief
International ($95,000)
Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were Armenian
EyeCare Project ($137,000), Dr. Mary Alani/Focus Armenia ($132,000), Howard
Karagheusian Commemorative Corp. ($58,000), Armenian Missionary Association
of America ($36,000), Fund for Armenian Relief ($34,000), Dr. Stephan
Kashian ($26,000), Kapriel Ghambarji ($25,000), George Asadorian ($23,000)
and St. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church ($21,000).
Also contributing supplies to this airlift were Armenian Relief Society
($13,000), Armenian Bone Marrow Registry ($10,000), Knights of Vartan
($10,000) and Armenian Support Project ($8,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $580 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 154 airlifts and 1,761 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.