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11TH PHONE MARATHON OF 'HAYASTAN' ALL-ARMENIAN FUND RECORDS 1.3 MILLION-EURO DONATION PLEDGE
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS: The traditional all-European phone
marathon of 'Hayastan' All-Armenian Fund was held November 18-21
in France.
An official from the fund told Armenpress that the fundraising-event,
in which local bodies of France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland and
Greece partook, recorded a 1million 300,000 - euro donation pledge.
The donations will be directed to the construction and restoration of
water systems in the Artsakhi villages of Togh, Hartashen, Ukhtadzor,
Aknaghbyur and Sargsashen. The investments in Tavush Province will
go on as well.
Petros Terzyan, head of the bureau of the Fund's French local body,
said that despite the economic crisis, many people responded to the
call for donation positively. For 4 days, 12 hours per day, over 650
volunteers phoned people and called Armenian business establishments
and families to help the compatriots in remote villages of Artsakh
and Armenia. In the result, donation pledges from more than 11 200
families was recorded. This year donation pledges increased by 10%.
Gerard Depardieu, film actor, and Andre Manukyan, Armenian
pianist-composer, supported the phone marathon with their addresses.
Vigen Chitechyan, Armenia's ambassador to France, was present at
the closing ceremony of the phone marathon. Petros Terzyan, head of
the bureau of the Fund's French local body, expressed gratitude to
the partners and volunteers and presented the results of the phone
marathon: 1.1 million-euro donation pledge from France, 70,000-euro -
from Germany, 18,000-euro - from Switzerland, 46000-euro - from Greece,
and 21,000-euro donation pledge from Holland.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS: The traditional all-European phone
marathon of 'Hayastan' All-Armenian Fund was held November 18-21
in France.
An official from the fund told Armenpress that the fundraising-event,
in which local bodies of France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland and
Greece partook, recorded a 1million 300,000 - euro donation pledge.
The donations will be directed to the construction and restoration of
water systems in the Artsakhi villages of Togh, Hartashen, Ukhtadzor,
Aknaghbyur and Sargsashen. The investments in Tavush Province will
go on as well.
Petros Terzyan, head of the bureau of the Fund's French local body,
said that despite the economic crisis, many people responded to the
call for donation positively. For 4 days, 12 hours per day, over 650
volunteers phoned people and called Armenian business establishments
and families to help the compatriots in remote villages of Artsakh
and Armenia. In the result, donation pledges from more than 11 200
families was recorded. This year donation pledges increased by 10%.
Gerard Depardieu, film actor, and Andre Manukyan, Armenian
pianist-composer, supported the phone marathon with their addresses.
Vigen Chitechyan, Armenia's ambassador to France, was present at
the closing ceremony of the phone marathon. Petros Terzyan, head of
the bureau of the Fund's French local body, expressed gratitude to
the partners and volunteers and presented the results of the phone
marathon: 1.1 million-euro donation pledge from France, 70,000-euro -
from Germany, 18,000-euro - from Switzerland, 46000-euro - from Greece,
and 21,000-euro donation pledge from Holland.
From: A. Papazian