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ARMENIAN-AMERICAN BENEFACTOR DONATES $275,000 TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL IN ARTSAKH
PRESS RELEASE
January 10, 2005
WASHINGTON – The Office of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic (NKR) in the
United States is pleased to announce that Anoush Mathevosian of New
York will sponsor the construction of a new school in Stepanakert,
Nagorno Karabakh. When completed, the building will accommodate
students primarily from refugee families, who fled Azerbaijan in early
1990s.
A long-time philanthropist and a founding benefactor of the Armenian
Genocide Museum and Memorial in Washington, DC, Mathevosian decided to
sponsor the construction of the new school when Armenian Assembly
vice-chair Annie Totah asked her to contribute to this vital project.
During her October 2004 trip to Stepanakert, Totah visited the future
school site with the NKR First Lady Inna Ghoukasian, under whose
auspices the construction project has been conceived.
Last month, Ms. Mathevosian sent a $275,000 check to the Fund of
Armenian Relief (FAR), the New York-based relief and development
nonprofit organization she chose to implement the project. `We are
thankful to Ms. Mathevosian for her continued confidence in our
organization. She is one of FAR’s outstanding members and
visionaries, and it has certainly been a blessing to work with her for
more than 15 years. Ms. Mathevosian has initiated and generously
funded several educational programs in Armenia through FAR,’ said
Garnik Nanagoulian, FAR Executive Director.
`We will coordinate our efforts with the local authorities in Nagorno
Karabakh to ensure that we build a modern educational facility for
Artsakh’s students,’ he added.
NKR President Arkadi Ghoukasian telephoned Mathevosian to thank her
for critical contribution to Artsakh’s future. `The people of Artsakh
highly value your outstanding vision and generous benevolence,’ he
said.
In her letter to Matevosian last month, First Lady Ghoukasian called
the new undertaking `a very honorable and patriotic mission.’
`We thank Anoush Mathevosian for her financial backing of this
critical project. Hundreds of area students had to walk miles each day
to attend school in the neighboring district. The new building will
also be conveniently located for many families that came to Karabakh
from Azerbaijan. These families deserve our utmost attention. We also
thank Annie Totah for her important role in making this project
possible’, commented Inna Ghoukasian.
`By building modern educational facilities and improving the teaching
process we are paving the way to Artsakh’s brighter future. I call on
Armenians around the world to continue supporting similar projects,’
said in conclusion Artsakh’s First Lady.
The Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the United States is
based in Washington, DC and works with the U.S. government, academia
and the public representing the official policies and interests of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
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Photo & caption: Long time Armenian-American philanthropist Anoush
Mathevosian.
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