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“Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, Toronto
5005 Steeles Avenue East, Suite 208,
Toronto, Ontario, M1V 5K1, Canada
Contact : Migirdic Migirdicyan
Tel: (416) 332 0787
Fax: (416) 332 0736
e-mail : [email protected]
TORONTO ALL-ARMENIAN FUND IS BUILDING A SCHOOL IN MADAGHIS, ARTSAKH
June 2, 2005 Toronto, ON – Toronto, Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
Chapter had its annual banquet on Sunday, May 29, 2005. Over 300
Torontonians, as well as out of town guests, attended the fund-raising
dinner. Migirdic Migirdicyan, the chairman of the local chapter,
gave a detailed report about the three completed projects in 2004,
by Toronto. The first project was the school at the Shosh village in
Artsakh, for 120 to 150 students and 11 classrooms, which officially
opened on October 10, 2004. The second project was the gasification
of the Kantsasar Monastery. Toronto had already brought gas for
domestic use to the village of Vank. From the gas network in the
village 2.8 Km of gas pipelines were installed all the way up to
the monastery. The third project completed was the re-building and
renovation of the gymnasium, the auditorium and all the washroom
facilities of Nor Keghi school, just North of Yerevan. The Nor
Keghi school renovation was made possible by the donation given by
Brantford Armenian Charitable Association. Continuing his presentation
Migirdicyan announced that after bringing potable water to the Tumi
village in Artsakh, the Toronto chapter will build a new school for
the village of Madaghis. The exact engineering plans of the Shosh
village school will be used for the Madaghis construction as well. It
is expected that the construction will begin at the end of June.
After the presentation of the projects, Mr. Vartan Yaghsezian, Board
member of the All-Armenian Fund, who was especially invited from Los
Angeles as the key-note speaker of the evening, talked about how the
Fund started in 1992 and thoroughly explained its mission and the
accomplishments to-date. Mr. Yaghsezian mentioned that overall there
were some 250 projects realized of which Toronto had a respectable
position with some 20 plus projects of its own. Before the end of
the evening, some $75,000 were raised towards the school project
for Madaghis. Before leaving the function everybody present signed
a large wall-mounted poster of the Shosh school, turning it into a
unique and memorable memento commemorating the evening.
At the end of the banquet, the Toronto Fund’s Youth Group announced
that they had organized a 5Km walk-a-thon, on Sunday, June 5, at 1:30PM
starting from the Holy Trinity Armenian Church. All the proceeds will
go towards the building of the Madaghis school.
For additional information or a sample copy, please contact:
“Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, Toronto
5005 Steeles Avenue East, Suite 208,
Toronto, Ontario, M1V 5K1, Canada
Contact : Migirdic Migirdicyan
Tel: (416) 332 0787
Fax: (416) 332 0736
e-mail : [email protected]
Hayastan Foundation Canada Inc. – “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund is a
charitable organization, realizing humanitarian projects in Armenia
and Artsakh. During the last twelve years, it has undertaken and
successfully completed numerous winter heating, water distribution,
gasification and school construction projects.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress