UAF’S 138TH AIRLIFT DELIVERS $ 12 MILLION OF AID TO ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Jun 06 2006

GLENDALE, CA, JUNE 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The United
Armenian Fund’s 138th airlift arrived in Yerevan on June 3, delivering
$ 12 million of humanitarian assistance. The UAF itself collected $
10.8 million of medicines and medical supplies for this flight, most
of which were donated by AmeriCares ($ 9.9 million); MAP International
($ 481,000); Health Partners International of Canada ($ 298,000) and
Catholic Medical Mission Board ($ 150,000). Other organizations which
contributed goods for this airlift were: Pfizer Inc. ($ 445,000);
UMAF from France ($ 309,000); Armenian Eyecare Project ($ 74,000);
Armenian International Ophthalmic Association ($ 50,000); Nork Marash
Medical Center ($ 44,000); International Academy of Telepathology
($ 38,000) and Howard Karagheusian Commemorative Corporation ($
36,000). Also contributing to this airlift were: Foundation Semra
($ 28,000); Armenian American Health Association of WA ($ 20,000);
Armenian American Cultural Association ($ 20,000).

Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $ 441 million of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 138 airlifts and 1,312
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.