UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 301
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
For Immediate Release
11 October, 2006
UAF Sent $6.2 Million of Aid
To Armenia By Sea So Far This Year
Glendale, CA – In addition to airlifts, the United Armenian Fund sends
humanitarian aid to Armenia by sea shipments. During the first nine months
of 2006, the UAF sent $6.2 million of relief supplies to Armenia on board 93
containers.
"The UAF would like to thank the following donors who generously contributed
various relief supplies for Armenia," said Harut Sassounian, the President
of the UAF.
World Vision U.S. Inc. ($1.2 million); Armenian Gospel Mission ($459,000);
Hope for the City ($439,000); Medical Outreach for Armenians ($365,000);
Centre Hospitalier Lucien Hussel of France ($312,000); Armenian Missionary
Association of America ($293,000); World Vision Canada ($251,000); Vahe
Enterprises ($244,000); Mihran Mahmouzian & Jack Mazmanian ($235,000);
Jilland Corporation (Mr. & Mrs. Roubik & Gilda Assatourian ($221,000); Help
the Children International Children’s Charity Foundation ($206,000);
Juliette Serabian of France ($184,000); Fund for Armenian Relief ($180,000);
Armenian Canadian Medical Association of Ontario ($170,000); Friends of
Armenia ($162,000); Consiglio Regionale del Fruili Venezia Giulia of Italy
($112,000).
Also contributing were: The Armenian EyeCare Project ($73,000); Dr. Vartkes
Najarian ($72,000); Foundation Semra of Switzerland ($71,000); George
Asadorian ($67,000); Developmental Services for Armenia ($67,000); Chene of
France ($56,000); Association de Soutien aux Patriotes Armeniens of France
($54,000); Glendale-Ghapan Sister City Association ($51,000); Michael Candan
($51,000); Catholic Medical Mission Board ($50,000); Armenian Ministries of
U.K. ($47,000); Berge & Terry Minasian ($46,000); Komitas Action
Suisse-Armenia of Switzerland ($40,000); AmeriCares ($37,000); Sacred Heart
Medical Center ($36,000); Fresno Armenian Radio Hour ($36,000); Konnect9
World Wide of U.K ($36,000) and American University of Armenia Corp.
($35,000).
Other donors were: Centro Studi e Documantazione della Cultura Armena of
Italy ($33,000); Christlicher Hilfsbund im Orient of Germany ($32,000);
Alvan Tsarik Foundation of Holland ($30,000); Dr. George Katcherian
($30,000); Torkom Postajian ($26,000); Karapet Cuyumdzyan ($22,000); Shoebox
Sharing ($18,000); Aykaram Oganesyan ($18,000); Armenian Relief Society of
Germany ($15,000) and Nork Marash Medical Center ($14,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $447 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 140 airlifts and 1,359 sea containers.
The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian Assembly of America,
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 301, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.
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