UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 204
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900

June 2, 2007

UAF’s 143rd Airlift Delivers
$14 Million of Aid to Armenia

Glendale, CA – The United Armenian Fund’s 143rd airlift arrived in Yerevan
on June 2, delivering over $14 million of humanitarian assistance. This is
the highest value airlift sent by the UAF in the past 18 years.

The UAF itself collected $13 million of medicines and medical supplies for
this flight, donated by AmeriCares ($6.8 million); the Catholic Medical
Mission Board ($6.4 million) and Direct Relief International ($7,000).

Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were: Armenian
General Benevolent Union ($400,000); Armenian Missionary Association of
America ($68,000); International Academy of Telepathology from Germany
($33,000); Foundation Semra from Switzerland ($30,000); Hologic Inc.
($30,000); Dr. Hrair Garabedian ($28,000); Armenian International Ophthalmic
Association ($27,000); and Howard Karagheusian Commemorative Corporation
($27,000).

Also contributing to this airlift were: Dr. Stephen Kashian ($23,000); Bay
Area Friends of Armenia ($21,000); Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief
($21,000); Dr. Samvel Malayan ($18,000); Armenian Youth Federation
($15,000); and Fund for Armenian Relief ($13,000).

Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $496 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 143 airlifts and 1,449 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 204, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.

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