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Fund for Armenian Relief

FAR NAMES A SCHOOL LAB IN GYUMRI

Simon Yeznig Balian was FAR’s Executive Director from 1993 to 2004,
and the Gyumri Vasken I School was the first school built under his
directorship. In recognition of this and other achievements, the FAR
Board decided that the laboratory in the Gyumri Vasken I School shall
hereafter be known as the ‘Simon Yeznig Balian Laboratory’.

Since its founding in response to the 1988 earthquake, FAR has served
hundreds of thousands of people through more than 220 relief and
development programs in Armenia and Karabagh. It has channeled more
than $265 million in humanitarian assistance by implementing a wide
range of projects including emergency relief, construction, education,
medical aid, and economic development.

For more information on FAR or to send donations, contact us at 630
Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016; telephone (212) 889-5150; fax (212)
889-4849; web ; e-mail far@farusa.org.

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