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

PRESS RELEASE
March 21, 2009

UAF’s 151st Airlift Delivers $3.5 Million of Aid to Armenia

Glendale, CA – The United Armenian Fund’s 151st airlift arrived in Yerevan
on March 21, delivering $3.5 million of humanitarian assistance.

For this flight, the UAF itself collected $2.1 million of medicines and
medical supplies donated by AmeriCares ($1.1 million); the Catholic Medical
Mission Board ($932,000); Health Partners International of Canada ($56,000);
MAP International ($14,000) and Direct Relief International ($4,000).

Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were: Armenian
American Cultural Foundation ($280,000); Arkray USA/Dr. Samuel Malayan
($253,000); Fund for Armenian Relief ($245,000); Armenian EyeCare Project
($111,000); American University of Armenia ($79,000); Dr. Stephen Kashian
($60,000); Armenian Students’ Association ($44,000); Armenian Bone Marrow
Donor Registry ($33,000); Howard Karagheusian Commemorative Corp. ($31,000)
and Armenian Missionary Association of America ($31,000).

Also contributing supplies to this airlift were: Foundation Semra of
Switzerland ($24,000); Fletcher School ($20,000); Dr. Hagop Hovaguimian
($18,000); St. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church ($15,000) and Dr. Tigran
Arakelyan ($13,000).

Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $555 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 151 airlifts and 1,662 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.