ALL RESOURCES FROM ARMENIAN TELETHON 2009 TO BE DIRECTED TO SHUSHI DEVELOPMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.09.2009 19:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Parallel to work currently under way in Nagorno
Karabakh and Armenia, the fund is also preparing for the All-Armenian
Telethon in 2009, November 26," Ara Vardanyan , executive director of
the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund told a press conference today. "All
means from All-Armenian Telethon 2009 will be directed to the
development of Shushi," he said.

According to him, a new form of fundraising is also elaborated. A
charity dinner to be held in Russia is prepared.

Main programs of the fund are aimed at the development of Nagorno
Karabakh: 11 schools are built and repaired, the problem of water
supply is partly solved in Shushi. The irrigation system is developed,
schools are constructed in Tavush and Lori regions of Armenia.

Asked whether the recent developments related to the Armenian-Turkish
relations, negatively affect fundraising at the telethon, Fund
Executive Director Ara Vardanyan said: "The Fund is not a political
structure. We try not to succumb to political influences. It is
important that now the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh need
our assistance. The only objective of the Fund is to improve our
lives. "