‘OUR SHUSHI’ TELETHON COLLECTS NEARLY 16 MILLION USD IN PLEDGES
Tert.am
10:46 ~U 27.11.09
Hayastan All Armenian Fund concluded its 12th annual telethon –
a twelve-hour non-stop live broadcast from Los Angeles, California.
Summing up the results of a year long effort, which included a
whole range of fundraising activities, the Fund announced a total of
$15,875,043 USD in donations and pledges.
The collected funds will be directed at the realization of a variety
of social and economic infrastructure projects in the town of Shushi.
Through building new roads, schools, rehabilitating water mains and
restoring apartment buildings, the Fund will launch the process of the
revival of the historic Armenian town. Parallel to these projects,
the Fund will continue its rural development effort which reaches
out to the villages of Armenia and Artsakh.
This year’s fundraising effort was unprecedented in terms of the number
of people who participated and decided to have their input in tackling
the challenge of rebuilding Shushi. The participation of residents
of Armenia was especially impressive with more than 20,000 people
making their donations in the period leading to the annual Telethon.