TELETHON 2009 OUR SHOUSHI -15875 DOLLARS

NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
November 27, 2009 rint

Hayastan Fund is pleased to announce the successful completion of
the Telethon 2009

Today, at 8am local Armenian time, Hayastan All Armenian Fund concluded
its 12th annual Telethon – a twelve hour non stop live broadcast from
Los Angeles, CA. 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.

One of the key fundraising events preceding the annual Telethon was
the fundraising gala in Mosvow where Russian Armenian businessmen
made their contributions – 5,290,000 USD – which were reflected in
the final results of this year’s all Armenian fundraiser.

Another important fundraising event on the eve of the Telethon was
the annual pan European phoneathon. The results of Phoneathon 2009
were 1,800,000 USD in donations and pledges: a 10 percent increase
from the 1,5mln USD collected in 2008. More than 12,400 Armenian
families from all over Europe participated in this year’s Phoneathon.

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. More than 13,000 people made their donations in their
local post offices. Others used their mobile phones in an innovative
fundraising effort that the Fund brought together in association with
Viva Cell MTS mobile operator.

The fundraising activities in Armenia and Artsakh continue. The results
of this year-s fundraising effort will be finalized at the end of
the year when the Fund will sum up all the donations and publish the
names of the benefactors.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress