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PRESS RELEASE

January 14, 2010
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918

ANCA CALLS ON ARMENIAN AMERICANS TO HELP HAITI EARTHQUAKE RESCUE AND RELIEF

— Welcomes Armenia’s Deployment of 53-Member Rescue Team

WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
has welcomed the Armenian government’s decision to rapidly deploy a
52-member rescue team to Haiti, and has called upon Armenian
Americans to help augment the work of this highly trained team by
sending donations – either through Armenian charities or directly
to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations – to
support the unfolding effort to aide the survivors of the
devastating earthquake that hit the Haitian capitol of Port-au-
Prince this Tuesday.

The Armenian rescue team, created in the aftermath of the 1988
earthquake that killed tens of thousands of Armenians and destroyed
large portions of northeastern Armenia, will include specialists,
search dogs, and advanced equipment. Tens of thousands are feared
dead as a result of the Haitian earthquake, which measured 7.0 on
the Richter Scale. The Armenian team has a track record of rapidly
deploying to disaster sites around the world.

A number of options are available for donors, including on-line
contributions to the American Red Cross
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and even a texting option, set up by the Red Cross, that allows
individuals to give $10 by sending the message "Haiti" to 90999 on
their cell phone. To date, this mobile giving effort has raised
more than $3 million for the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.