UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 204
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
March 27, 2010
UAF’s 155th Airlift Delivers $4.7 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA – The United Armenian Fund’s 155th airlift arrived in Yerevan
on March 27, delivering $4.7 million of humanitarian assistance.
For this flight, the UAF itself collected $4 million of medicines and
medical supplies donated by various charities, including AmeriCares ($3.8
million), Catholic Medical Mission Board ($240,000), and Health Partners
International of Canada ($45,000).
Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were: The
Armenian EyeCare Project ($300,000), Armenian Technology Group ($70,000),
Armenian Relief Society-Western Region ($59,000), Fund for Armenian Relief
($33,000), St. Vartanantz Apostolic Church ($26,000), Dr. Samuel Malayan
($25,000), and Bay Area Friends of Armenia ($22,000).
Also contributing supplies to this airlift were Armenia Fund USA ($17,000),
Armenian Missionary Association of America ($15,000), American University of
Armenia ($13,000), Eastern Prelacy ($12,000), Fletcher School of Law
($11,000), Vartan Gregorian ($11,000), Dr. Hagop Hovaguimian ($9,000), and
Dr. Viken Garabedian ($9,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $588 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 155 airlifts and 1,783 sea containers.
The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy, 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.