UAF’S 155TH AIRLIFT DELIVERS 4.7 MILLION OF AID TO ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
March 30, 2010
GLENDALE, MARCH 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. 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).
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.