YEREVAN HOSTS 19TH SITTING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HAYASTAN ALL ARMENIAN FUND

Panorama.am
14/05/2010

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan chaired the 19th sitting of the
Board of Trustees of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund at the Government
House of Receptions in Yerevan Friday. At the first part of the
sitting President Sargsyan presented the order of the agenda issues
and added that a representative of the Armenian community in Brazil
Tiruhi Burmanyan has voiced a wish to become a Board member.

The President said Tiruhi Burmanyan’s husband, Varouzhan Burmanyan
has had his contribution to Hayastan All Armenian Fund activity,
as well as the life of the Armenian community in Brazil.

"We are glad that now his wife and son have expressed readiness to
join our programs," Serzh Sargsyan said. With a majority of votes,
Tiruhi Burmanyan became member of the Board of Trustees of the Hayastan
All Armenian Fund.

Following the screening of a film of the Fund’s activity, the sitting
continued behind closed doors. The President of the Fund Ara Vardanyan
informed the reporters on the results of the sitting later.

According to him, executive administration’s report on the All Armenian
Fund activity 2009 was approved implicitly.

Ara Vardanyan said, the funds received from the telethon and
money-raising events this year will be directed to the solution of
the water supply problems in Nagorno-Karabakh. Around 200 villages
of Nagorno-Karabakh are facing water supply problems.

"Besides, we will continue development programs in the border villages
of Armenia," Ara Vardanyan said.

Referring to the funds raised in 2009 telethon, Ara Vardanyan said,
nearly $11 mln. out of the total $16 mln. will be directed to the
Shushi reconstruction program, another $2 mln. will be spent to
implement other programs in Karabakh, while the remaining sums will
go to the development programs in the border villages of Armenia.