UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 204
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
PRESS RELEASE
20 April 2015
UAF delivers $9 Million of Aid
To Armenia in Last Six Months
Glendale, CA -The United Armenian Fund (UAF) sent $9 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 43 containers, during the last six months.
The UAF itself collected $4.1 million of medicines and other materials
donated by several charities, including AmeriCares ($2.6 million), Direct
Relief International ($895,000), Catholic Medical Mission Board ($302,000),
Fawn Grove Compassion Center ($257,000), Feed the Children Fund ($111,000),
and MAP International ($39,000).
Other organizations which contributed valuable goods during this period
were: World Vision ($499,000), Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief
($483,000), Action Sante Armenie France ($445,000), Armenia Fund USA
($436,000), UMAF of France ($423,000), Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of America ($300,000), Armenian Ministries in UK
($253,000), Armenian Christian Mission of Australia ($235,000), Knights of
Vartan ($204,000), Project Agape ($199,000), Birthlink of UK ($192,000),
Focus on Children Now ($191,000), Armenian Lighthouse Charitable
Organization ($142,000), Ordre of St. Lazare ($104,000), and Herman
Hinteryan ($103,000).
Also contributing relief supplies were: George Asadorian ($92,000), North
Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church ($88,000), Garni
Foundation ($84,000), Toufayan Bakeries (75,000), St. Kevork Armenian Church
($45,000), and Dr. Albert Phillips ($24,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $706 million of humanitarian
assistance to Armenia on board 158 airlifts and 2,235 sea containers.
The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian General Benevolent Union,
Armenian Missionary Association of America, Armenian Relief Society, Diocese
of the Armenian Church of America, and Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic
Church of America.
For more information, contact the UAF office at 1101 North Pacific Avenue,
Suite 204, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.
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