Emediawire (press release), WA
March 8 2006
U.S.-Based Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund – Known as the AAEF –
Initiates Full Slate of Programs for Improving Children’s Education
at Public Schools in Armenia
Founder of Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund – the AAEF,
Anoushavan Abrahamian, embarks on four-week Armenian tour to mark the
transition of the AAEF to active projects including school
renovations, teacher training, and distribution of books and learning
materials. The AAEF is a unique fund dedicated specifically to
children’s educational needs in Armenia.
Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) March 8, 2006 — Founder of
children’s education fund for Armenia, Anoushavan Abrahamian, embarks
on four-week Armenian tour to mark the transition of the Anoushavan
Abrahamian Education Fund – the AAEF – to active projects including
school renovations, teacher training, and distribution of books and
learning materials.
“I am very pleased to be bringing the Anoushavan Abrahamian Education
Fund – the AAEF – to this active and operational moment,’ said
Anoushavan Abrahamian, founder of the AAEF. “We have been focused
since our inception in 2004, with needs assessment, program scoping,
and of course, fundraising. Now it is time for the actual work to
begin.”
Abrahamian’s remarks came as he made plans to embark on a four-week
tour of Armenian educational facilities and meetings with local
school and governmental officials. His trip begins in Yerevan,
Armenia on March 10, and is intended to initiate the funding of
several renovation, training, and educational material distribution
programs.
The work of the Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund has been
recognized by the Western Diocese of The Armenian Church of North
America. In a written statement, Archbishop Hovnan Derderian noted,
“It is a source of inspiration for us to witness the beneficial work
of the AAEF, the Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund. By adopting
neglected schools in Armenia and giving the necessary funds,
equipment and resources to better serve the children of Armenia, the
AAEF ensures the prosperity of the Motherland.”
The Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund – the AAEF – is dedicated
expressly to children’s and adolescent’s trade school education in
Armenia. Alll necessary funding to organize AAEF and provide for its
initial projects was provided at that time by American entrepreneur
Anoushavan Abrahamian.
“I am confident that the AAEF will make a significant and long
lasting impact on the youth of Armenia,” said Levon Thorse, a
newly-installed AAEF Board Member and Chairman of the Ardaz Lodge of
the Knights of Vartan, “I look forward to providing support and
guidance to the AAEF as it pursues its mission in Armenia.” The
Knights of Vartan is a worldwide brotherhood of Armenians dedicated
to sustaining Armenian culture and improving economic and living
conditions in Armenia. Mr. Abrahamian was recently invited to become
a member of the Knights of Vartan.
The mission of the Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund includes a
commitment to repair and upgrade Armenian schools in accordance with
local standards and to assist with the continuing education and
improvement of Armenian schoolteachers. The AAEF also plans a Social
Fund to provide textbooks and other learning materials for needy
children and families, as well as after-school programs for arts,
culture, and sports. A Scholarship Fund is also envisioned to support
gifted students in their higher education and advanced studies. The
Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund is an independent, non-profit
non-governmental 501(c)3 organization.
With the AAEF now moving to active funding and program operation in
Armenia, a lifelong aspiration of Anoushavan Abrahamian has been
fulfilled. Abrahamian began working to help his family at a very
young age, and resolved even then that he would help Armenian youth
to have an opportunity for education that he had not experienced.
Anoushavan Abrahamian serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of A&O Properties Management, Inc., a real estate development and
asset management firm which he founded, and is managing partner of a
number of real estate investment entities active in U.S. real estate
properties. A native Armenian, Mr. Abrahamian moved to Germany in
1963, later relocating to the United States where he resides today.
In Germany and in the U.S., he successfully created and operated
numerous businesses that contributed to his present financial
success.
Abrahamian is active in numerous charitable and community
organizations. He resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife
of 28 years – Ofik Abrahamian and their three children, with an
extended family in the area that includes his brother, his three
sisters, and numerous uncles and cousins.
For more information about the Anoushavan Abrahamian Education Fund –
the AAEF – please visit or call 818.866.4471
(U.S.). For general information and media queries, please contact Amy
Giggins at Adventure Studios Communications at 818.973.3141.
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