For Immediate Release
March 15, 2007

THE ASSATOURIANS SUPPORT ARMENIA FUND’S PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES

NEW YORK, New York – Armenia Fund USA is pleased to announce Roubik and Gilda Assatourian’s generous donation of orthopedic and rehabilitation products for the elderly and disabled that will go toward Armenia Fund USA’s public health initiatives to improve the healthcare system for citizens of Armenia and Karabakh. High-quality medical products are costly and hard to obtain in Armenia. The supplies, worth $27,840, will be delivered to the Elderly Home in Yerevan as well as to medical centers and healthcare providers throughout the country in early April. The free shipment of these much needed walkers and other products has been made possible by the United Armenian Fund, an organization that Armenia Fund is indebted to for securing the safe arrival and distribution of the humanitarian aid.

The Elderly Home that is currently being renovated by Armenia Fund

«We always knew we were going to help Armenia in some way or the other; we just had to find a credible organization that can facilitate it. Even if these walkers improve one person’s life, that’s what matters», says Roubik Assatourian, the founder and CEO of Jilland Corporation, a company that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of healthcare products. «Modern equipment and medical supplies are a key to improved healthcare. And participation of each individual through reputable development organizations like Armenia Fund will surely channel the resources to the right places. Armenia Fund has done an incredible job, for example, with the Armine Pagoumian Polyclinic and Diagnostic Center in Karabakh, but we need to continue the process of supplying these medical centers with critically needed medical products. We need coordinated efforts to improve conditions at medical institutions in Armenia. It is such an important task…» says Roubik.

Access to quality healthcare has always been a priority concern in Armenia Fund USA’s agenda for development. What has initially started as a humanitarian involvement 15 years ago has evolved into a robust strategy to affect change by improving the healthcare system in Armenia and Karabakh. The Fund’s public health projects have since ranged from specific need-based intervention programs to large-scale initiatives and construction of multi-specialty healthcare centers.

ABOUT ARMENIA FUND USA: founded in 1992, was one of the first of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s 18 international affiliates and serves constituents in all states east of the Mississippi. As a non-profit, non-governmental, nonsectarian organization, the Fund represents all Armenian constituents. Armenia Fund USA is the largest contributor among the 18 international affiliates – supporting strategic infrastructure projects in Armenia and Karabakh. The Fund has adopted a policy to go “Beyond Bricks and Mortar” to provide sustainability for projects it sponsors.

ABOUT UNITED ARMENIAN FUND: Founded in 1989 and based in Glendale, CA, the United Armenian Fund is the collective effort of the Armenian Assembly of America, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Armenian Missionary Association of America, the Armenian Relief Society, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America and the Lincy Foundation. To date, the UAF has sponsored and prepared 141 airlifts, 1,392 sea containers and delivered over $456 million of aid to Armenia.

To learn more about Armenia Fund USA, please visit our website at
www.ArmeniaFundUSA.org or call us at 212-689-5307.