For Immediate Release
November 29, 2013
TELETHON 2013: $22.6 MILLION RAISED IN PLEDGES AND DONATIONS
NEW YORK, New York — We are pleased to announce that Hayastan All-Armenian Fund worldwide Telethon 2013 raised $22,661,372 in pledges and donations for numerous projects in Hayastan and Artsakh, and primarily for Vardenis - Martakert highway construction, which was approved by the Fund's annual Board of Trustees meeting.
Below is the initial list of pledges:
Russian Federation |
12 350 000 USD |
US Western Region |
2 000 000 USD |
France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Greece, Belgium /Phoneathon/ |
1 984 000 USD |
Armenia |
1 642 372 USD |
Switzerland /private donation/ |
1 250 000 USD |
Artsakh |
1 000 000 USD |
US Eastern Region |
1 000 000 USD |
Argentina |
700 000 USD |
Toronto /Canada/ |
225 000 USD |
Brazil |
170 000 |
Montreal /Canada/ |
120 000 USD |
Great Britain |
100 000 USD |
Lebanon |
94 000 USD |
Iran |
60 000 USD |
Austria |
10 000 USD |
ARMENIA FUND USA: founded in 1992, was one of the first of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund’s 21 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, 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.
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