For Immediate Release
November 29, 2014

$12.4 MILLION RAISED AT ARMENIA FUND'S 17TH TELETHON

NEW YORK, NY — We are pleased to announce that Armenia Fund worldwide Telethon 2014 raised $ 12 399 550 in pledges and donations. The amount will be used to implement special projects adopted by the benefactors and to complete the final phase of the 116 km long Vardenis-Martakert Highway construction, a road serving as an additional lifeline between the Northern regions of Armenia and Artsakh.

ARMENIA FUND USA: founded in 1992, was one of the first of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund’s 20 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.