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About US - Defining Features
There are so many wonderful ways to give to the people of Armenia and Karabakh.
What makes Armenia Fund USA different from other philanthropic organizations dedicated
to building a stronger nation?
A focus
on large-scale infrastructure
Armenia Fund USA is a vehicle for
effecting tangible, measurable and far reaching change in Armenia and Karabakh.
The Fund, in collaboration with the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, has a
proven track record: 137 miles of roads, 81 miles of waterways, 36 schools,
3 electric transmission networks, 210 residential buildings, and 14 healthcare
institutions. Your donations go beyond “brick and mortar” solutions to implement
long-term, self-sustaining projects.
Armenia Fund USA and its partners
completed a seminal project in 1999, the Goris
Stepanankert Highway, a 44-mile road connecting Armenia to Karabakh. Currently
underway are several vital projects such as the North-South
Highway, a 105-mile road that will serve as the backbone of Karabakh. Comprehensive
project listings and descriptions are available under the ‘projects’ section of
the site.
A mandate of inclusion
Armenia Fund USA represents all Armenian constituents and has no government, religious
or political affiliations. Non-partisanship is thus taken to a new level, giving
donors a means of supporting Armenia and Karabakh through a pure and direct funding
channel, which benefits projects and people in need exclusively.
Armenia
Fund USA views other philanthropic organizations dedicated to Armenia as allies.
Rather than battling for funds and loyalties within the Diaspora, the Fund believes
that by merging our collective strengths and focusing on core competencies, we
can together be of greater assistance to the homeland. Armenia Fund USA is thus
open to collaboration with other philanthropic organizations and individuals with
Armenia’s best interests in mind.
A pledge to quality
control and accountability
Armenia’s transition from communism
to democracy brought a new breath of hope and renewal to the nation, unfortunately
difficulties concerning power and resource allocation still abound. Armenia Fund
USA has made a pledge to their donors and funding recipients to oversee and audit
the procurement transparency and quality control inspection of all projects. In
collaboration with the Yerevan based Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, Armenia Fund
USA has set up project oversight procedures and employs highly qualified project
over-seers on the ground level. Additionally, executive supervision is managed
through the Board of Directors. Armenia Fund USA abides by strict and formalized
procedures to ensure that funding dollars make it into the right hands and that
projects are completed on time and within budget.
IN OTHER PEOPLES
WORDS
His Eminency Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
Primate
of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
“In the young Republic
of Armenia, we have a precious opportunity to realize our highest aspirations
as a people and nation. Almost since the Republic’s foundation, Armenia Fund USA
has worked to help our people seize this opportunity. It remains a vital way for
Armenians around the world to contribute to the great project of this new era:
securing a strong, vibrant and decent homeland for future generations of Armenians.”
His Eminency Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan
Prelate – Eastern United
States and Canada
“Armenia Fund USA is one of the most effective channels
for the establishment of a close relationship and mutual cooperation between Armenia
and the Diaspora. Armenia Fund is and should always be a miraculous means through
which diasporan Armenians look towards their Motherland with complete devotion
and sacrifice.”
Peter Balakian
Writer, Professor – Colgate
University
“Armenia Fund USA is doing powerfully important work to help
keep Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh operating and growing all the time. Since this
is the first time in the modern era that Armenia has been independent, nothing
could be more important than our ongoing work for our ancient civilization and
its future in the new age.”
Lady Baroness Caroline Cox
Deputy
Speaker of the British House of Lords,
President – Christian Solidarity
International
“Armenians are not just survivors, but (they) create beauty
from ashes of destruction… I applaud Armenia Fund USA for creating projects fit
for heroes.”
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