News
For Immediate Release
January 30, 2006
Contact: Arpiné Kocharyan
Tel: (212) 689-5307
ARMENIA FUND USA HOSTS A PLANNING
MEETING IN
NEW YORK, January 21, 2006
Reviewing a detailed action plan for the “Rebirth
of Artsakh” with implementation beginning in Spring
of 2006
NEW YORK, New York - -
Armenia Fund USA, East Coast Affiliate of All-Armenia Fund,
hosted a planning meeting on January 21, 2006 with leadership
representatives of three affiliates in France, Armenia, and
Western United States. The meeting which took place at Armenia
Fund USA’s New York offices, evaluated current and future
projects and reviewed the plans and goals for implementation
of major initiatives for 2006. Among the attendees were Michel
Pazoumian, Fonds Arménien de France, Paris, Naira Melkoumian
and Ara Vardanyan, Hayastan Himnadram, Yerevan, Maria Mehranian
and Sarkis Kotanjian, Armenia Fund Inc., Glendale, California,
Kevork Toroyan, and Irina Lazarian, Armenia Fund USA, New
York City.
Building on the successes of 2005, the summit outlined the
possible expansion of the 2006 projects and initiatives, reviewed
and confirmed a detail-oriented action plan for the start
of the Rebirth of Artsakh Regional Development Program.
Their actions have set the stage for a challenging year as
the innovative three-year, three-region initiative -
“Rebirth of Artsakh” is launched. This
program will significantly improve people’s standards
of life in Nagorno Karabakh. “Rebirth of Artsakh”
is a three-year strategic development plan that addresses
critically needed development such as agricultural development,
construction and reconstruction of schools, roads and medical
centers, as well as clean water projects.
The Agricultural Initiative, spearheaded by Armenia Fund
USA, is the economic underpinning of the “Rebirth
of Artsakh” Regional Development Program. The Initiative
is a three-region project that will jettison the development
of the agricultural economy of Karabakh, thus allowing many
of the country’s subsistence family farms to increase
production, feed their families more adequately, get their
produce to market and thereby contribute to the stabilization
of NKR economy.
Guided always by a strict code of responsibility and transparency
to its donors, Armenia Fund USA represents all constituents
and friends of Armenians in Eastern United States. It is with
great appreciation that Armenia Fund USA thanks all those
who so generously have given and will continue to give so
that Armenians in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh will have the
chance to lead much healthier and productive lives. The success
of this organization to make significant changes in the lives
of so many in Armenia and Karabakh has been made possible
by its donor constituency and their good-will. The start of
the implementation plan of the “Rebirth of Artsakh”
will provide momentum for determined action and change in
2006.
ABOUT ARMENIA FUND USA: ARMENIA FUND USA, founded
in 1992, was 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, and having helped build 138 miles
of roads, 100 miles of waterways, 36 schools, 3 electric transmission
networks, 210 residential buildings and 15 healthcare institutions.
Armenia Fund USA’s Mission is the development
of strategic socio-economic infrastructure in Armenia and
Karabakh, focusing on major projects such as major highways,
schools, drinking water to communities and humanitarian programs
in education, training and medical facilities. The Fund has
adopted a policy to go “Beyond Bricks and Mortar”
to provide sustainability for projects it sponsors.
To learn more about Armenia Fund USA, please
go to our website at www.ArmeniaFundUSA.org
or call us at 212-689-5307.
Armenia Fund USA, 152 Madison Ave., Suite 803,
New York, NY 10016
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