Armenia Fund Inc

SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF ARMENIA.

FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT FOR ARTSAKH HOUSING, DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, MEDICAL/SURGICAL SERVICES AND SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT AND SHIPPING, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR IDPSPROGRAM EXPENSE: $7,786,4641. HOUSING ($4,286,464)- CONTINUED REHABILITATION AND REPAIR OF EXISTING HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING UNITS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP), MULTIPLE HOUSING, SINGLE AND MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS IN STEPANAKERT, ASKERAN; FOLLOWING THE 2020 WAR AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES IN ARTSAKH (DUE TO DAMAGE/DESTRUCTION OF THEIR HOMES OR FORCED EVACUATION FROM OCCUPIED AREAS), ARMENIA FUND EMBARKED ON A ROBUST PROGRAM OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN SAFER AND RELATIVELY PROTECTED AREAS OF ARTSAKH TO ACCOMMODATE THE DISPLACED FAMILIES; AND2. URGENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ($500,000) - IN MID-DECEMBER 2022, AZERBAIJAN BLOCKED THE ONLY ROAD CONNECTING ARTSAKH TO ARMENIA KNOWN AS THE LACHIN CORRIDOR. THIS ROAD IS THE ONLY ROUTE THROUGH WHICH FOOD, MEDICINE AND OTHER GOODS NEEDED FOR NORMAL EVERYDAY NEEDS CAN BE TRANSPORTED FROM ARMENIA TO ARTSAKH. WITHOUT THIS ROAD, ARTSAKH IS UNDER COMPLETE BLOCKADE WITH NO OTHER SOURCE TO RECEIVE FOOD AND MEDICINE. THE ONLY WAY TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AID TO ARTSAKH AT THE TIME WAS THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS WHICH COULD PURCHASE AND TRANSFER THE MATERIAL; AND THE ABOVE TRANSFER INCLUDED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TRANSFERRED TO HAAF WHICH, IN TURN WOULD TRANSFER TO THE RED CROSS FOR THE PURCHASE OF EVERYDAY STAPLES AND MEDICINE FOR THE BLOCKADED POPULATION OF ARTSAKH;AND3. INFRASTRUCTURE ( ($1,769,231)- REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENTS OF DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS) SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, FOR VICTIMS OF THE WAR; AND4. MEDICAL ($1,000,000)- PROCUREMENT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE STEPANAKERT MATERNITY HOSPITAL (ARTSAKH) WHICH WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE 2020 WAR. PART OF A MULTI-PRONGED HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM CONSISTING OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND AIR CARGO OCEANIC SHIPPING OF HUMANITARIAN AID; AMBULANCES AND LIFE-CRITICAL EQUIPMENT; PROSTHETICS TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS, HEARING AIDS, ULTRASOUND MACHINES FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS AND FAMILIES. GENERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPLIES; AND5. FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT FOR HOUSING AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO EXTREMELY POOR IN REMOTE VILLAGES AND GYUMRI EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS HOUSING ($230,769)A MULTI-YEAR, PHASED HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE CITY OF GYUMRI TO RELOCATE FAMILIES, WHO FOLLOWING THE 1988 EARTHQUAKE HAVE LIVED IN INADEQUATE CONDITIONS, TO PERMANENT HOUSING. TWO BUILDINGS OF 15-UNITS WILL ALSO HOUSE FAMILIES OF LOST AND INJURED SERVICEMEMBERS OF THE 44-DAY WAR. GYUMRI 2ND PHASE HOUSING PROJECT TO HOUSE THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND FALLEN AND INJURED SOLDIERS OF THE 2020 WAR IN THE CITY OF GYUMRI, ARMENIA.

DISABLED VETERANS AND FAMILIES ASSISTANCEPROGRAM EXPENSE: $63,912 A CONTINUING PROGRAM OF ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES - AID TO THE INJURED VETERANS OF THE 44-DAY WAR AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN NEED. PARALYMPIC CYCLING ARMENIAPROGRAM EXPENSE: $16,600PARALYMPIC CYCLING ARMENIA - FOLLOWING THE 2020 ARTSAKH WAR, MANY WOUNDED SERVICEMEN WERE LEFT WITHOUT THE USE OF THEIR LIMBS. ARMENIA FUND, INC. AND LOCAL BICYCLE SHOP VELO PASADENA COLLABORATED ONCE AGAIN ON ANOTHER PROJECT TO PROMOTE ATHLETIC ADVANCEMENT FOR THOSE WHO FACED THIS DISADVANTAGE. TOGETHER WITH ARMENIA FUND, VELO PASADENA SPONSORED TWO PARALYMPIC CYCLISTS TO COMPETE IN THE 2022 EUROPEAN YOUTH SUMMER OLYMPIC FESTIVAL IN SLOVAKIA THIS JULY. ARMENIA FUND HELPED IN PROVIDING BICYCLES AND CYCLING GEAR TO THE PARALYMIC CYCLISTS, AND THE COLLABORATION CULMINATED IN A FUNDRAISING BIKE RIDE EVENT; ANDORPHANAGE PROGRAM IN TSAGHKADZOR PROGRAM EXPENSE: $5,000OUR LADY OF ARMENIA IS AN ORPHANAGE BASED IN GYUMRI, ARMENIA AND A SUMMER CAMP IN TSAGHKADZOR, ARMENIA. THE ORPHANAGE AND SUMMER CAMP PROVIDE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN WITH FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, AND EDUCATION. IN 2022, THE ORPHANAGE WAS FUNDRAISING FOR THE RENOVATION OF A GYMNASIUM AND LIBRARY FOR THE CHILDREN. ARMENIA FUND, INC. PROMISED TO MATCH EVERY DOLLAR RAISED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, UP TO $5,000 USD. ALL $5,000 USD WAS MET AND THE MATCHING DONATION WAS SENT.PARAATHLETICS FOUNDATION ($3,113)THE ARMENIAN PARAATHLETICS FOUNDATION, DEVELOPED BY WOUNDED ATHLETE STAS NAZARYAN, IS A FOUNDATION WHICH PROMOTES AND TRAINS PARA-ATHLETES IN ARMENIA. AFTER THE 44-DAY ARTSAKH WAR, IN 2020, STAS NAZARYAN AND HIS FELLOW PARALYMPIC ATHLETES DECIDED TO PUT THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO THE SERVICE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS. THE FOUNDATION IS VITAL FOR REBUILDING THE LIVES OF SOLDIERS WHO LOST LIMBS DURING THE WAR. ARMENIA FUND, INC. SUPPORTED THE FOUNDATION BY PROVIDING THEM WITH BRAND NEW ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING WHEELCHAIRS AND BICYCLES. ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE USED TO ORGANIZE A SPORTS REHABILITATION CAMP FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN TSAGHKADZOR, ARMENIA.

MEDICAL/SURGICAL, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ($875,814)THIS MULTI-PRONGED HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM CONSISTED OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND SHIPPING, AMBULANCES AND LIFE-CRITICAL EQUIPMENT, GENERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPLIES, HUMANITARIAN AID AIR CARGO AND OCEANIC SHIPPING, GENERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPLIES.

EXTREMELY POOR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE ($285,000) A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH THE WESTERN DIOCESE OF ARMENIAN CHURCH TO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE, HOUSING, HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXTREMELY POOR EMPLOYEES OF THE WESTERN DIOCESE IN REMOTE VILLAGES.