Armenia Fund Established in 1994 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, California, Armenia Fund, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-governmental, non-political corporation. Serving as the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

’ Western Region affiliate of the “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund along with its nineteen subsidiaries around the world, Armenia Fund, Inc. has issued over $120 million of electricity development guarantee and humanitarian revenue for Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 and Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, lying between Lower Karabakh and Zangezur and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains...

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Goals

Armenia Fund attempts to rebuild Armenia's economy and assist in the well-being of life in the region. Additionally, the organization attempts to rebuild major infrastructures damaged in Karabakh during the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Nagorno-Karabakh War

The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan...

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Telethon

Beginning in 1997, an annual telethon was set up and televised across the globe.

Telethon No.	Year	Raised	Phoneathon	Main Goal
1st	1997	$2,600,000		rebuilding Karabakh's infrastructure
2nd	1998	$2,100,000		55-kilometer Segment of Goris-Stepanakert Highway
3rd	1999	$??		to construct the 169-km North-South "Backbone" Highway in Karabakh
4th	2000	$??		continued construction of the North-South Highway in Karabakh, Armenia, as well as the construction of four schools in the country's earthquake zone
cancelled	2001	$0		Armenia Fund and its 19 worldwide affiliates cancelled Telethon 2001 in solidarity with its American brothers and sisters over the tragic events of September 11, 2001
5th	2002	$??		no info available
6th	2003	$6,000,000		to build North-South "Backbone" Highway in Karabakh
7th	2004	$11,400,000		to complete the North-South "Backbone" Highway in Karabakh
8th	2005	$7,770,000		revitalizing war torn region of Mardakert (Karabakh) - including renovation of a regional hospital, construction of a water pipeline network, agricultural development, and the construction of new local school.
9th	2006	$13,700,000		revitalizing war torn region of Hadrut (Karabakh) - including reconstruction of a regional hospital, a series of new schools, new water pipelines and distribution networks, as well a comprehensive regional agricultural development program
10th	2007	$15,275,000		revitalizing Armenia's rural villages in Tavush Region (part of Village Development Program)
11th	2008	$35,000,000		core infrastructure projects in remote areas of Armenia and Karabakh (Martuni, Mardakert, Hadrut)
12th	2009	$15,875,043	$1,800,000	development of war-ravaged town of Shushi
13th	2010	$20,862,733	EUR 1,300,000	development of modern drinking and irrigation water systems in Karabakh’s 200 villages