YEREVAN, November 25. /ARKA/. The Public Television of Armenia reported Friday morning that $15 428 777 has bee raised and promised in Hayastan All Armenian Fund’s 19th Telethon.



The telethon, conducted under the banner ‘My Artsakh [Armenain name of Karabakh - ARKA]’, was launched yesterday at 22:00 local time and lasted 12 hours. It was aired by some Armenian TV Channels, including the Public Television, and was available online also on the fund’s official website.



The financial resources raised this year in the telethon will be spent on recovery of Artsakh’s damaged areas, defense of the population and construction of houses for Artsakh’s multi-child families.



Along with that, purposed projects will be implemented in Armenia and Artsakh.



Ahead of the telethon, on November 16 to 20, an All European phonethon was conducted in France with participation of French, German and Swedish branches of the All Armenian Fund.



The Armenian community of Greece joined the phonethon. Over €1 352 000 was collected in the phonethon.



Hayastan All Armenian Fund has already held a special telethon after the four-day April war, on May 14, which collected more than $1.1 million.



The money has been spent on recovery of civil infrastructure and organization of humanitarian aid to the war-stricken people.



In 2015, the fund’s telethon, held under the slogan ‘Our Home’ raised about $10.4 million, which was spent on construction of houses for multi-child families.



Hayastan All Armenian Fund’s telethons have raised around $300 million over 25 years, which has been spent on implementation of more than 1,000 projects aimed at strengthening Armenia’s independence and improving lives of more than 10,000 residents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.—0--





11:36 25.11.2016