YEREVAN, JULY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. It is already the second year the organization of American Armenian students has been implementing a charity program in the town of Armavir. Elmen Tsarukian, a student of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), said at the July 3 press conference that last year the organization purchased furniture, consumer electronics and stationery amounting to 5 thousand dollars for one of Armavir's kindergartens. This year aid of 12 thousand dollars has been given to another two kindergartens, at that, the necessary things were bought or ordered in Armenia. It was mentioned that next year it is envisaged to implement charity programs in another region of Armenia. The student organization's name, Alfa-Epsilon-Omega, is comprised of the initial letters of the Greek name Armenian National Organization. The organization founded in 2000 currently has branches in seven Universities of California, where many Armenian students study. The initial goal of the organization was to unite Armenian youths from different parts of the Diaspora, to inform American students about the Armenian Genocide, Armenian history and culture. In E. Tsarukian's words, many programs of the kind are implemented at UCLA, where renowned historian Richard Hovhannisian works as a lecturer. Their organization also takes part in these programs. The youth union's programs are mainly financed at the expense of their own resources, membership fees. However, the students hope that raisings from another sources will also increase parallel with the expansion of the charity programs.

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