YEREVAN, JULY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The repaired office of the Armenian branch of the Armenian Assistance Fund of America will, henceforth, be named after Gevorg Hovnanian, the Founder-Chairman of the fund, and his wife, Sirvard Hovnanian. Archbishop Khazhak Parsamian, the Head of the U.S. Eastern diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Chairman of the Armenian Assistance Fund, declared at the June 29 press conference that G. Hovnanian has always taken part in making and implementing the programs carried out by the Armenian Assistance Fund. He also mentioned that the charity of G. Hovnanian is not limited to the one implemented within the framework of the Armenian Assistance Fund: he is one of the Armenian-Diasporans who has made donations of millions of dollars to the Hayastan All Armenian Fund. Rendy Sabah-Gulian, the Chairman of the Armenian Assistance Fund, mentioned that since 1989 the fund has allocated 265 million drams to Aremenia. According to him, the Armenian Assistance Fund has changed its human assistance programs into development ones. It is currently implementing a number of similar perspective programs in a number of spheres of Armenia. It was also mentioned that the members of the Council of the U.S. Eastern diocese and those of the Board of the Fund Directors have arrived in Armenia for the purpose of organizing the annual meeting of the Armenian Assistance Fund in Yerevan for the first time. The delegation has already been to Gyumri and Vanadzor, and had meetings with the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the RA President, and the Prime Minister. The principle directions of the activities of the Armenian Assistance Fund for the forthcoming ten years were also mentioned at the annual meeting, which was held on June 30.

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