GLENDALE, MARCH 30, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The United Armenian Fund's 155th airlift arrived in Yerevan on March 27, delivering USD 4.7 million of humanitarian assistance, reported www.groong.com. For this flight, the UAF itself collected million of medicines and medical supplies donated by various charities, including AmeriCares (USD 3.8 million), Catholic Medical Mission Board (USD 240,000), and Health Partners International of Canada (USD 45,000). Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were: The Armenian EyeCare Project (USD 300,000), Armenian Technology Group (70,000), Armenian Relief Society-Western Region (USD 59,000), Fund for Armenian Relief (USD 33,000), St. Vartanantz Apostolic Church (USD 26,000), Dr. Samuel Malayan (USD 25,000), and Bay Area Friends of Armenia (USD 22,000). The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy, Armenian General Benevolent Union, Armenian Missionary Association of America, Armenian Relief Society, Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, and The Lincy Foundation.

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