Armenia Fund - Telethon

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 $5,000,000 $650,000 continued construction of the North-South Highway in Karabakh
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 €1,300,000 development of modern drinking and irrigation water systems in Karabakh’s 200 villages
14th 2011 $31,000,000 €1,350,000 vital water and rural development projects in Armenia and Artsakh

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