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ANNUAL REPORT 2010 5 Donate.Himnadram.Org Donate.Himnadram.Org 6 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Message from Bako Sahakyan, President of the Republic of Artsakh CONTENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES 3-8 Message from RA President 4 Message from NKR President 6 Board of Trustees 8 ACTIVITY REPORT 9-38 Executive director’s message 10 EDUCATION SECTOR 12-19 Artsakh 12 Armenia 17 HEALTHCARE SECTOR 20-25 Armenia 20 Artsakh 25 OUR SHUSHI 26-29 WATER SUPPLY 30-33 Artsakh 30 Armenia 32 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 34-35 Armenia 34 PRESIDENT’S PRIZE 36 FUNDRAISING 2010 37-38 FINANCIAL REPORT 39-56 Auditor’s report 40 Annual consolidated balance 41 Participation by countries 42 EDUCATION SECTOR 44-47 Armenia 44 Artsakh 46 EDUCATION SECTOR Armenia 48 Artsakh 49 ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURES 50 WATER SUPPLY 51 SOCIAL , CULTURAL AND OTHER PROJECTS Armenia 52 Artsakh 55 GOLDEN BOOK 57-59 donate.himnadram.org 2 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Board of Trustees 3 donate.himnadram.org 4 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Message from Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia Throughout 2010, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund demonstrated that it remains steadfast in realizing its extraordinary mission, that it continues to enjoy the high regard of all segments of our people. Trust of this order has been earned through as much hard work as the scale and quality of completed projects. Despite the severe economic downturn that impacted Armenia and the rest of the world in 2010, the fund not only stayed the course, but went on to raise the bar in terms of fundraising objectives. Such a singular accomplishment belongs equally to the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund and the Armenian nation as a whole. Development projects implemented in 2010 as well as ongoing initiatives are of vital and strategic significance to our people. These are not mere words of rhetoric. They pertain to the fate of thousands of compatriots, whose lives and living standards are being vastly improved thanks to the efforts of the fund. Let us prove that the unified goals of the Armenian people today are bolstered by effective mechanisms of implementation, as illustrated particularly in the programmatic scope and modern methodology of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. As we commend its far-reaching and honorable work, let us remember that its success is also that of every Armenian, whether they live in a border village or a far-flung community abroad. ANNUAL REPORT 2010 5 donate.himnadram.org donate.himnadram.org 6 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Message from Bako Sahakyan, President of the Republic of Artsakh From its very inception, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has pursued a single goal: the mobilization of the worldwide Armenian nation in support of the development of Mother Armenia and Artsakh. The fund made it possible for every Armenian to participate in the noble endeavor of healing the wounds of the devastating Spitak earthquake and the war, of helping revitalize the homeland. Thanks to our brothers’ and sisters’ efforts in the past 12 years, development continues to progress in the twin Armenian republics, in the form of newly built or renovated educational and cultural institutions, healthcare facilities, and infrastructures, while living conditions improve from day to day. Every single dollar raised during the annual Telethon and other events helps raise the living standards of our people and strengthen our historic homeland. As you know, Telethon 2010 was dedicated to resolving a fundamental problem facing Artsakh, the lack of access to potable water. Solving the issue has strategic ramifications and will have a major bearing on the socio-economic and political spheres alike. Only by working together and continually reinforcing the Armenia-Artsakh- Diaspora trinity will we be able to realize our pan-national goals and our people’s longstanding aspirations, achieving newer victories still. I wish the greatest success to all Armenians, whether they be in Armenia, Artsakh, or the Diaspora. May you enjoy an abundance of health, happiness, and prosperity. ANNUAL REPORT 2010 7 donate.himnadram.org Members of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Board of Trustees Serzh Sargsyan RA President, Hasmik Terterian Armenian Relief Society President of the HAAF BT Arsen Ghazaryan Union of Manufacturers and Robert Kocharyan RA Ex-president Businessmen of Armenia Arkadi Ghukassyan NKR Ex-president, Vartan Gregorian USA Vice President of the HAAF BT Albert Boyajian USA Gagik Harutiunyan Chairman of RA Constitutional Court, Mark Geragos USA Vice President of the HAAF BT Eduardo Eurnekian Argentina Hovik Abrahamyan Speaker of RA National Assembly Eduardo Seferian Argentina Tigran Sargsyan RA Prime Minister Diruhi Burmayan Brazil Eduard Nalbandyan RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Boghossian Switzerland Vache Gabrielyan RA Minister of Finance Dikran Izmirlian Switzerland Hranush Hakobyan RA Minister of Diaspora Vatche Manoukian United Kingdom Arthur Djavadyan Chairman of RA Central Bank Charles Aznavour France Bako Sahakyan NKR President Bedros Terzian France Arayik Harutyunyan NKR Prime Minister Samvel Karapetyan Russia H.H. Garegin II Catholicos of All Armenians H.H. Aram I Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Nerses Petros XIX Tarmouni Catholicos Patriarch of Armenian Control Committee Catholic Church Vahe Jazmadarian France Very Rev. Rene Levonian Armenian Evangelical Church Gagik Khachatryan Chairman of State Revenues Mike Kharapian Armenian Democratic Liberal Party Committee Vagharsh Ehramdjian Armenian Revolutionary Federation Ara Boyajian S.D. Hunchakian Party Hirair Hovnanian Armenian Assembly of America, Berge Setrakian Armenian General Benevolent Union donate.himnadram.org 8 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Activity report 9 Strengthening the spiritual bond between Armenians and the homeland Irrespective of a donor’s specific motivation, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is called to serve all those who weave their bond with Armenia and Artsakh by means of benevolence and personal sacrifice. It might seem strange that securing the support of donors was much easier For the past seven-plus years, during which I have worked for the Hayastan during the years of war and economic crisis, given that the plight of Armenia All-Armenian Fund in various capacities, it has never felt like a mere and Artsakh in that period left no room for delayed action: the types of need workplace, or, indeed, just another link in the chain between civil-society and and the necessity of support alike were crystal clear. government institutions. Having said this, our kudos go to the fund’s former leaders, who, in addition The fund has a mission. While this statement is obvious enough, it might to raising funds and implementing critically needed projects, put in place perceivably raise the question: “Well, aren’t government ministries and strict mechanisms of transparency and accountability. agencies as well as NGOs have a comparable mission?” Already by 1993, the fund was accepting construction tenders, and the They certainly do, and theirs is extremely important and worthy in every following year the organization began to undergo independent auditing on an respect. Yet the mission of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund remains unique. annual basis. Both processes were unprecedented — for as much the fund as Armenia in general. To be convinced of this, one needs only to examine the consistent moral and spiritual layers behind the projects implemented by the fund. However, transparency and accountability, in and of themselves, could not be enough to attract support from hundreds of thousands of donors. The reason What do we mean by altruism? What is a donation? Why do people make was that the end of the war and the easing of economic hardship changed financial sacrifices big or small in support of a project? What is it that impels the criteria for assessing areas of need and, consequently, the nature of them to do so? Emotions? An ideal? Tradition? Or, perhaps, all of the above? development projects. Whereas in the past an initiative such as the Winter donate.himnadram.org 10 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Fuel Project was self-evident for soliciting donor support, in the postwar Fundraising is another key area for which we have been harnessing the power period it became necessary for the fund to substantiate the exigency of each of information technologies in the past several years. In addition to accepting project, and, furthermore, to demonstrate to donors that the fund and local online donations from supporters worldwide, our efforts have included governments were willing to join forces for project implementation. fundraising in Armenia through SMS (text-messaging), with this valuable service sponsored by Armenia-based mobile operators. I cannot stress enough the fact that the government of Artsakh and the regional authorities of Armenia continue to have an instrumental role in Given these achievements in the course of the past 19 years, the Hayastan setting development-assistance priorities and goals. As importantly, credit All-Armenian Fund has demonstrated an exceptional degree of dynamism, must be given to the now-traditional collaboration between government marked by the ability of overcoming the many obstacles raised by war and and the fund, a fact that maximizes the effectiveness of our programs. It is economic crisis, and, as significantly, remaining immune to the changing winds little wonder that the number of projects realized with co-financing from of politics. the government of Artsakh is on the rise, and that an increase in similar partnerships with regional governments throughout Armenia is also on the One quantifiable indication of this is the annual increase in the number of our horizon. donors, complemented by our growing portfolio of newly built or renovated schools, hospitals, roads, and pipelines, which not only help improve the The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund was born and blossomed in the information lives of citizens across Armenia and Artsakh, but strengthen the age. As the entire globe witnessed an explosion of digital communications, spiritual bond between Armenians and their homeland. the fund kept pace with the times, offering the public effortless access to information pertaining to its mission.
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