Public Report August 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. Mission and Strategic Goals 3

2. Key Events and Achievements 2015-2016 7

3. Aurora Humanitarian Initiative in Numbers 19

4. Goals and Priorities for 2016-2017 20

5. Donors and Partners 21

_ INITIATIVE AURORA HUMANITARIAN 2 Mission and STRATEGIC Goals

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative was launched The initiative offers a new way of looking at how on behalf of all survivors of the Armenian Genocide people deal with hardships, overcome problems and in gratitude to their saviors. and persevere.

We have a dual purpose: to pay tribute to those Our project seeks to foster a new generation of who helped Armenians 100 years ago and to heroes who dedicate their lives to preserving continue their legacy by supporting courageous peace, protecting human rights and alleviating and selfless individuals and organizations in the suffering of humankind’s most vulnerable their present-day humanitarian efforts. members.

_ INITIATIVE AURORA HUMANITARIAN 3 _ 4 AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE • • • GRATITUDE PROJECTS • • • 100 • • AURORA DIALOGUES Scholarships Saviors CommunitiesGrants Humanitarian Grants Armenian Memory Act Armenian Memory Act 100 Saviors’ &Survivors’Stories Conference Content Creation LIVES LIVES Legacy LIVES Legacy On behalf ofthe survivorsofthe ArmenianGenocide and ingratitudetotheir saviors SECOND CHANCE/SURVIVORS’ CITY SECOND CHANCE/SURVIVORS’ • • THE AURORAPRIZE MOVEMENT GLOBAL SOCIAL • INDEX AURORA HUMANITARIAN Weekend Award CeremonyandArmenia Laureate Selection&AwardPresentation International Survey _ 5 AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE to similarhumanitarian valuestoday. communities whose representativeshelped Armenians surviveacenturyagoorwho subscribe with aspecialfocusoneducationandsocial development. The projectsareimplementedin A numberofinternationalprojectsaimed atshaping abetterfutureforgenerationstocome public raise to seeks and awareness ofatrocitiesbeingcommittedaroundthe world. heroes modern-day honors prize The others. help to risk at lives their put An international humanitarian award recognizing the courage, commitment and impact of those who the extensive diaspora’s achievements and its connection to Armenian heritage, culture and values. Genocide, aswellofthose who gaveArmeniansahelping hand. The platformwillalsopresent A globalonlineportaldesignedtopreservememory ofthe victimsandsurvivorsofthe Armenian

GRATITUDE PROJECTS THE AURORAPRIZE 100 LIVES _ 6 AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE AURORA HUMANITARIAN INDEX center ofmodern-day pilgrimage. transcultural symbol of humanity’s second chance. The project’s goal is to create a new spiritual An internationalproject that presentsMountAraratandthe biblical legendofNoah asa of the AuroraHumanitarianInitiative. An internationalprojectaimedatcreatinganew globalsocialmovementthat embodiesthe corevalues philanthropy fieldsandgivesavoicetothe younger generationoffutureleadersandactivists. The Conferencebringstogether arangeofluminariesfromthe humanitarian, academic, media and values. and mission Initiative’s Humanitarian Aurora the with consistent solutions potential finding An internationalforumfordiscussingthemostpressinghumanitarian crisesmeanttocontribute address them. toused means the and consequences causes,their explores and issues humanitarian pressing most the of perception public’s the analyzes and measures that survey international annual An

AURORA DIALOGUES

SECOND CHANCECITY

SOCIAL MOVEMENT _ 7 AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE KEY ACHIEVEMENTS of 2015-2016

EVENTS and

_ 8 AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE • • • 100 LIVES Launch ofthe event The of numerous global media outlets.The event generated Co-сhair George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney, political analyst Gwen Ifill and representatives The launch eventwasattendedby the AuroraPrizeisapart,waslaunchedby over The alsoachieved Initiative strong socialmediaresults.The audience of 100 12,000 followers was live-streamed onthe was live-streamed LIVES Initiative was formally launched in New York on March on York New in launched formally was Initiative LIVES over 36.5million inunder100hours,whichFacebookitselfdeemed “arecord.” 100 150 guests LIVES website. The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, ofwhich LIVES Humanitarian website. The Aurora peopleacrosstheglobe. 100 INITIATIVE LIVESCo-founders. , including Aurora Prize Selection Committee Selection Prize Aurora including , 337 pieces 100 LIVES Facebook page accumulated of coverage, reaching an 10, 2015. The launch _ _ 9 3 МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ ГУМАНИТАРНАЯ ИНИЦИАТИВА «АВРОРА» majority. Whatever affects the Whatever affectsoneminority actually hasaneffect onthe present, affectsthe future. Elie Wiesel 1928-2016 10 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE laureate. On April four first the of finalists ofthe AuroraPrize: names the announced Committee Selection the 2016 January In AURORA PRIZE received. Altogether, months, three of Nominations for the Aurora Prize Bernard Kinvi Bernard Kinvi Syeda GhulamFatima Dr. TomCatena Marguerite Barankitse 24, 2016 186nominations

Marguerite Barankitse 113 uniquecandidates

2016 openedonJuly in six languages from 27 countries werecountries 27 from languages six in became the inaugural Aurora Prize were nominated. 3, 2015

2016 . Over the course 11 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE М Aurora Prize2016laureate date. date. a hospital that has treatedmorethan 80,000 patients to rescued roughly 30,000 children andin2008, she opened Altogether,country.theMarguerite civil in during MARGUERITE BARANKITSE Burundi cared for orphans and refugees Burundi caredfororphans andrefugees Maison Shalom andREMAhospital in ARGUERITE BARANKITSE

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“ 12 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE Aurora Prize both sidesof the conflict. violence, Father Kinvi providedshelter andmedicalassistance topeopleon the Amid Republic. African Central the in out broke war civil a 2012, In 19. FATHER BERNARD KINVI over 500,000localresidents. the borderwith South Sudan, provides medicalassistancetoon Mountains DR. TOMCATENA were forcedtoworkforbrickkilnownersinorderrepay debts. the Bonded Labour Liberation Front of Pakistan, has helped myriads of people who organization, Her slavery. modern-day of forms remaining the of one eradicate SYEDA GHULAMFATIMA

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13 _ _ 3 МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ ГУМАНИТАРНАЯ ИНИЦИАТИВА «АВРОРА» 2016 AURORA humanitarian organizations. of representatives and Aznavour Charles singer Clooney, George Co-chair Committee Selection Prize Aurora II, Karekin Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Catholicos of all Armenians Sports of Yerevan. AmongthemwerePresident in and ConcertComplex Demirchyan Karen the at 2016 24, April on place took 722 guests attended the inaugural Aurora Prize Ceremony that Ceremony Prize Aurora inaugural the attended guests

PRIZE 80 Aurora HUMANITARIAN INDEX

The publicized results of the first annual Aurora Humanitarian Index, a global study of the most pressing humanitarian issues, revealed not only a disconnect between perception and reality on a number of fronts, but also an enormous void between what people say and feel and what they are actually prepared to do.

Aurora DIALOGUES

The Aurora Dialogues, a series of keynote speeches and panel discussions, provided a platform for leading humanitarians, academics, philanthropists, journalists and humanitarian aid workers to talk about today’s _ 14 most pressing challenges. Meeting with UWC DILIJAN STUDENTS

UWC Dilijan College students delivered presentations on current humanitarian issues to the Aurora Prize Ceremony honorary guests. The students then had an opportunity to address their questions to actor and philanthropist George Clooney and human rights activist John Prendergast.

Inaugural Aurora Prize Laureate Marguerite Barankitse and legendary French singer Charles Aznavour also visited UWC Dilijan.

_ 15 Aurora Prize 2016 ACHIEVEMENTS

Some 1,440 articles and stories covering the Aurora Prize weekend were published in media outlets around the world.

Altogether, there were more than 500 mentions in media outlets of over 20 countries. Media coverage reached over 100 million people, including through special reports in the world’s leading global publications — New York Times (USA), TIME (USA), Guardian (Great Britain), BBC (Great Britain), Forbes (USA), Al Jazeera (Qatar), Le Figaro (France) and Kommersant (Russia). AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE AURORA HUMANITARIAN _ 163 17 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE • • • Technologies provided accesstoa communityof Technologies the with A partnership users. prize and its nominees to an audience of over about the information communicated celebrities Armenian starring videos short campaign with promotional media of approximately audience an in resulting Ceremony, Prize Aurora inaugural An extensive public relationscampaign preceded the visions ofthe AuroraPrize. own their create to competition students a partookwhoin A callforvolunteersresulted in ACHIEVEMENTS Aurora Prize 1 million TUMO television viewers. Asocial television 1,640 CenterforCreative applications.

2016 1.5 million 10,000

18 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE at UWCschoolsaround theworld. in programs, scholarship September of 2016 LIVES 100 two these to Thanks and educationcostswillamountto for last will program The colleges. network UWC children fromthe regionwith the opportunity tostudyat Middle East,100LIVES willprovide Armenian communitytoArabsandother peoplesofthe Program: asaway toexpressgratitudeonbehalf ofthe global 100 LIVES andNearEastFoundationGratitudeScholarship college inArmenia Human Rights, to study at the UWC Dilijan international for Lebanese girls, who demonstratestronginterestin The AmalClooneyScholarship -anannualscholarship were launched: The following scholarshipprograms ACHIEVEMENTS Other

11 students willstartstudying . $7 million 100 underprivileged . 8 years

19 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE ** * Project duration Number ofdonors Budgetary forecastfor2016-2017 Allocated todate Contribution ofRVVZ Foundation Donations collected Project launch Initiative in AURORA In review As ofAugust1,2016 **

NUMBERS *

Humanitarian 2015 61 $8 $23 376686 $18 132 821 $ 5243 865 2015 mln - 2023 20 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE Priorities 2016-2017 Goals and and To continue international institutions. emphasis To focus financial assistance. that receive his or and organizations her of thePrizeLaureate focusing onpromotion To generate institutions andresearchcenters. engagement ofprofessionalacademic community, including through active credibility among the global humanitarian awareness on key Diaspora partners and onkeyDiaspora on fundraisingwithaspecial building trust globalmediacoverage oftheAuroraPrize, and 21 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE

THE AURORAHUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE Donors

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Partners of

22 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE Distinguished DONORS HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE Founder ofComedyClubProduction; ARTUR DZHANIBEKYAN Head ofGazpromMediaHolding; OF THEAURORA Philanthropist ____ President of the Carnegie Corporation President ofthe CarnegieCorporation Entrepreneur andVentureCapitalist; CEO ofFlagshipVentures;Inventor, VARTAN GREGORIAN Aurora Humanitarian Initiative of New York; Co-Founder of the of NewYork;Co-Founder the Senior ManagingPartnerand NOUBAR AFEYAN Co-Founder oftheAurora Humanitarian Initiative ______SAMVEL KARAPETYAN Cofounder ofTelconetCapital; ALBERT AVDOLYAN Tashir Group;Philanthropist Founder andPresidentof Philanthropist ______Deputy ChairmanoftheExecutive VLADIMIR AVETISSIAN Co-Founder ofRVVZ Foundation; Entrepreneur andPhilanthropist;

Board atRusnanoManagement RUBEN VARDANYAN Co-Founder of the Aurora Company; Philanthropist Humanitarian Initiative ______23 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE Gratitude Scholarship ___ Ruben Aganbegyan& Veronika Misyutina ______Pierre & Anne-Sophie Gurdjian ___ Fruitfull ArmeniaFoundation ___ Mikhail Broitman ___ Taline DemirdjianBachian ___ Sergey Ambartsumyan Garo Armen& AliceSaraydarian ___ Levon &AnaAfeyan ___ Adibekyan FamilyFoundationforAdvancement

DONORS ___ Nicolaus &Christiane Weickart ___ Norair Tevanian ___ Richard Shemesian ___ Elena Orlova ___ Gor Nahapetyan ___ Carolyn Mugar ___ Vahan & SusieKololian ___ Michael Kavoukjian ___ Ruben Harutyunyan &Anahit Antonyan ___ Mikhail Harutyunyan 24 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE DONORS ___ Ernst &YoungLLC ___ Erik Bugulov ___ Kairat Boranbayev ___ Hakob Sarkissian ___ Mikhail Kusnirovich ___ Sergey Kogogin ** * We alsoacknowledge thesupport of thedonorswhochose toremainanonymous. As ofAugust 1,2016.

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FRIENDS ___ Geoffrey Nicholson ___ Levon Malkhasyan ___ Rudolf Kharatian ___ Arman Jilavian ___ David Ignatius ___ Gevorg Hakobyan ___ Der Megreditchian Jacques &Patricia ___ Diana Badeian ___ Emma Arakelyan ___ Marine Ales ___ Gagik Zakaryan ___ Robert Tateossian ___ Serj Tankian ___ Ara Tadevosyan ___ Olga Surikova ___ Sergey Smbatyan ___ Private Banking Employees ofSberbank ___ Alexander Revzin ___ Hasmik Papian Sponsors of the Inaugural Aurora Prize Ceremony

Partners of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

The Aurora Prize benefits from the administrative, legal and communications support of the following partners

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You are invited to join this worthy initiative. Contributions, in their many forms, promote commitment to the idea of ‘awakening humanity’, the power of humanitarian work, and the impact of individual responsibility.

_ INITIATIVE AURORA HUMANITARIAN 26 You can make a contribution to the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative by transferring funds to the bank accounts below: USA

100 Lives Foundation, Inc. 100 Lives Foundation, Inc. is a tax-exempt Address: NY, 1155 Ave of the Americas floor 26 public charity under Sections 501(c)(3) Account number at Citibank: 4996877045 and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the United States Swift code: CITIUS33 (For international wire transfers) Internal Revenue Code. The federal tax ABA/ROUTING # 021000089 identification number: EIN 36-4808338. (For Wire transfers within U.S./domestic)

SWITZERLAND

Account holder: 100 Lives Foundation (for USD only) USD Account: 0206-00197488.60W Stamford CT USD IBAN: CH59 0020 6206 1974 8860 W Washington Boulevard 677 EUR Account: 0206-00197488.70K 06912-0300 Stamford EUR IBAN: CH58 0020 6206 1974 8870 K SWIFT: UBSWUS33 CHF Account: 0206-00197488.01T Correspondent Bank: UBS Deutschland AG CHF IBAN: CH69 0020 6206 1974 8801 T Securities Account: 0206-00197488.S1 (USD) (for EUR only) Bank: UBS AG Bockenheimer Landstrasse 2-4

AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE AURORA HUMANITARIAN Paradeplatz 6, 8001 Zurich 60306 Frankfurt am Main _ SWIFT: UBSWDEFF 27 SWIFT: UBSWCHZH80A Correspondent Bank: UBS AG ARMENIA

AS A PURPOSE OF YOUR DONATION PLEASE INDICATE: THE AURORA PRIZE FOR AWAKENING HUMANITY

DONATE in USD: DONATE in EUROS: USD PAYMENT INTERMEDIARY CITIBANK NA, NEW YORK EUR PAYMENTS INTERMEDIARY CITIBANK NA, NEW YORK SWIFT: CITIUS33 SWIFT: CITIUS33 BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK, YEREVAN BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK,YEREVAN SWIFT: ARMIAM22 SWIFT: ARMIAM22 BENEFICIARY’S BENEFICIARY’S ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT HOLDER/ NAME 15700 20212750101 ACCOUNT HOLDER/ NAME 15700 20212750146 NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation

DONATE in RUB: DONATE in AMD: RUB PAYMENTS INTERMEDIARY BANK SBERBANK, MOSCOW AMD BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK,YEREVAN SWIFT/BIC 044525225 SWIFT:ARMIAM22 К/С 30101810400000000225 BENEFICIARY’S TAX CODE 7707083893 ACCOUNT BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK, YEREVAN ACCOUNT HOLDER/ NAME 15700 20212750100 A/С 30111810900000000371 NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation BENEFICIARY’S ACCOUNT: 15700 20212750158 NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation _ INITIATIVE AURORA HUMANITARIAN 28 29 _ AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE onain otiue t Amnas rseiy n srntes t clua te wt ohr states, other with ties cultural ensuring thattheArmeniannationhasawell-deserved placeontheglobalarena. its strengthens and prosperity Armenia’s to the contributes these projects foundation on By working projects. non-profit long-term, in investments through Armenia in Armenia (IDeA) Foundation, a charitable organization committed to promoting socioeconomic development The AuroraHumanitarianInitiative [email protected] www.auroraprize.com +374 60700808 is part of the Initiatives for Development of Development for Initiatives the of part is