Karen Karapetyan donates one-year salary to all-Armenian fund
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan donated his one-year salary to the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund ahead of the annual telethon raising funds for nation-wide charity projects.
Visiting the fund’s headquarters on Wednesday, the premier also used the chance to get familiarized with the current activities and projects, reports the Government’s press service.
The fund, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, has managed, over the past period, to implement over 50,000 projects worth a total of $330 million for 500,000 beneficiaries, CEO Ara Vardanyan said, adding that their donors’ number globally reaches 700,000. He also briefed the premier on the preparatory activities for the upcoming event.
This year’s annual telethon is scheduled for November 23. The proceeds will go to the development of Nagorno-Karabakh’s (Artsakh) water irrigation system and the use of solar power technologies.