Vanessa Kachadurian-Armenian Orphans of the Genocide Trailer

Vanessa Kachadurian-Armenian Telethon raises $20.8 Million

HOLLYWOOD– Armenia Fund concluded its 13th International Telethon on Thursday by raising $20.8 million in pledges. The live 12 hour show aired from KCET Hollywood Studios and reached millions of households globally.

The live program featured a rich presentation of Armenian music and entertainment, as well as celebrities, political and community leaders, and long time Armenia Fund supporters and donors.

The Telethon culminated Armenia Fund’s global fundraising campaigns that included Phone-a-thons, gala dinners, and benefit concerts, as well as the annual benefit gala held in Moscow and the 11th Pan-European Phone-a-thon held in Paris.

Much of the money raised this year came as pledges during live the telethon, while $8 million was donated by Russian-Armenian businessmen at a fundraising gala in Moscow attended by President Serzh Sarkisian last week. According to Armenia Fund, another $1.8 million was contributed by thousands of Armenians in Europe who took part in a “phoneaton” held this month. The Yerevan-based fund, which has offices in major Armenian communities abroad, will continue accepting contributions from residents of Armenia until the end of this year.

The majority of donations from this year’s telethon will finance the building or refurbishing of drinking water and irrigation networks in villages across Karabakh. The rest of the money is to be spent on other infrastructure projects in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and border villages in Armenia proper.

Karabakh has been the main beneficiary of such assistance ever since the fund’s establishment in 1992. Some $15 million raised by it last year was mostly channeled into the reconstruction of the war-ravaged town of Shushi.

To date, Armenia Fund has implemented some 700 large and small infrastructure projects worth a total of more than $200 million. That includes the construction of hundreds of kilometers of roads, water pipes and gas transmission lines, as well as over 400 apartment buildings and houses. The fund has also built or repaired 218 schools and 34 healthcare facilities in Armenia and Karabakh.

Asbarez will provide extended coverage of the telethon and provide more information as it becomes available.

Vanessa Kachadurian - Armenian Prayer Hayr Mer (Our Father)

This is the Lord's Prayer as song for centuries by the Armenian Churches. This is my church in Fresno, California Holy Trinity Armenian Church which is on the California state Registry of Historical buildings.
http://www.downtownfresno.org/105.html


http://historicfresno.org/nrhp/holytrin.htm

Armenian Orphans-Hye Helping Hands

Thank you Hye Helping Hands http://www.HyeHelpingHands.com

Vanessa Kachadurian- Famous Armenian Italians

Love to Italia!
Thank you for taking good care of our children.
Hope to see some of you soon, thanks for reaching out!!!

Vanessa Kachadurian, interest from Italy

The late Pope John Paul II, was ill but made sure the Armenian patron Saint Gregory was placed in the Vatican.


24 hour to this traffic increased to Italy, for the obvious reasons the Italians are adopting most of our children in Armenia. Karine's friends were adopted by Italians as they are preferred because of our ancient ties, San Lazaro Island off of Venice houses an ancient Armenian Monastry. and Roman Empire influence. The Vatican has a section for the Armenians with a huge statue erected of St. Gregory the Illuminator. The Italians are family centered as the Armenians are, if we cannot find an Armenian home for our children the next best is the Italians!!!!
Please refer to your embassy they can negiotiate for you and take a trip to Armenia.
The funniest is watching Italian Armenians talk in Hayren, fast and throwing the hands around. Http://www.ArmenianAdoptionAdventure.blogspot.com

Italy 7


United States 2

Vanessa Kachadurian-Update on Narek

We just got back from Little Armenia, and I am happy to report that Narek has made a remarkable improvement since his last chemo treatment in September 2010. Here is a photo from December 2009, and the next was yesterday 11/12/2010.






I am so happy to see my baby Narek doing much better, his face was glowing with happiness and you could see his soul twinkling in his eyes. Narek's face was filled out and you could actually see his dimples when he smiled and laughed. We played catch, and talked about his dad who was just out here from Armenia on a Vistor's Visa. He misses his older brother who was not able to visit. But I have a special friend that will work on this by Christmas.

He was very happy, his cheeks had color and the weight is back on. Narek's prognosis is hopeful, much more than when he arrived from Armenia. 11 months - God works in mysterious ways. Thank you to everyone that helped out. Especially Horizon Armenian TV, in 30 days we had over 8,000 Facebook warriors for Narek.
Narek and I enjoyed playing on the key board I brought him and watching him on his quad.