Mission
"If you want to predict and see the future of a people, look at its youth."
- General Karekin Njdeh
Since its inception, Act For Armenia has adhered to its founding
principle of commemorating the tragic past of our ancestors,
who perished in the Armenian Genocide of 1915, by working to fulfill
their dream of an independent and prosperous Armenia.
Founded by members of the Armenian Students' Assocation (ASA) of Stanford University
and later joined by Harvard University, University of California Berkeley and Crescenta Vally High School Armenian Students' Association,
Act
For Armenia undertook its first fundraising campaign in April 2005 and finished its second in 2005.
Commemorating the Genocide, crucial to raising awareness
of this crime against humanity, was often done in numerous
forms including protests, demonstrations, and vigils held
around the world. But to most effectively and permanently
accomplish the goal of our martyrs, the goal of building a
bright future for Armenia, the members of AFA knew that the
key is effective and strong dedication for the children of
Armenia. Only by empowering the youth of Armenia with a strong,
honorable academic and intellectual toolkit will they be able
to carry Armenia to productivity and success in the future.
Building the Armenian physical infrastructure through foreign
investment, joint ventures, and international telethons are
all great ways of providing Armenia with short-term sustainability,
necessary as a first step. But to build a long-term foundation
for stability and prosperity, we focus our efforts to those
who will be leading the Armenian nation forward - the children
of Armenia.
Our ancestors who perished in the deserts of Der el-Zor in 1915 would have wanted it…
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Projects
Our goal is to strive to secure a brighter tomorrow for Armenia
through educating the youth of today. All proceeds raised
and collected from Act For Armenia will be used to empower
the schoolchildren in Armenia with textbooks, library books,
maps, learning tools, school improvements, etc. Students from
the Stanford and Harvard ASA's will survey a list of schools,
and some ASA members will also visit the schools and will
select amongst them which ones to support, after careful consideration
and thought. Our concentration will be on the villages, and
particularly on the villages near the borders. These schoolchildren,
with an insatiable desire for knowledge, often sit in threes
or fours per classroom desk designed for two, and many can
not afford textbooks from which to study and grow. Furthermore,
the physical conditions in many of these village schools do
not currently meet the standards necessary for creating a
healthy educational atmosphere conducive to cultivating the
great, untapped intellectual potential of the future Armenian
generation. By merely donating your lunch money (about $10),
you can provide a child in Armenia with an entire set of textbooks
for an entire year, helping that student become better equipped
with the tools necessary to build a bright future.
We at Act For Armenia understand how cautious we must be
in order to ensure that every dollar reaches the classrooms
of Armenia's villages. That is why Act For Armenia has partnered
with the Armenian
Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA). This nonprofit,
tax exempt organization will manage the AFA account with great
benefits to you the taxpayer, and to us in matters of procedure
and logistics. The non-profit and Armenian tax-exempt organizations
which will partner with us in Armenia to facilitate our visits
to the schools, the purchase of the educational materials,
and to monitor the proper use of the gifts is the National
Foundation for Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT).
The AESA/NFSAT combination has a proven record of managing
the accounts of various other Armenian non-profits including
the highly esteemed Cosmic
Ray Division (CRD). For this reason, we ask you to please
make checks payable to AESA with Act For Armenia in the memo
line.
Thank you for your interest in Act For Armenia, and more
importantly, in securing a brighter future for the children
of Armenia. If you have any questions or concerns, please
do not hesitate to contact us.
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