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Alongside his business ventures, James Tufenkian has formed a non-profit foundation to improve the quality of living in Armenia. Since 1999, the Foundation has developed innovative programs in the economic, social and environmental realms, including the following:

- Armenian Forests NGO, to increase the area of healthy forest coverage in Armenia and develop models of local reforestation and stewardship. - Soldier's Mother, which organizes free classes for the children of fallen or disabled war veterans. - Vanadzor Orphans Program, which has undertaken construction and renovation of an orphanage housing 120 children.

For more information, please visit www.tufenkianfoundation.org

http://www.tufenkianfoundation.com/

Tufenkian Foundation News

Alongside his business ventures, James Tufenkian has formed a non- profit foundation to improve the quality of living in Armenia. Since 1999, the Foundation has sponsored more than 50 worthy projects throughout the country. These projects represent diverse fields of activity, including Empowering local citizens' initiatives Assisting the most vulnerable strata of society Promoting environmental protection and awareness

Last year, the Foundation extended its activities to the embattled enclave of Nagorno-Karabagh, where native Armenians have waged a daring self-determination struggle against Azerbaijani occupation. Today, the Foundation pursues the rebuilding and resettlement of strategic border-zones, where inhabitants remain especially vulnerable. In the photo above, Foundation consultants instruct villagers on how to revive abandoned grape vineyards in the "Lachin Corridor" connecting Karabagh to Armenia.

Other projects include

"Our Duty To Live" (shown above), an ongoing project which offers education and social services to Armenia's neediest children.

"Sheep Farms," which offers sustainable livelihoods to remote villages struggling for self-sufficiency. In the photo above, three generations of the Galichyan family pose near their flock in the village of Shorzha.

"Armenian Forests" NGO: Destruction of Armenia's forests is now reaching tragic levels. Having once covered 45% of Armenia, forests now cover barely 8-9%. In order to help reverse this damaging trend, the Foundation initiated the "Armenian Forests" NGO in 2002. To date, AFNGO has undertaken several successful reforestation efforts and is now working to improve forest policy and its enforcement. In its first major effort, AFNGO went to the Odzun village where it hired local residents to plant and care for 125,000 trees on 100 hectares, in what will become the first community forest of modern Armenia. In the photo above, project staff measure progress of replanted trees. Thanks to the diligence of staff and local workers, these trees underwent a remarkable first-year survival rate of 91 percent.

To learn more about the Tufenkian Foundation, contact Antranig Kasbarian at akasbarian@tufenkiancarpets.com, at 201.221.1055 ext.327 or at the Projects in N.E.E.D. section of www.tufenkian.com.