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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Armenian Relief Society Mayr Fresno Chapter brought the assemblage unneurotic to amusement enactment to the Armenian assemblage backmost successful the Middle East.
It comes astatine a turbulent clip successful the region— with quality of Syria's authorities collapsing and continued warring successful Lebanon betwixt Israel and Hezbollah.
The Armenian Relief Society is simply a planetary non-profit enactment that aims to assistance Armenian families wrong the assemblage and the Middle East.
"We privation to bash thing and everything to assistance those that can't escape. And, you know, a small spot from america goes a agelong mode for them," Tamar Postoyan, Armenian Relief Society Fresno Mayr Chapter Chair said.
Each twelvemonth the Fresno Mayr section hosts a meal and cook merchantability with proceeds going towards blistery repast programs successful Lebanon and Syria.
Postoyan is simply a first-generation Armenian American.
With caller events successful the region, interest is increasing for the information of her loved ones.
"I person household members, cousins and aunts and uncles, distant relatives that are inactive successful some of those countries that are warfare torn," Postoyan said.
More than 12 to 15 1000 Armenians are successful the past Syrian metropolis of Aleppo nether anti-government control.
"It's my parent's home. And to perceive the quality of everything that's going connected presently is devastating," Postoyan said.
Postoyan said she felt arrogant to springiness back.
"I'm Armenian archetypal and foremost. You know, that's my blood. I've ever been progressive successful the Armenian assemblage arsenic a kid increasing up. And past present successful Fresno, you know, I've go stronger successful that," Postoyan said.
Berj K. Apkarian is the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Armenia.
"Hopefully the assemblage volition travel unneurotic to benignant of bring a caller epoch of peace, stableness and goodwill for humanity," Apkarian said.
He said it's important to amended the younker astir Armenian past and contiguous struggles.
"We indispensable walk the tradition. We indispensable thatch them not to deliberation astir themselves alone, is to deliberation beyond," Apkarian said.
