An anonymous benefactor has donated $2.5 million to Telethon 2018 of Hayastan (Armenia) All-Armenian Fund, the latter’s Facebook page informed.

As reported earlier, a total of $11,106,633 were pledged as donations to this fund during its 12-hour telethon which was held in Los Angeles; this was announced at the conclusion of this event, at 10am Armenia time.

At the same time, however, it was noted that the donations were still in progress, and therefore the amount may increase.

In particular, proceeds from the 21st annual telethon of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund will benefit the installation of drip irrigation systems in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).

The second objective of this fundraising event is to expand the use of solar energy in Artsakh.

Proceeds from Telethon 2018 will be used also improve community infrastructure in Armenia.