Serj Tankian, Kardashian family and Avraam Russo join Armenian marrow donors

YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, ARMENRPESS. The number of people seeking to get registered as donors in the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) charity foundation grows each year. 25 thousand volunteers from 18 countries of four continents were registered in the foundation at the period of 14 years of its zealous activity. In a conversation with "Armenpress" the Executive Director of the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) Sevak Ayvazyan noted that the recorded growth in closely connected with the continuous engagement in spreading corresponding information and the activity of the youth. Recently representatives of the Armenian communities of Georgia and the Netherlands have also joined the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR).

Among other things the Executive Director of the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) Sevak Ayvazyan stated that a number of public and political figures along with popular singers joined the donors, supporters, friends and champions of the organization. "They all came together over the struggle against such a disaster as blood cancer. The video message by prominent rock musician Serj Tankian has also promoted the involvement of the youth in this program. Avraam Russo, who always was proud of his Armenian origin, has also joined his colleagues," Ayvazyan stressed. In addition Sevak Ayvazyan emphasized that the famous Kardashian family, which recently had to face with malignant blood decease, spares no effort to assist their compatriot.

The ABMDR was founded in 1999 as an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to ensure that every ethnic Armenian struck with a life threatening blood-related illness is able to find hope for long-term survival.