Public ReportAugust 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. Mission and Strategic Goals

2. Key Events and Achievements 2015-2016

3. Aurora Humanitarian Initiative in Numbers

4. Goals and Priorities for 2016-2017

5. Donors and Partners

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The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative was launched on behalf of all survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors.

We have a dual purpose: to pay tribute to those who helped Armenians 100 years ago and to continue their legacy by supporting courageous and selfless individuals and organizations in their present-day humanitarian efforts.

The initiative offers a new way of looking at how people deal with hardships, overcome problems and persevere.

Our project seeks to foster a new generation of heroes who dedicate their lives to preserving peace, protecting human rights and alleviating the suffering of humankind’s most vulnerable members.

Mission and

STRATEGIC Goals

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On behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocideand in gratitude to their saviors

100 LIVES

• Saviors’ & Survivors’ Stories• 100 LIVES Legacy • Armenian Memory Act

THE AURORA PRIZE

• Laureate Selection & Award Presentation• Award Ceremony and Armenia

Weekend

GRATITUDE PROJECTS

• Humanitarian Grants• Saviors Communities Grants• Scholarships

AURORA DIALOGUES

• Content Creation• Conference

AURORA HUMANITARIANINDEX

• International Survey

GLOBAL SOCIALMOVEMENT

SECOND CHANCE/SURVIVORS’ CITY

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THE AURORA PRIZE

GRATITUDE PROJECTS

100 LIVES

A global online portal designed to preserve memory of the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide, as well as of those who gave Armenians a helping hand. The platform will also present the extensive diaspora’s achievements and its connection to Armenian heritage, culture and values.

An international humanitarian award recognizing the courage, commitment and impact of those who put their lives at risk to help others. The prize honors modern-day heroes and seeks to raise public awareness of atrocities being committed around the world.

A number of international projects aimed at shaping a better future for generations to come with a special focus on education and social development. The projects are implemented in communities whose representatives helped Armenians survive a century ago or who subscribe to similar humanitarian values today.

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AURORA DIALOGUES

SOCIAL MOVEMENT

AURORA HUMANITARIAN INDEX

SECOND CHANCE CITY

An annual international survey that measures and analyzes the public’s perception of the most pressing humanitarian issues and explores their causes, consequences and the means used to address them.

An international forum for discussing the most pressing humanitarian crises meant to contribute to finding potential solutions consistent with the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative’s mission and values. The Conference brings together a range of luminaries from the humanitarian, academic, media and philanthropy fields and gives a voice to the younger generation of future leaders and activists.

An international project aimed at creating a new global social movement that embodies the core values of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative.

An international project that presents Mount Ararat and the biblical legend of Noah as a transcultural symbol of humanity’s second chance. The project’s goal is to create a new spiritual center of modern-day pilgrimage.

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KEY EVENTS and ACHIEVEMENTS of 2015-2016

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• The 100 LIVES Initiative was formally launched in New York on March 10, 2015. The launch

event was live-streamed on the 100 LIVES website. The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, of which

the Aurora Prize is a part, was launched by the 100 LIVES Co-founders.

• The launch event was attended by 150 guests, including Aurora Prize Selection Committee

Co-сhair George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney, political analyst Gwen Ifill and representatives

of numerous global media outlets. The event generated 337 pieces of coverage, reaching an

audience of over 36.5 million people across the globe.

• The Initiative also achieved strong social media results. The 100 LIVES Facebook page accumulated

over 12,000 followers in under 100 hours, which Facebook itself deemed “a record.”

100 LIVES IN IT IAT IVELaunch of the

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Whatever affects one minority actually has an effect on the

majority. Whatever affects the present, affects the future.

Elie Wiesel1928-2016

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Nominations for the Aurora Prize 2016 opened on July 3, 2015. Over the course of three months, 186 nominations in six languages from 27 countries were received. Altogether, 113 unique candidates were nominated.

In January 2016 the Selection Committee announced the names of the first four finalists of the Aurora Prize:

Marguerite BarankitseDr. Tom CatenaSyeda Ghulam FatimaBernard Kinvi

On April 24, 2016 Marguerite Barankitse became the inaugural Aurora Prize laureate.

AURORA PRIZE 2016

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МARGUERITE BARANKITSE from

Maison Shalom and REMA hospital in

Burundi cared for orphans and refugees

during civil in the country. Altogether, Marguerite

rescued roughly 30,000 children and in 2008, she opened

a hospital that has treated more than 80,000 patients to

date.

MARGUERITE BARANKITSE

Aurora Prize 2016 laureate

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Aurora Prize F I N A L I S T S

SYEDA GHULAM FATIMA lives in Pakistan and fights to

eradicate one of the remaining forms of modern-day slavery. Her organization,

the Bonded Labour Liberation Front of Pakistan, has helped myriads of people who

were forced to work for brick kiln owners in order to repay debts.

DR. TOM CATENA , the only resident physician in the Nuba

Mountains on the border with South Sudan, provides medical assistance to

over 500,000 local residents.

FATHER BERNARD KINVI became a priest at the age of

19. In 2012, a civil war broke out in the Central African Republic. Amid the

violence, Father Kinvi provided shelter and medical assistance to people on

both sides of the conflict.

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722 guests attended the inaugural Aurora Prize Ceremony that

took place on April 24, 2016 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports

and Concert Complex in Yerevan. Among them were President of

Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Catholicos of all Armenians

Karekin II, Aurora Prize Selection Committee Co-chair George

Clooney, singer Charles Aznavour and representatives of 80 humanitarian organizations.

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AURORA PRIZE2016

The publicized results of the first annual Aurora Humanitarian

Index, a global study of the most pressing humanitarian issues,

revealed not only a disconnect between perception and reality on

a number of fronts, but also an enormous void between what

people say and feel and what they are actually prepared to do.

The Aurora Dialogues, a series of keynote speeches and panel discussions, provided a platform for leading humanitarians, academics, philanthropists, journalists and humanitarian aid workers to talk about today’s most pressing challenges. _

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Aurora DIALOGUES

Aurora HUMANITARIAN

INDEX

UWC Dilijan College students delivered presentations on current humanitarian issues to the Aurora Prize Ceremony honorary guests. The students then had an opportunity to address their questions to actor and philanthropist George Clooney and human rights activist John Prendergast.

Inaugural Aurora Prize Laureate Marguerite Barankitse and legendary French singer Charles Aznavour also visited UWC Dilijan.

Meeting with

UWC DIL IJAN STUDENTS

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Some 1,440 articles and stories covering the Aurora Prize

weekend were published in media outlets around the world.

Altogether, there were more than 500 mentions in media

outlets of over 20 countries. Media coverage reached

over 100 million people, including through special

reports in the world’s leading global publications —

New York Times (USA), TIME (USA), Guardian

(Great Britain), BBC (Great Britain), Forbes (USA), Al Jazeera (Qatar), Le Figaro (France) and

Kommersant (Russia).

Aurora Prize 2016 ACHIEVEMENTS

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• An extensive public relations campaign preceded the

inaugural Aurora Prize Ceremony, resulting in an audience

of approximately 1 million television viewers. A social

media promotional campaign with short videos starring

Armenian celebrities communicated information about the

prize and its nominees to an audience of over 1.5 million users.

• A partnership with the TUMO Center for Creative

Technologies provided access to a community of 10,000

students who partook in a competition to create their own

visions of the Aurora Prize.

• A call for volunteers resulted in 1,640 applications.

Aurora Prize 2016 ACHIEVEMENTS

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The following scholarship programs were launched:

The Amal Clooney Scholarship - an annual scholarship

for Lebanese girls, who demonstrate strong interest in

Human Rights, to study at the UWC Dilijan international

college in Armenia.

100 LIVES and Near East Foundation Gratitude Scholarship

Program: as a way to express gratitude on behalf of the global

Armenian community to Arabs and other peoples of the

Middle East, 100 LIVES will provide 100 underprivileged

children from the region with the opportunity to study at

UWC network colleges. The program will last for 8 years

and education costs will amount to $7 million.

Thanks to these two 100 LIVES scholarship programs, in

September of 2016 11 students will start studying

at UWC schools around the world.

Other ACHIEVEMENTS

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Project launch

Donations collected

Contribution of RVVZ Foundation

Allocated to date

Budgetary forecast for 2016-2017*

Number of donors**

Project duration

AURORA HumanitarianInitiative in NUMBERS

2015

$ 5 243 865

$18 132 821

$23 376 686

$8 mln

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2015 - 2023

*In review **As of August 1, 2016

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To continue building trust and credibility among the global humanitarian community, including through active engagement of professional academic institutions and research centers.

To generate global media coverage and awareness of the Aurora Prize, focusing on promotion of the Prize Laureate and organizations that receive his or her financial assistance.

To focus on fundraising with a special emphasis on key Diaspora partners and international institutions.

Goalsand

Priorities2016-2017

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Donors and Partners of THE AURORA HUMAN ITAR IAN IN I T IAT IVE

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DistinguishedDONORS

OF THE AURORAHUMANITARIAN IN IT IAT IVE

VLADIMIR AVETISSIAN____Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at Rusnano Management

Company; Philanthropist

RUBEN VARDANYAN____Entrepreneur and Philanthropist;Co-Founder of RVVZ Foundation;

Co-Founder of the AuroraHumanitarian Initiative

VARTAN GREGORIAN____President of the Carnegie Corporation

of New York; Co-Founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

SAMVEL KARAPETYAN____Founder and President of

Tashir Group; Philanthropist

NOUBAR AFEYAN____Senior Managing Partner and

CEO of Flagship Ventures; Inventor, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist;

Co-Founder of the AuroraHumanitarian Initiative

ARTUR DZHANIBEKYAN____Head of Gazprom Media Holding;

Founder of Comedy Club Production; Philanthropist

ALBERT AVDOLYAN____Cofounder of Telconet Capital;

Philanthropist

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Adibekyan Family Foundation for Advancement___

Levon & Ana Afeyan___

Ruben Aganbegyan & Veronika Misyutina___

Sergey Ambartsumyan___

Garo Armen & Alice Saraydarian___

Taline Demirdjian Bachian___

Mikhail Broitman___

Fruitfull Armenia Foundation___

Pierre & Anne-Sophie Gurdjian___

Gratitude Scholarship DONORS

Mikhail Harutyunyan___

Ruben Harutyunyan & Anahit Antonyan___

Michael Kavoukjian___

Vahan & Susie Kololian___

Carolyn Mugar___

Gor Nahapetyan___

Elena Orlova___

Richard Shemesian___

Norair Tevanian___

Nicolaus & Christiane Weickart___

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DONORS and FRIENDS

*We also acknowledge the support of the donors who chose to remain anonymous.

**As of August 1, 2016.

Kairat Boranbayev___

Erik Bugulov___

Ernst & Young LLC___

Sergey Kogogin___

Mikhail Kusnirovich___

Hakob Sarkissian___

Marine Ales___

Emma Arakelyan___

Diana Badeian___

Jacques & PatriciaDer Megreditchian___

Gevorg Hakobyan___

David Ignatius___

Arman Jilavian___

Rudolf Kharatian___

Levon Malkhasyan___

Geoffrey Nicholson___

Hasmik Papian___

Alexander Revzin___

Employees of SberbankPrivate Banking___

Sergey Smbatyan___

Olga Surikova___

Ara Tadevosyan___

Serj Tankian___

Robert Tateossian___

Gagik Zakaryan___

Sponsors of the Inaugural Aurora Prize Ceremony

Partners of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

The Aurora Prize benefits from the administrative, legal and communications

support of the following partners

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You are invited to join this worthy initiative.Contributions, in their many forms, promote commitment to the idea of ‘awakening humanity’, the power of humanitarian

work, and the impact of individual responsibility.

You can make a contribution tothe Aurora Humanitarian Initiative by transferring

funds to the bank accounts below:

USA100 Lives Foundation, Inc. Address: NY, 1155 Ave of the Americas floor 26 Account number at Citibank: 4996877045Swift code: CITIUS33 (For international wire transfers) ABA/ROUTING # 021000089(For Wire transfers within U.S./domestic)

SWITZERLANDAccount holder: 100 Lives FoundationUSD Account: 0206-00197488.60WUSD IBAN: CH59 0020 6206 1974 8860 WEUR Account: 0206-00197488.70KEUR IBAN: CH58 0020 6206 1974 8870 KCHF Account: 0206-00197488.01TCHF IBAN: CH69 0020 6206 1974 8801 TSecurities Account: 0206-00197488.S1 (USD)Bank: UBS AGParadeplatz 6, 8001 Zurich

SWIFT: UBSWCHZH80ACorrespondent Bank: UBS AG

(for USD only)Stamford CT

Washington Boulevard 677

06912-0300 Stamford

SWIFT: UBSWUS33Correspondent Bank: UBS Deutschland AG

(for EUR only)

Bockenheimer Landstrasse 2-4

60306 Frankfurt am Main

SWIFT: UBSWDEFF

100 Lives Foundation, Inc. is a tax-exempt public charity under Sections 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. The federal tax identification number: EIN 36-4808338.

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DONATE in USD:USD PAYMENT INTERMEDIARY CITIBANK NA, NEW YORK SWIFT: CITIUS33 BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK, YEREVAN SWIFT: ARMIAM22

BENEFICIARY’S

ACCOUNT

ACCOUNT HOLDER/ NAME 15700 20212750101

NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation

DONATE in RUB:RUB PAYMENTS INTERMEDIARY BANK SBERBANK, MOSCOWSWIFT/BIC 044525225

К/С 30101810400000000225

TAX CODE 7707083893 BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK, YEREVANA/С 30111810900000000371 BENEFICIARY’S ACCOUNT: 15700 20212750158 NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation

DONATE in EUROS:EUR PAYMENTS INTERMEDIARY CITIBANK NA, NEW YORK

SWIFT: CITIUS33 BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK,YEREVAN

SWIFT: ARMIAM22

BENEFICIARY’S

ACCOUNT

ACCOUNT HOLDER/ NAME 15700 20212750146

NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation

DONATE in AMD:AMD BENEFICIARY’S BANK AMERIABANK,YEREVAN SWIFT:ARMIAM22 BENEFICIARY’S

ACCOUNT

ACCOUNT HOLDER/ NAME 15700 20212750100 NAME: Initiatives for Development of Armenia Charity Foundation

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AS A PURPOSE OF YOUR DONATION PLEASE INDICATE: THE AURORA PRIZE FOR AWAKENING HUMANITY

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The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is part of the Initiatives for Development of

Armenia (IDeA) Foundation, a charitable organization committed to promoting socioeconomic development

in Armenia through investments in long-term, non-profit projects. By working on these projects the

foundation contributes to Armenia’s prosperity and strengthens its cultural ties with other states,

ensuring that the Armenian nation has a well-deserved place on the global arena.

+374 60 700 808

partnership@auroraprize.comwww.auroraprize.com