Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast - The Legion For Armenia Fund

Episode Date: October 1, 2023

https://www.patreon.com/posts/90133415 In late September 2023, Azerbaijan invaded what was left of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh after starving the population and holding them hostage since December 2022. Over 100,000 people are now in Armenia after they have been forced to flee upon fear of death or worse. The Armenian state on its own cannot handle the immediate needs of this many refugees. Our goal is to give a targeted monthly grant to the families most in need. Those with many young children, widows, the disabled, and others in the amount of 100,000AMD (253$) for 6 months per family. We can expand this program as funds allow. They can use this money any way they see fit. Mostly to cover rent in a country where rental costs have gone up over 300% in the last 2 years. If you already support the show, you're already supporting the program. However, if you would like to donate more or make a one-time donation, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. In this show we always talk about the people caught within the grinding gears of history, those who have been allowed to fall through the cracks of blind military violence, international apathy, and the brutality of empire. Together, today, we can choose deeds over words unlike so many other international organizations, governments, and world powers that we have tasked with doing so.

Hey everybody, it's Joe. If you haven't noticed or haven't really seen anything on the news, there has been something of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis going on right now in Armenia and the Republic of Nergana Karabakh. In late September, the Azeri military invaded and conquered the area and fully expelled around 120,000 people from their homes, and they have fled over the borders into Armenia. These people have gone through countless traumas over the last 30 years or more, and right now they're desperately in need. the last 30 years or more. And right now they're desperately in need. There's been a very impressive grassroots organization going on here to supply them with clothing and food. However, one thing people lack here to donate is actual cash. So we're starting something of a grant where we are going to try to give the families most in need, the disabled, the widowed, the single parents, people with large families, a monthly stipend for the next six months, or for as long as we can, as long as we have the funds to do so. So if you would like to donate to this cause, you can donate to our Patreon at any level. You can do a one-time donation. That's also an option on there.

And we will be very upfront and forward with how many families we are going to support through a monthly grant of about 100,000 Armenian drums, which is about $250-ish. They can spend that money any way they see fit on incidental costs that come with rebuilding your life after having everything torn away from you at the barrel of a gun. So please donate to the show and we can try to expand this program as far as we can for as long as we can. Thank you very much.