KARABAKH FOUNDATION
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Direct beneficiaries per year: 10,000
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: Help us with the blog and many other aspects of outreach.
Geographic areas served: Greater Washington DC and New York,
Mission:
The Karabakh Foundation is a U.S. 501c(3) cultural charity foundation based in Washington, D.C., that seeks to increase awareness and understanding in the United States of the cultural heritage and traditions of the country of Azerbaijan, the Caucasus area, and the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. While coalescing significant artistic and scholarly talent, the Foundation is nurturing a new generation of artists and scholars toward important accomplishments.
The Foundation serves as a dynamic facilitator and clearinghouse raising the public profile of Azerbaijan, its Karabakh region, and the Caucasus region in general. Main activities include preserving and disseminating cultural content via archival collecting, public programs, publications, exhibitions, speaking forums, international collaborations, scholarly exchange, artistic sponsorship, and related venues.
The Foundation serves as a dynamic facilitator and clearinghouse raising the public profile of Azerbaijan, its Karabakh region, and the Caucasus region in general. Main activities include preserving and disseminating cultural content via archival collecting, public programs, publications, exhibitions, speaking forums, international collaborations, scholarly exchange, artistic sponsorship, and related venues.
Results:
The Karabakh Foundation reaches thousands annually through its highly ranked (by Google) Web site as well as via dozens of Foundation public programs, the Azerbaijani Radio Hour, and Foundation publications. The Karabakh Foundation "Cultural Ambassadors" program, an immersive program at Foundation headquarters, has provided hundreds of volunteers to date with an immersive experience in Azerbaijani culture and in cultural diplomacy.
The Foundation fields several research requests each month, from news agencies, filmmakers, scholars, and others. In general the Foundation targets audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Staff and volunteers are engaged long term in developing and presenting programs especially for school-age students.
Among the public recognition that the Foundation has received to date are Washington Post Editor's Pick, a review in the Voice of America World Music blog, and a Cultural Tourism D.C.'s member spotlight.
See our annual reports for more: http://karabakhfoundation.org/pages/about-us/impact/
The Foundation fields several research requests each month, from news agencies, filmmakers, scholars, and others. In general the Foundation targets audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Staff and volunteers are engaged long term in developing and presenting programs especially for school-age students.
Among the public recognition that the Foundation has received to date are Washington Post Editor's Pick, a review in the Voice of America World Music blog, and a Cultural Tourism D.C.'s member spotlight.
See our annual reports for more: http://karabakhfoundation.org/pages/about-us/impact/
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Azeri
04/05/12
Cultural diplomacy is an important tool of soft power that is able to represent a national identity. In case of Azerbaijan, Karabakh Foundation plays a key role in country's exercise of cultural diplomacy strategies in the US.KF is a good platform where Americans can learn about culture and ...
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advocate77
02/21/12
this is the first 501(c)(3) that deals with the culture, arts and history of Azerbaijan and its Karabakh region. Considering that bilateral relations between US and Azerbaijan have been growing steadily over the past 20 years, and the region is more and more important for U.S. policy- and decision-...
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