Key Milestones

1890	Establishment of Société de Bienfaisance des Arméniens de Paris.
1923	Registration as a non profit organization under the French law of 1901.	*NGO*
1947	First Retirement home opened in Andilly to care for elderly Armenian refugees.
1953	EHPAD ( retirement home ) in Montmorency is opened
1954	Société de Bienfaisance is renamed Association Arménienne d’Aide Sociale .	*AAAS*
1956	Recognized as a beneficial to the public at large by the French Government
1959	Retirement Home Arménien is opened in Saint Raphael.
1982	Launch of the first Armenian radio station “ASK” in Paris.
1986	Retirement home Eglantier is opened in Gonesse.
2004	Armenian Fund for Sustainable Development is founded
2004 up to date	More than 350 development projects in Armenia

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