Burris "Duke" Duncan

Social Good Not Financial Gain

<div class="content" style="color: #030303; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <p style="line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><strong>ARSOBO</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(Arizona-Sonora Border) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization focused on alleviating the physical, psychological, and economical barriers faced by individuals with disabilities by providing high-tech, low-cost medical devices that minimize their disability.</p> <p style="line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><strong>Our Philosophy</strong></p> <ul style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 20px;"> <li style="list-style: disc;">A not-for-profit &lsquo;social&rsquo; business (the bottom line is for social good not for financial gain)</li> <li style="list-style: disc;">Hire those with limitations to construct the medical device they use or need</li> <li style="list-style: disc;">Charge an amount for the medical device to insure ownership and maintain a sense of dignity but charge only what the family can afford (subsidies will pay the rest)</li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><strong>Our Projects</strong></p> <ul style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 20px;"> <li style="list-style: disc;">Create a shop that constructs durable wheelchairs designed for rough terrain.<span style="color: #4eab4e;"><strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></strong></span>Find out more about this first project which was started in 2011:<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a style="color: #003366; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://arsobo.org/shop/overview">The All Terrain Wheelchair Shop<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></a>in Nogales, Sonora.</li> <li style="list-style: disc;">Help raise funds for persons who cannot afford to pay retail price.</li> <li style="list-style: disc;">Assemble high-tech low-cost hearing aids with a solar-powered hearing aid battery recharger.</li> <li style="list-style: disc;">Develop the capacity and expertise to build prosthesis and orthotics.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <ul class="links inline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline; color: #030303; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> <li class="translation_es first last" style="list-style: none; display: inline; padding: 0px 0.2em;"><a class="translation-link" style="color: #003366; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="ARSOBO" href="http://arsobo.org/es/who-we-are">Espa&ntilde;ol</a></li> </ul>

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