ARSOBO
Tucson, AZ, United States
About
ARSOBO is a non-governmental organisation based in Tucson, United States working on disability, health, employment & skills.
ARSOBO (Arizona Sonora Border Projects for Inclusion) is a binational non-governmental organisation with 501 status in the United States and a sister NGO in Mexico. It improves the lives of people with disabilities by providing affordable medical devices, including all-terrain wheelchairs, prosthetics and orthotics, and hearing aids, built locally by people who use such devices. It also provides physical therapy and employment and skills training, and works across the U.S.-Mexico border region from Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora.
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Phase 1: All-Terrain Wheelchairs
Disability
Builds standard and custom all-terrain wheelchairs for people with disabilities, staffed by wheelchair-user technicians, in Nogales, Sonora.
Phase 2: Prosthetics & Orthotics
Disability
Fabricates prosthetic and orthotic devices locally in Nogales, Sonora, reducing delivery time from about two months to 3-4 days.
Phase 3: Hearing Health Program
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Runs a hearing health clinic and distributes low-cost hearing aids across the border region, with monthly clinics staffed by University of Arizona faculty and Ph.D. candidates.
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Andy Nichols Award for Social Justice
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University of Arizona, Technical University in Nogales, Sonora, Tichi Munoz Fundacion, Shipley Family Foundation, U.S. Northern Command
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