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2009 SMI loan recipient Maridadi Hi-Tec Designers: SMI Kenya Nairobi, Kenya. Maridadi will repay their interest-free loan for custom sewing machines by donating school uniforms and other clothing to very poor children in their community.

ABSF is dedicated to improving the quality of life on earth through support of social microenterprise, women's empowerment, and disabled mobility solutions ABSF is seeking additional financial partners and donors for two special projects: Social Microenterprise Initiative (Kenya, Palestine and Vietnam) and RoughRider Wheelchair Project (Vietnam).

Social Microenterprise Initiative ABSF's Social Microenterprise Initiative (SMI) supports small businesses in the developing world with a unique pay-it-forward loan program. SMI: 1) enhances small business production and growth; 2) creates new employment opportunities; and 3) fosters a lasting sense of social responsibility and community charity in participating businesses. Learn more>>

Women's Empowerment We strive to advance the economic, social and cultural situation of women and girls living in the developing world by supporting projects focused on education, economic empowerment and human rights for women. Educating women and girls drives economic growth, improves health outcomes, reduces population growth, and promotes democracy and greater freedom in developing countries. Learn more>>

Disabled Mobility Solutions We hope to address the overwhelming need for appropriate wheelchairs and other mobility aids in the developing world by supporting a variety of innovative and replicable mobility solutions.  Learn more>>

LATEST NEWS:

Building partnerships yields the RoughRider Wheelchair Project
The Arthur B. Schultz Foundation proudly sponsors the RoughRider Wheelchair Project, to address the overwhelming need for wheelchairs in Vietnam. ABSF has partnered with American and Norwegian wheelchair design and manufacturing companies to enable a Vietnamese wheelchair manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City to build and distribute rugged, easily repairable, and ultra affordable wheelchairs to disabled Vietnamese.  

Since the Nov 2007 inception of our online sponsorship program, nearly 1,000 Vietnamese have received new wheelchairs from donations by ABSF and individual sponsors. We hope to reach this goal by the end of 2010.

Give the gift of mobility by sponsoring a RoughRider Wheelchair in Vietnam. DONATE NOW >>

ABSF wishes to thank Salesforce.com for donating their Appexchange Platform for both internal administration and start to finish management of our RoughRider Wheelchair Sponsorship Project.  Please contact us for more information about this system.