NewsWhore
10-06-2010, 03:40 PM
The country's leading center for physical rehabilitation and support for disabled people, the Asociacion Dominicana de Rehabilitacion (ADR), was founded when a mother chose to make a difference for her son, born with polio. Today her son, Celso Marranzini, is an eminent business leader and has taken on the challenge of fixing the electricity system, but his mom is pleased to note that the center she founded has served 720,075 people and provided more than 8 million services in its 47 years in service. She appealed for more support because the ADR operates with a deficit of RD$3 million.
The ADR offers services in 23 centers in the country. They hope to be able to open new branches in Higuey, Sosua, Neiba, Pedernales and Constanza, so that their patients in these areas do not have to travel all the way to Santo Domingo for treatment. In 2009, the ADR provided more than 400,000 services, seeing 27,927 patients. Of these 61% are from poor backgrounds. Dona Mary de Marranzini, founder of the institution, and its inspiration over the years says that the current budget is RD$247 million, of which the government contributes only 22%.
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The ADR offers services in 23 centers in the country. They hope to be able to open new branches in Higuey, Sosua, Neiba, Pedernales and Constanza, so that their patients in these areas do not have to travel all the way to Santo Domingo for treatment. In 2009, the ADR provided more than 400,000 services, seeing 27,927 patients. Of these 61% are from poor backgrounds. Dona Mary de Marranzini, founder of the institution, and its inspiration over the years says that the current budget is RD$247 million, of which the government contributes only 22%.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)