Old mobile phones are required at the Starship Children’s Hospital in New Zealand.
Even though we are in the UK, we must learn a lesson from this initiative by the Starship Children’s Hospital located in New Zealand. Young kids are getting old mobile phones donated. This hospital has been asking for donations as charity to be able to hand over these phones for Christmas.
These old phones are generally sold to many developing countries all around the world once they have been refurbished. Some of these old phones are gifted on Christmas and some are sold to help raise funds and generate money for the hospital. A whopping 1 million USD has thus far been raised by this programme for this hospital using approximately 400,000 donated cell phones.
Cell phone recycling has taught us some important and lasting lessons. Even the Starship’s National Air Ambulance Service was initiated through the money raised from this programme. Many critically ill or injured children across the country were carried to offer medical care.
Since you live in the UK, you could donate to any local cause here instead of to the one in New Zealand. Instead of using the money yourself that you receive from mobile phone recycling, one could donate them to any preferred charity. Or even better, one can even buy toys for donating to local charities on Christmas. If your aim is to help others, there are ways more than one to take advantage of mobile phone recycling, so take your pick!
Tags: Mobile Phone Recycling, Mobile Recycling, Recycle Mobile Phones, Sell Old Phone
