This month, CARE and its recycling partner, CollectiveGood International, will launch a national effort to collect and refurbish mobile phones. Our program is a way to raise funds for CARE while providing affordable communication to the developing world. By collecting and then reselling these phones to CollectiveGood, CARE can turn old phones into sustainable agricultural and water systems as well as medical and educational programs throughout the developing world. In addition to reselling the recycled phones, some will be used by CARE's in-country field staffs to more efficiently perform their aid, development and relief efforts. Additional donation sites will be established as the program develops.
All donations are tax-deductible.
CARE chose to partner with CollectiveGood International, an Atlanta-based mobile phone recycling company, because of its commitment to environmental and social issues. Our recycling process will improve the quality of life in the developing world by helping to bridge the digital divide by providing affordable telecommunications. Initially, CollectiveGood will sell its refurbished phones in Latin America. Nearly 90 percent of the people who receive these phones will have never used one before because their countries lack telephone lines, or the infrastructure, to support telecommunications. These phones will transform their lives.