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SDSU HopePhones Collection Drive!

SDSU HopePhones Collection Drive!. March 2012. What is HopePhones?. The program encourages everyone to recycle their old mobile phones, which are then sold to raise money to send phones to health workers in developing markets likes Malawi. Where do the Phones GO?.

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SDSU HopePhones Collection Drive!

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  1. SDSU HopePhones Collection Drive! March 2012

  2. What is HopePhones? • The program encourages everyone to recycle their old mobile phones, which are then sold to raise money to send phones to health workers in developing markets likes Malawi.

  3. Where do the Phones GO? • “When your old phone is received by the recycling center, it is given a value. We’ll use this value to purchase appropriate, usable cell phones for community health workers at the medical clinics. The average donated phone in the US will allow us to purchase 2-3 cell phones for clinics.”

  4. How Will WE make an Impact? • “Every cell phone given to community health workers connects distant patients to a medical clinic. A $10 cell phone will give 50 families access to emergency medical care, health information, transport services, and clinic resources,” the site explains.

  5. The Donation Process • The process for donating the phones into 4 easy steps: • 1. Get your old phone cleaned up (remove old media including photos) and cancel the contract with your carrier.2. Remove the SIM card or you could just power the phone down.3. Donate to our collection boxes. 4. We will ship all donated phones off to The Wireless Source, which recycles your mobile and gives the phone ‘trade-in’ value to FrontlineSMS:Medic to purchase appropriate, useful recycled phones for worldwide campaigns using SMS and texting tech to improve healthcare delivery by equipping healthcare workers in developing countries.

  6. PARTNERS

  7. Medic Mobile is an nonprofit organization advancing rural healthcare networks in the developing world through the implementation of mobile technology. Stories covering Medic Mobile/FrontlineSMS:Medic have been featured by CNN, Discovery Channel news, the BBC, The Guardian, PC World and Reuters. • IntraHealth International is a US-based non-profit organization currently leading USAID‘s largest project In Global Health Workforce, Systems Strengthening. The organization has served the public health needs of developing countries for 30 years.  Their mission is to create sustainable, accessible health care by strengthening health workers and the systems that support them. IntraHealth receives funding from the US Agency for International Development, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, private foundations, corporations and individuals who support our mission. The IntraHealth OPEN Initiative focuses on support, training, collaboration and local innovation in open source solutions to global health issues.

  8. Hazardous Cellphone Waste500,000 cell phones are discarded in the United States every day and pollute the environment with tons of plastic and dangerous toxins. Recycling with Hope Phones reduces hazardous waste in our communities responsibly, while providing a significant public health benefit abroad.

  9. National Press • http://www.intrahealth.org/page/hope-phones1 • http://poptech.org/blog/old_phones_get_new_life_via_hope_phones

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