Old phones can help Africa

The phones are being recycled to improve healthcare and save lives.

Recycling 4 Africa was launched at the end of September in Brighton, the brainchild of director and trustee, radio and TV presenter Ambrose Harcourt.

Ambrose said: "R4A is a new and expanding registered charity that is dedicated to assisting with healthcare in Africa and ultimately raising enough money to build and operate a hospital in Nigeria."

Ambrose set it up after a visit home when he realised that he acted as a patron to many charity events local to his home in England but was not involved in any charities that helped his home country.

He researched various ideas and came up with the concept of Recycling 4 Africa, which is a scheme that will benefit the community in Africa through providing work and, ultimately, a hospital.

There are a number of R4A donation bins located in mobile phone shops across Sussex and Surrey, and anyone who has an old or broken mobile phone (including accessories, battery and chargers) can drop it into one of these bins or post it to the charity.

Full story in West Sussex Gazette, October 6