Improving the life of someone in Darfur is as simple as recycling an old cell phone. 

Remember that old, unused cell phone you tucked in the back of the drawer when you upgraded to the newest model?  On April 13, 2008, World Darfur Day, ECO-CELL wants you to help recycle to raise dollars for Darfur. Collect as many unused cell phones as possible and send them in ECO-CELL to be recycled.  Any phones mailed in during the month of April will be counted toward the Dollars for Darfur initiative and proceeds will be donated to SaveDarfur Coalition (www.savedarfur.org) and the United Nations World Food Programme (www.wfp.org.)

What Can Your Phone Do?

• Why recycle that old phone?  Besides protecting the environment from toxins found in cell phones such as lead and arsenic, by recycling your phone through ECO-CELL, you can also help raise funds for advocacy for and humanitarian aid to Darfur. 

How Do I Send In My Phone?

You can mail your phone directly to ECO-CELL at: 2701 Lindsay Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206. **Please mark all envelopes  “Cell Phone Dollars for Darfur”

Have more than 10 phones? We will pay your shipping! Just click here to request a free shipping label.

Tents of Hope

ECO-CELL is also locally sponsoring a tent for Tents of Hope, a journey of compassion and peace with the displaced persons and refugees of Darfur, Sudan.   Tents of Hope (www.tentsofhope.org) is a one-year campaign in which people respond as communities to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan by creating tents that are both unique works of art and focal points for learning about, assisting and establishing relationships with the people of Sudan. The project will culminate in October 2008 with the “Gathering of the Tents” in Washington D.C.