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:: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 ::
Take Advantage of Cell Phone Recycle Program
Posted by Mr. Cheng with (156) Comments
One big problem for homeless is to stay contacted by social service, prospective employers, friends, relatives ...etc in a real time manner, and obtaining a cell phone may cost homeless people unaffordable upfront money due to free cell phone may require good financial credit which homeless not able to maintain. Now, homeless people may have an alternative due to the Cell phone industry to dial up recycling program
Of course, homeless or jobless people can also go to eBay to bid used cell phone handset at very low cost and get it turned on with the cell phone company with, say, $25. I have encountered a homeless guy at Wall St, who told me that his first day goal was to panhandle $25 to turn on his cell phone, and he was able to with a Please Spare Some Change cardboard sign in one day. Later on, after he got his cell phone turned on with phone number, he had a new sign with his phone number asking people to help him get a job. Although he did not get a job after a few weeks thru cardboard with a cell phone number, he was able to stay contacted with his relatives in Texas and later moved to Texas where he could get family support.
Below is what I wrote to Heloise after reading article Donate A Phone campaign under way
Dear Heloise,
As Homeless Solution Provider, I just wrote an other solution to help 8 million homeless people nationwide at my Homeless Solution website
http://homeless123.blogspot.com/
What I would suggest that you or your organization to do is to distribute the donated used cell phone to 8 million homeless people nationwide so that they can benefit from the cell phone service to stay in touch with social service worker, prospective employers, families, friends ...etc and move them off homelessness by themselves easier.
How do you think?
Cheng
:: Mr Cheng 6:28 PM [+] ::
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