VIDEO: Call for Sussex to help Africa charity

CHARITY Recycling4Africa is looking for people to help its campaign to build a hospital, as well as do their bit to recycle mobile phones.

The charity, set up in 2003 by Sussex businessman and radio presenter Ambrose Harcourt, to recycle old phones for Africa and to raise 1million by 2010 towards the hospital in his homeland, Nigeria.

Ambrose, 55, moved to the UK as a teenager, studying at university in London before moving to Sussex, where he's lived for the majority of his life, becoming known as Mr Lurve for playing romantic tunes on his radio shows on Southern FM, Ocean FM and Capital Gold.

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After visiting his mother in the Imo area of eastern Nigeria in 2001, Ambrose was inspired to help after noticing how mobile phones were beginning to become popular in the country, and worked well, but were out most people's price range.

"When I came back I wanted to do something and give something back for the people and as mobile phones were were becoming bigger and were established over here, it gave me the idea," he said.

He wants to use some of the phones to help the very sick and pregnant women, who may need extra help but are too far from hospitals

"We now have 40 phone recycling bins across Sussex and I would like more people to get in touch to have bins at their business, in schools or to collect them from their friends and family," said Ambrose.

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"We are also looking for volunteers to collect the phones from bins around the county including sites in Shoreham, Worthing and Littlehampton."

The charity's patron is Baroness Cox and has been joined by many Sussex MPs, including East Worthing and Shoreham MP Tim Loughton.

As well as donations of phones, with or without batteries and accessories, the charity is also looking to recruit two trustees.

Ambrose said: "If people want to help in any way then please get in touch."

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Recycling4Africa can be contacted by telephone on 01273 693099, email: [email protected] or online at www.recycling4africa.com

Click on the green play button to see a Voice of America's video about Recycling4Africa and the plans to build a hospital.