Hope Phones, in short, collects used cells phones and turns them into communications tools for medics, doctors and medical programs in developing nations. The program is really quite remarkable.

One thing that you don’t’ think of often is the difficulties posed by the need to travel in developing countries for medical consultations or even care. Many third world nations simply don’t have that type of infrastructure to work with, so traveling to get medical advice, equipment or medications only to find out that what you need isn’t there can have a huge and negative impact on the effect of medical care and medical resources. And in most developing countries, the global shortage of health care workers means that it can be far distances between medical clinics or doctors with resources.

Hope Phones, founded by super star Josh Nesbit, is a nationwide mobile phone collection campaign that, in their own words, “supports mobile health initiatives at medical clinics in the developing world. The provision and coordination of health-related services via mobile communications is blossoming in response to a global shortage of health care workers and the impact made by mobile tools.”

We love this program. There’s nothing about it that isn’t good. You can be assured that your phone isn’t causing the illness of a child in a developing nation who is processing illegal e-scrap, and you can help provide medical solutions in those same countries. Want to learn how to get your phone to Hope Phones? Click here to visit their website.