Who's Helping
Raíces is proud to work with the following companies on the Cell Phones for Cuba project to help empower youth in Cuba to become the authors of their own futures.
'Navarro Discount Pharmacies is proud to partner with Roots of Hope in the ingenious campaign of collecting cellular phones in our stores to benefit the Cuban people. Every Navarro Discount Pharmacy location is equipped with a cell phone collection box so that individuals shopping at the stores or purchasing a new phone are able to drop off their old phone instead of throwing it out. This will significantly help increase communication, create infrastructure and support the people living in Cuba. It is a simple way to recycle technology and enhance the lines of communication in another country. With little effort, our customers and our employees can take part in helping this cause and ultimately change the lives of those living in Cuba. It is rewarding to know that we are ultimately making a difference in the lives of many in Cuba.'
- Cristy Leon-Rivero, VP Community and Public Relations.
'The vast economic & social benefits derived from widespread inexpensive access to mobile wireless telecommunications include GDP growth, job creation, productivity gains, entrepreneurship, increased market efficiencies, enhanced disaster relief, educational benefits, improved health care and even social cohesion. With the integration of cell phones into its society Cuba will be ushered into the knowledge based global economy and a new age of prosperity for its people. EcoPhones & RecyclingFundraiser.com are proud to welcome Cuba to the wireless age.'
- Walter Engelbrecht, EcoPhones' Chief Operating Officer

