COFFS City Rotary Club’s Domestic Violence (DV) Safe Phone campaign, launched in mid-June, is going gangbusters with over 70 old phones already donated.
The initiative attracted widespread news coverage and was promoted by hotels in Moonee, Coffs Harbour, Sawtell and Toormina.
By late July the campaign had already collected over 72 used phones, which are now being sent to DV Safe Phone’s head office in Brisbane.
The phones will be repaired and upgraded by technicians and then distributed to organisations assisting people impacted by family violence.
It is common for perpetrators to either take or break the phones of victims, leaving them more isolated and vulnerable.
DV Safe Phone is a charitable organisation, which was launched in 2020 and so far has provided over 13,500 mobile phones to people in need.
Coffs City Rotary Club and Woolgoolga Rotary are running the local campaign.
“So if you have an old phone that you’re no longer using, please help us to give it to a person who desperately needs it”, Coffs City Rotary Club member Paul McKeon said.
“It could play a crucial part in saving someone’s life.
“You can drop your old phone into one of the DV Safe Phone boxes prominently displayed in the Moonee Hotel, the Coffs Harbour Hotel and the hotels in Sawtell and Toormina.”
By Andrea FERRARI
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