Fundraising is a great way to support our efforts. Host a house party and show a video on the situation in the Congo. Organize a bike-a-thon, walk-athon, or dance-a-thon, an auction, a garage sale, a concert, a fashion show, whatever you and your friends enjoy doing, and donate the funds raised to Friends of the Congo. We rely on the generosity of people like you to support the costs of our global mobilization campaign and projects in the Congo.

You may also enlist your friends, family and loved ones raise funds online via the FOTC badge. Encourage others to copy the badge and send it to their network.

OPERATION RECYCLE (US & Canada only)
The recycling program collects cell phones and have them recycled. This helps in a small way because it may reduce the need for new phones. The more used phones we get back into circulation the better it will be for the environment. The recycle company also contributes to Friends of the Congo as a result of the phones being collected. The process is really simple. If you are in the United States, send us a mailing address via email at support@congoweek.org, where we can send you a recycle box and once it is filled, you call fedex to pick it up at no cost to you.

If you are in Canada, shipment for your collected cell phones, PDAs, and pagers is paid by CollectiveGood Canada Inc. Usually we wait until you have 20 phones to be cost effective or have finished your project before sending out a label. Prepaid shipping labels are valid for 10 days only, so they need to be sent "just in time". When you are ready to ship, you or your collector will contact us for a label which will be sent by email. Print and affix the label on the box and call UPS at 1-800-PICKUPS (1-800-742-5877) to schedule a pick up.

Be assured that no donation will go to landfill either in Canada, the US or elsewhere. Units that can be reused are refurbished and sold. Units which cannot be reused are sent to an "end of life" electronic recycler (operated by a large Canadian mining conglomerate) who reclaim the metal content for reuse.