Riders on a drive to collect used smartphones

Club intends to repair them, hand them over to needy students

Your abandoned old mobile phone can be invaluable for someone else — that is the idea behind a campaign launched by a riders’ club. The members of Dream Riders Club have hit the road on their beloved motorbikes with a dream different from that of exploring new places. The campaign aims at helping students left out of online education for want of a smartphone. They collect damaged and abandoned smartphones from homes, repair them and hand them over to needy students who produce an affidavit from their school authorities. “Almost all households will have an old smartphone, either damaged or abandoned for the sake of a better version, since operating platforms like Android bring out updated versions with increasing frequency. Those willing to donate them can contact us. Our members will collect them from their homes,” said Bruto K.J., secretary of the club.