Every year hundreds of pieces of medical equipment in the UK are discarded before reaching the end of its useful life. Wheelchairs, specialised seats, standing frames and sleeping systems easily costing £2,000 a piece are often abandoned when outgrown, replaced with a newer model or substituted for a more suitable model when the owners’ condition change. REPLAY is a charitable project to "recycle" and distribute high quality functional equipment to less fortunate communities that would otherwise not have access to such equipment to meet medical needs.

REPLAY supports through its relationship with other charities the sourcing, cleaning, servicing, packaging and shipment of equipment to the developing world by donating equipment to established local charitable projects. Equipment are generally sent to skilled coordinators involved with hospitals, charities or schools who ensure appropriate allocation and application of each piece of equipment. REPLAY is initially focussed on distributing children’s equipment to some of the poorest areas of Southern Africa.

REPLAY aim to ship at least 2 containers annually. A 20 ft long container holding more than 100 pieces of equipment with replacement cost exceeding £100,000 can be shipped and delivered for less than £5,000. Having already secured enough equipment to fill a container, the first shipment is scheduled to leave the UK heading for South Africa in the first quarter of 2009. The initial batch will be destined for Malamulele Onwards in Johannesburg. See About Us for more information on Malamulele Onward.

REPLAY project is managed and run by Ockie & Marizelle Raubenheimer and Lindi Dalton. Ockie was working for Lehman Brothers at the time the bank collapse. The fall of Lehman made him realise there is more to life and the slowdown in global finance gave him the opportunity to spend more time to develop REPLAY together with his wife Marizelle and Lindi Dalton, who has previously sent equipment to a school in Pretoria, South Africa.
We need 40 people to contribute £20 per month to ensure at least 2 shipments per year.

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