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Information:
Inking About Africa is a UK not-for-profit charity which working
in Gambia. It was established in 2011 by Mark Hickie and Faye
McSloy to raise funds to aid schools and children in The Gambia
by recycling used ink cartridges, toners and old cell phones
and re-selling them to the public.
 The
main goal of the Inking About Africa charity is to give children
a good educational
beginning in their lives with 100% of all monies made being
utilised to help provide children with exercise books, text
books, uniforms, pens, pencils and other stationery, sports
gear, clothes, school tables and chairs and other educational
items. Whenever feasible they order these items inside the
Gambia to help in stimulating the local economy.
 The
scheme gives people the opportunity to help out a charity
in Gambia at no extra cost to themselves and help reduce the
amount of waste going into their local landfills. You can
even post your empty inkjet cartridges, copier toners &
old cellphones for recycling by using their Freepost service.
Inking About Africa also accepts donations, small or large,
and money raised through
fundraising activities of volunteers.
How the Scheme Works:
If you wish to donate your cartridges then the first step is to
go to their website and ask for their Freepost envelopes or
cardboard boxes. Once packed you then send it off to the
charity. They then forward it to RTF who check the items and
credit Inking About Africa for all units that can be re-filled.
Some Past Projects:
Up to May 2013 Inking About Africa had a total of 3 projects on
the go.
The first was commenced in the second half of April and was
to dig a well on an island known as Jinack
for the local English Nursery School. Prior to the well children
had to endure a lack of drinking water and insanitary lavatory
conditions putting them as risk of contracting diseases.
The second project was for the restoration of a pre-school in
Kitty Village on the outskirts of Brikama. This project was
supervised by 'Goal For The Gambia' which is a charity that has
worked closely in the past with Inking For Africa.
The third project was financed by their first fundraiser named
Sonko. After adding the charity to the Virgin Money Giving
page he had his dreadlocks cut off and made £400 which was
donated to school in Suduwol in the Upper River Region. The
money was used to buy a new hand pump for their water well
after the old one had broken down. The water
was vital for drinking, hygiene and watering their vegetable
garden which played a vital role in giving the children
added nutrition.
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