Recycled bicycles for Africa
< Back to university newsA group of resourceful design students from Goldsmiths, University of London, have delivered 300 restored bicycles and £200 worth of tools to a school in Ghana, West Africa.
Greasefingers, a group of self-confessed cycle fanatics from Goldsmiths, have collected abandoned bicycles and unwanted parts for the last 18 months to renovate and repair them in their London workshop.
The bicycles have been donated to a school in the Greater Accra region of Ghana to provide transport and mobility for pupils and staff. The group have also sent tools and spare parts to create a workshop and facilitate the teaching of new skills.
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Posted: Tuesday 9 February 2010