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Paper Recycling Skills Project - PRSP, GambiaThe Paper Recycling Skills Project, founded in 2001 as a charitable organization in The Gambia, is now well established as the foremost recycling organization in the country. In our endeavour to achieve our two main objectives – protecting the environment and assisting education – we have adopted a totally holistic approach in developing new projects and forming pro-active partnerships with government, civil society and industry stakeholders.We pride ourselves for our innovative approach to product development producing items ranging from beautifully handcrafted notebooks and albums made entirely from recycled materials to paper/sawdust compressed briquettes to replace fire wood in fuel efficient stoves we are planning to introduce as a component of one of our projects presently in development. All profits generated from our various activities are invested into supporting education either by distributing free learning materials ( over 45,000 exercise books since 2001 ) to needy students or by providing training and teaching assistance in environmental awareness building through workshops and lectures. Environmental protection is a wide-ranging subject and huge efforts are made by Government and NGO’s in The Gambia to co-ordinate stakeholders on a national level and try to prioritise with the limited resources available. As a self-funding community based organisation PRSP had to develop methods to create win-win situations and turn commercial opportunities into community benefits. | |
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