Tackling Waste. Saving African Lives.

£800 million worth of medicines dispensed to UK patients are unused and going to waste, according to Government figures (NAO 2007). Your unwanted medicines can help save lives in Africa.

Since 1974 Inter Care have recycled quality medicines and following requests have securely sent them to rural Africa.

We are the only Licensed Charity in the UK to recycle patient returned medicines. We are small and rely heavily upon over 40 medicially trained volunteers with only 4 part time staff.

• We recycle quality in date patient returned medicines from GP Practices. These medicines would otherwise be sent to landfill or incinerated. To date we have nearly 950 GP Practices registered with us and have recycled over £10 million worth of medical aid.

• Our medically trained volunteers screen and sort these medications.

• 116 health units in rural Africa receive the medicines they need and have requested from us free of charge. 

• Medicines are sent to a designated receiver and must be acknowledged- so we know they go direct to the health units to treat those in need. Each health unit receives two consignments of medical aid per year.

• We offer continued support to these health units, in 6 of the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

People in these communities are extremely poor. Without Inter Care they would not have access to medical treatment that we so often take for granted in the UK. In many instances without our support these people would not survive. With your help we can make a big difference and give the gift of life. 

We receive no Government funding so rely upon the kind support of the Public and grant making trusts.

By keeping our running costs to a bare minimum we make a huge impact: For every £1 you donate we are able to send £4 worth of medical aid to Africa.

Our biggest cost is sending medicines to Africa. 

To continue to save lives we need your help to meet this cost- please donate today online.

Donate today and help us to keep up our vital work. You can do this online by credit or debit card by clicking on either the Just Giving or Every Day Hero link below.

If you are an American tax payer then you can donate through CAF America. Just search for Inter Care using the 'Find a non-profit' search box on the site.

Using our web site you will also find information about: the health centres we support, download information about the medicines that we can and cannot re-cycle, register a GP practice to start collecting patient returns, and most importantly donate money to help us continue this vital work- saving waste in the UK while saving lives in Africa.

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