Project: Reparation project
Mission: To help young people give something back
Funding: Each vehicle costs around £3,000 to repair, which comes from charitable donations.
Young offenders in Birmingham have been rebuilding vehicles to send to deprived communities in other countries.
The project is run by Birmingham's youth offending team (YOT) and sees young people working with trained mechanics to restore run-down vehicles donated to the scheme. The vehicles are then shipped abroad for use by Sightsavers International to deliver medical supplies and treatment to remote communities. Last month the project sent a vehicle to Sierra Leone after Land Rover agreed to fund the shipping costs. It was the fifth vehicle of its kind to be restored by young offenders from Birmingham since the project was set up in 2001.
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