The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.

Dandora Youth Multipurpose Self-Help Group (DYMS)

Year formed: 1999
Registered in: 2011
Language: English
Number of members: 90
Type of members: Waste picker support organization
Occupation of members: Waste collectors
Type of Organization: Self-help group
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Door to door, Open, Street
Membership: Yes
Organization Structure: Management Committee. Chairman, deputy chairman, secretary, assistant secretary and treasurer (5 men & 3 women). Records kept include minutes, income & expenditure and pictures.
Objectives: Contribute to cleaning the environment, recycling, job creation, awareness raising
Education and training: Waste management
Partnering organizations: Uprising, Visions, Mwangaza, Day Dad
Funding: Self funded
Internal elections: Annually
Women composition: 22,2%

How is the relationship with the municipality?: Excellent and/or friendly
Types of materials: Biodegradable waste, Bones, Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastics
Are they selling to middlemen?: Yes
Activities: Selling materials, Waste collection
Challenges to access waste: Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition, Transportation