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.

Manya Sanitation Self-Help group

Year formed: 2007
Number of members: 12
Type of members: Waste picker support organization
Occupation of members: Waste collectors, Waste pickers
Type of Organization: Self-help group
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Door to door
Membership: Yes
Organization Structure: The group has a management committee whose leaders are elected annually via a secret ballot. The management committee is constituted of 2 men and 1 woman. Members pay a membership fee and they fund their activities through member’s contributions, monthly subscription and through donor funds. Kind of records kept by the group include organization assets, sales, debtors and creditors files.
Objectives: Contribute to cleaning the environment, improve livelihoods, job creation, independence
Partnering organizations: Municipal Council
Affiliations: Government
Funding: Donor funded, Self funded
Internal elections: Annually
Women composition: 58,3%

Member benefits: Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income, Savings or credit scheme
Safety & Technology: Yes

How is the relationship with the municipality?: Excellent and/or friendly
Types of materials: Household items, Paper and cardboard, Plastics
Are they selling to middlemen?: Yes
Activities: Composting, Recycling, Waste collection, Waste sorting
Treatmet of organic materials: Composting
Challenges to access waste: Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of unity between organizations, Negative attitude towards waste, Price fluctuations of waste