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.

Manyatta Odmoko Self-Help group

Year formed: 2007
Formally registered: No
Number of members: 32
Type of members: Waste picker support organization
Type of Organization: Self-help group
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Door to door
Membership: Yes
Organization Structure: The Self-Help group has a chairperson, a coordinator, a secretary, a treasurer and one member. The leaders are selected through a voting process which is carried out annually. A total of three men and three women constitute the management committee. Records kept by the group include attendance records, cash OUT/IN. Members pay a membership fee of 100 shillings.
Objectives: Recycling, job creation, contribute to cleaning the environment,
Education and training: Waste management
Partnering organizations: Sana International, WIFIP, C-MEDA
Affiliations: Ngo
Funding: Self funded
Internal elections: Annually
Women composition: 75,0%

Member benefits: Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income
Safety & Technology: Safety boots

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