Aakar

Mumbai, India

Primary information

Year formed

1997

Registered in

1997

Language

Hindi, Marathi

Number of groups

78

Number of members

1,098

Type of members

Members are waste pickers

Occupation of members

Waste pickers

Type of Organization

Non governmental organization

Organizational Reach

Local

Workplace of members

Slums, Street

Organization Structure

President, Secretary, Treasurer 4 Members, Executive Committee & Staff

Objectives

Recognition of Waste pickers, contribute to cleaning the environment.

Women composition

Social networking sites

Benefits

Member benefits

Child assistance programmes, Id cards, Legal assistance, Occupational health & safety

Number of credit / saving members?

1030

Services

How is the relationship with the municipality?

Excellent and/or friendly

Activities

Waste collection, Waste sorting

Sorting Spaces

Sorting center

Challenges to access waste

Harassment from authorities

Complementary Information

Information source

WORD 18/08/2011, ASIA 2013. Alliance of Indian Wastepickers - Kabir Arora/Malleswari Baddela

Comments / Narrative

Working for marginalized communities in urban areas, particularly communities working in the areas of cleanliness particularly dealing with Solid Waste Management – waste pickers are the special target groups identified for intervention.