GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Asociaciόn Nacional de Recicladores (ANR)
Santa Fe de Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
Website: anrcolombia.orgPrimary information
- Language
- Spanish
- Number of groups
- 117
- Number of members
- 15000
- Type of members
- Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Association, Federation of cooperatives
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Workplace of members
- Street
- Organization Structure
- 2009 they have change their structure and centralize office with ARB. They are re-structure the National Association, towards a new director election, etc.
- Objectives
- Recycling, social and economic empowerment of waste pickers, contribute to cleaning the environment, improve waste picker living conditions, improve waste picker living conditions
- Affiliations
- Redlacre
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Child assistance programmes, Health care & insurance, Social & pension benefits
Services
Complementary Information
- Information source
- WORD 9/10/2010
Comments / Narrative
A social system for waste pickers and other marginated groups has been setup by the ANR through Local financing. At present, any waste collector family member can benefit from this social security system and has access to hospital, health care and pension funds. With the increase of critical mass, the system is becoming progressively self-financed.
Contact information
Last updates from Asociaciόn Nacional de Recicladores (ANR)
At GlobalRec.org
Comunicado de imprensa em apoio ao direito dos catadores colombianosPress Release in Support of Colombian Waste Pickers’ RightsRallies for the rights of Waste Pickers in ColombiaStruggling for Recognition: The Waste Pickers of ColombiaVideo: the recicladores of Bogotá on the ousting of Mayor PetroVideo: Chronicles of a Struggle for Inclusion, Part 3: Sí Se Puede Goldman Prize acceptance speech by informal recycler Nohra Padilla + Photos + White House visit"Chronicle of a Fight for Inclusion: The December 2012 garbage crisis of Bogota" now with English subtitlesPart 2: “Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion: The December 2012 Garbage Crisis of Bogotá”A time to celebrate! Dreams come true for the organized waste pickers of Bogotá