Associação dos Catadores de Papel, Papelão e Material Reaproveitável de Belo Horizonte (ASMARE)

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Primary information

Language

Portuguese

Number of members

380

Type of members

Members are waste pickers

Occupation of members

Waste pickers

Type of Organization

Association, Cooperative

Organizational Reach

Local

Workplace of members

Street

Organization Structure

Has a coordinating group elected by members in an assembly every 4 years. Receives technical support from INSEA (NGO) and from Local government.

Objectives

Promote citizenship, promote the rights of waste pickers

Women composition

55,0%

Social networking sites

Benefits

Services

Complementary Information

Information source

WORD 26/08/2011

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