INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 32 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Associação dos Catadores de Papel, Papelão e Material Reaproveitável de Belo Horizonte (ASMARE)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Website: asmare.org.brPrimary 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%
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Complementary Information
- Information source
- WORD 26/08/2011