- Waste pickers Around the World (WAW)
- Organizations
- BAMATO Environmental & Sanitation Project
BAMATO Environmental & Sanitation Project
Kisumu , Kenya
Website: bamato.mocality.co.ke/Primary information
- Year formed
- 1998
- Number of members
- 25
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors, Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Community based organization
- Organizational Reach
- Regional
- Organization Structure
- Bamato has a management committee inclusive of a chairman, secretary and treasurer.
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment, job creation, keep local area clean, improve quality of life, recycling, capacity building, social protection, skills upgrading, awareness raising, social equity, encourage sustainable practices, information sharing, fight against discrimination and poverty, improve water and sanitation facilities, strengthen unity and cohesion among waste pickers, eradicate gender disparity, against privatization, independence, to become a resource and research centre for Solid Waste Management
- Education and training
- Risks & health, Waste management
- Partnering organizations
- Shelter Forum, Municipality, KOEE/SECODE, NEMA, SANA International, C-MEDA, WIFIK, KUAP, Practical Action, Friends of Lake Victoria, KBC
- Affiliations
- Government, Media, Ngo
- Funding
- Membership fees, Partners, Self funded
- Internal elections
- Annually
- Women composition
- 64,0%
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Benefits
- Member benefits
- Job creation & source of income
- Safety & Technology
- First aid kits, Gloves, Masks
Services
- Types of materials
- Biodegradable waste, Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastics
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Training and capacity building
- Challenges to access waste
- Foul smell & contamination from waste, Negative attitude towards waste, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009
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