The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.

BANDANI Youth Development Group

Year formed: 2004
Formally registered: No
Number of members: 27
Type of members: Waste picker support organization
Occupation of members: Waste pickers
Type of Organization: Self-help group
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Slums
Organization Structure: The group has a management committee and the leaders are selected by ballot voting. A total of 5 men and 5 women constitute the management committee. Members pay an initial membership fee of 100 shillings and a monthly fee of 50 shillings. Records kept include garbage collection and farming contributions.
Objectives: Contribute to cleaning the environment, keep local area clean, improve waste picker living conditions, social and economic empowerment of waste pickers, income security, achieve efficient sustainable solid waste management in the city, awareness raising, invest in technology, formal registration of the organization,
Internal elections: Annually
Women composition: 44,4%

Types of materials: Biodegradable waste, Plastics
Challenges to access waste: Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Transportation