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Ebenezer Scrap Metal

Nakuru, Kenya

Primary information

Year formed
2007
Formally registered
No
Type of members
Members employ waste pickers
Type of Organization
Sole trader and/or business
Organizational Reach
Local
Workplace of members
Sorting center
Membership
No
Organization Structure
The organizational structure of Ebenezer scrap metal business owned solely by Ruth Nyambura includes overall day to day management roles by Ruth herself. To help her cope with demands of the business activities, she has employed 4 permanent staff. She also recruits casual labourers to support various tasks (sorting materials, weighing, cleaning, and cutting big materials into small pieces, security). Ruth pays waste reclaimers in cash once their materials have been received and weighed at the consolidation point.
Objectives
Improve livelihoods
Funding
Self funded
Internal elections
No
Women composition

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Benefits


Services

How is the relationship with the municipality?
Poor and/or non existent
Types of materials
Bones, Glass, Metals, Plastics, Shoe soles
Are they selling to middlemen?
Yes
Activities
Selling materials, Waste sorting

Complementary Information

Information source
Africa 2009

Comments / Narrative

Ruth learnt waste reclaiming business activities from her uncle. She was supporting him and realised that waste reclaiming businesses can be profitable. She formed Ebenezer scrap metal business as a self employed business for her livelihood income. She started off by borrowing Ksh. 30,000.00 as a working capital to buy reclaimed materials from waste pickers, she then hired an open space for materials consolidation at Ksh. 3,000.00/month rent. From here she started off by buying small quantities of various reclaimed waste streams and selling immediately for income.


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