Jua kali Waste Collectors
Nakuru, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 1999
- Formally registered
- Yes
- Type of members
- Members employ waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Scrap dealers, Waste collectors, Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Sole trader and/or business
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Sorting center
- Membership
- No
- Organization Structure
- Jane funds her business activities through her own savings. Records kept include employees’ records (names and their pay), materials purchased and costs, sales & debts records respectively, though not properly done.
- Objectives
- Income security, improve quality of life, secure funding to grow the business
- Partnering organizations
- Jane has forged links with 3 Waste Picker consolidators based at the dump in Nakuru. Practical Action facilitated a local exchange learning visit to learn about waste management in 2002.
- Affiliations
- Ngo, Waste picker organization
- Funding
- Self funded
- Internal elections
- No
- Women composition
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Benefits
- Member benefits
- Job creation & source of income
- Safety & Technology
- No
Services
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Excellent and/or friendly
- Types of materials
- Bones, Glass, Plastics, Shoe soles
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Buying materials, Selling materials
- Challenges to access waste
- Availability of waste, Foul smell & contamination from waste, Harassment from authorities, Lack of recognition, Lack of unity between organizations, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009