- Waste pickers Around the World (WAW)
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- Kiboswa Market Neighbourhood Development Group
Kiboswa Market Neighbourhood Development Group
Kisumu, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2007
- Number of members
- 32
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Women´s group
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Collection from companies, Door to door
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- The organization is run by leaders elected every two years. Members are recruited from registered Self-Help groups. Members pay monthly subscription fees which facilitate the organization’s activities. Records kept by the group include member’s register, minutes book and attendance book.
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment, improve livelihoods, keep local area clean, recognition of waste pickers
- Partnering organizations
- Municipal council of Kisumu offers transport, a dumpsite and equipment for cleaning.
- Affiliations
- Government
- Funding
- Self funded
- Internal elections
- Every 2 years
- Women composition
- 75,0%
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Benefits
- Member benefits
- Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income
Services
- Types of materials
- Biodegradable waste, Bones, Glass, Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastics
- Activities
- Waste collection
- Challenges to access waste
- Contamination from waste, Lack of recognition
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009
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