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Kijiweni Initiative Youth Group
Mombasa, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 20
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Self-help group
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Door to door
- Membership
- No
- Organization Structure
- Management Committee (7 men and 3 women). Chairlady, patron, secretary, treasurer and a sub-committee inclusive of leaders in various departments. Records kept include computerized data of every undertaken activity & accounts records.
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment, source of income, job creation, rights, dignity and welfare of workers
- Education and training
- Waste management
- Partnering organizations
- MIEMO, MIEMO SACCO, Ujamaa centre, local Municipal Council
- Funding
- Local population pay fee, Self funded
- Internal elections
- Annually
- Women composition
- 30,0%
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Benefits
- Member benefits
- Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income, Occupational health & safety, Savings or credit scheme
- Safety & Technology
- Yes
Services
- Types of materials
- Biodegradable waste, Metals, Plastics
- Activities
- Collection of waste, Composting, Selling materials, Training and capacity building, Waste management, Waste sorting
- Treatmet of organic materials
- Composting
- Challenges to access waste
- Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition, Negative attitude towards waste
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2010
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