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.

Mama Power Development Women Group

Year formed: 1995
Registered in: 1999
Formally registered: Yes
Number of members: 20
Type of members: Waste picker support organization
Type of Organization: Community based organization
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Door to door
Membership: Yes
Organization Structure: There is a management committee whose leaders are elected once every two years. The management committee has a total of 12 women.There is a membership fee of Ksh 100. They keep production records, sales records, register records, fines records & petty cash.
Objectives: Keep local area clean, job creation, improve livelihoods, contribute to cleaning the environment
Partnering organizations: Bamato buys plastic waste from the group. Kiboswa market neighbourhood engages the group in clean-ups activities. KASDEM buys organic manure from the group. Municipality provides tools and equipment especially brooms, wheelbarrows and slashes. Umande Trust, Kisumu Polytechnique, UN-Habitat, SIDA and ILO provide training.
Affiliations: Civil society organization, Donor, Government, Ngo, Waste picker organization
Funding: Self funded
Internal elections: Every 2 years
Women composition: 100,0%

How is the relationship with the municipality?: Excellent and/or friendly
Types of materials: Biodegradable waste, Plastics
Are they selling to middlemen?: Yes
Activities: Recycling, Selling materials, Transportation, Waste collection
Treatmet of organic materials: Composting
Challenges to access waste: Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Transportation