Mama Power Development Women Group

Kisumu, Kenya

Primary information

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%

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Benefits

Services

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

Complementary Information

Information source

Africa 2009

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