INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 32 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Manyatta Gonda Solid Waste Management Group
Kisumu, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2009
- Formally registered
- No
- Number of members
- 15
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors, Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Community based organization
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Door to door
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- The organization has a Management Committee. The members pay membership fees of Ksh 200 to join and Ksh 50 per week.
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment, fight against discrimination and poverty, job creation, improve waste picker living conditions
- Education and training
- Waste management
- Partnering organizations
- KIWAMA, NEMA, ILO, SIDA
- Affiliations
- Donor, Ngo, Waste picker organization
- Funding
- Self funded
- Internal elections
- Every 2 years
- Women composition
- 53,3%
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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
- Biodegradable waste, Charcoal, Plastics
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Composting, New items made from collected materials, Waste collection, Waste sorting
- 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