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.
Manyatta Solid Waste Management
Kisumu, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2003
- Formally registered
- No
- Number of members
- 6
- 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, Slums
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- Members are elected according to experience and active participation and influence. The management committee is made up of 6 members.
- Objectives
- Recycling, job creation, contribute to cleaning the environment
- Education and training
- Waste management
- Partnering organizations
- Students from Sweden visit Manyatta. They are planning to have a five year partnership with Manyatta on a project for households, urban agriculture and water management.
- Affiliations
- University
- Funding
- Self funded
- Internal elections
- Every 2 years
- Women composition
- 16,7%
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Safety & Technology
- No
Services
- Types of materials
- Biodegradable waste, Household items, Plastics
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Collecting waste, New items made from collected materials, Selling materials, Sorting waste
- Challenges to access waste
- Negative attitude towards waste, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009