INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
Supported by
Men for Women (MFW)
Kisumu, Kenya
Primary information
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors, Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Non governmental organization
- Organizational Reach
- International
- Membership
- No
- Objectives
- achieve efficient sustainable solid waste management in the city
- Education and training
- Waste management
- Partnering organizations
- UN Habitat, ILO, SIDA, VIRED, Municipal Council
- Affiliations
- Donor, Government, Ngo
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Job creation & source of income, Training & advocacy
Services
- Challenges to access waste
- Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition, Lack of unity between organizations
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009