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
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.
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