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.

Muskaan

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Website: muskaan.org/

Primary information

Year formed: 1998
Language: English
Number of members: 500
Type of members: Waste picker support organization
Occupation of members: Itinerant buyers, Scrap dealers, Waste pickers
Objectives: Capacity building, promote the rights of waste pickers
Education and training: Rights & duties, Risks & health, Waste management
Partnering organizations: Health department, Education dept, Samman on waste pickers' issues, Eklavya on education issues
Women composition

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Benefits

Member benefits: Education programmes, Health care & insurance

Services

How is the relationship with the municipality?: Poor and/or non existent
Activities: Collecting materials, New items made from collected materials
Challenges to access waste: Harassment from authorities

Complementary Information

Information source: AIW 2013

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