Muskaan

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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

Social networking sites

Facebook

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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