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
Organic Farming Development Group (OFAD)
Nakuru, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 12
- Type of members
- Members are multi sector
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Community based organization
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Collection from companies, Door to door
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- Chairperson, secretary, treasurer and a members committee. Records kept are minutes of group meetings, banking records, income inflow and out flow, registered membership records and contributions records from members.
- Objectives
- Build enterprises, improve livelihoods
- Education and training
- Waste management
- Partnering organizations
- NAWACOM, Practical Action
- Funding
- Self funded
- Internal elections
- Annually
- Women composition
- 75,0%
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Child assistance programmes, Job creation & source of income, Training & advocacy, Wedding & funeral benefit
- Safety & Technology
- Gloves, Masks, Safety boots
Services
- Types of materials
- Animal waste, Biodegradable waste
- Activities
- Composting, New items made from collected materials
- Treatmet of organic materials
- Composting
- Challenges to access waste
- Price fluctuations of waste
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009