INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Reli Youth Group
Kisumu, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 20
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Self-help group
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Collection from companies, Fixed
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- Management Committee. records kept include daily, contributions, banking, expenditure, members, tolls and equipments.
- Objectives
- Job creation, recycling, contribute to cleaning the environment, fight against discrimination and poverty
- Partnering organizations
- BAMATO buys plastics. SIDA, ILO, & UN-Habitat provides training and capacity building.KISWAP organizes clean-ups for the group. KMC provides tools and equipment.
- Funding
- Self funded
- Internal elections
- Every 2 years
- Women composition
- 25,0%
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income
- Safety & Technology
- Gloves, Safety boots
Services
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Excellent and/or friendly
- Types of materials
- Paper and cardboard, Plastics
- Activities
- Selling materials
- Challenges to access waste
- Foul smell & contamination from waste, Negative attitude towards waste, Price fluctuations of waste, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009