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%
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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