Reseau pour la collecte et valorization des dechets
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2011
- Formally registered
- Yes
- Language
- French, Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili, Tshiluba
- Number of members
- 300
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Association
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Collection from companies, Door to door, Dumpsite, Landfill, Street
- Organization Structure
- General Assembly, Executive Committee, Presidency, General Secretariat, General Membership
- Objectives
- Recognition of waste pickers, social and economic empowerment of waste pickers, recycling, strengthen bargaining capacity, strengthen unity and cohesion amongst waste pickers, promote the rights of waste pickers, fight against discrimination and poverty, coordinate selective collection and evacuation, contribute to cleaning the environment, recycling, capacity building, create a waste picker trade union, build a segregation centre
- Education and training
- Rights & duties
- Partnering organizations
- CANEQ, LDFC, RSE, Municipality
- Affiliations
- Donor, Not for profit organization, Public enterprise
- Funding
- Donor funded
- Internal elections
- Every 3 years
- Women composition
- 66,3%
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Clean & healthy environment, Health care & insurance, Id cards, Job creation & source of income, Training & advocacy
Services
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Excellent and/or friendly
- Types of materials
- Biodegradable waste, Glass, Household items, Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastics
- Activities
- New items made from collected materials, Selling materials
- Challenges to access waste
- Harassment from authorities, Lack of education & training, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition, Lack of unity between organizations
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2012 11/01/2012