Samson Mwakio & Denpaul Samuel Ogada

Nakuru, Kenya

Primary information

Year formed

2004

Formally registered

No

Language

English

Number of members

2

Type of members

Waste picker support organization

Occupation of members

Waste collectors

Type of Organization

Sole trader and/or business

Organizational Reach

Local

Workplace of members

Door to door

Membership

No

Organization Structure

Records kept include buying & selling records and cask book.

Objectives

Waste collection, job creation

Partnering organizations

Equity Bank

Funding

Loans, Self funded

Women composition

0,0%

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Benefits

Member benefits

Job creation & source of income

Services

How is the relationship with the municipality?

Poor and/or non existent

Types of materials

Metals, Plastics

Activities

Selling materials, Waste collection

Challenges to access waste

Harassment from authorities, Lack of unity between organizations, Price fluctuations of waste, Transportation

Complementary Information

Information source

Africa 2009

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