The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.
Soweto Youth Group
Nairobi, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 70
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Community based organization
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Door to door
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- Management Committee (Board: Chairman, secretary and treasurer) and a sub-committee.
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment, capacity building
- Education and training
- Waste management
- Partnering organizations
- Nairobi Municipal Council, UN-Habitat, Maji na Ufanisi, PACK-Somalia, World bicycle
- Funding
- Donor funded, Partners, Self funded
- Internal elections
- Every 2 years
- Women composition
- 24,3%
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Job creation & source of income
- Safety & Technology
- Dust coats, Gloves, Masks, Safety boots
Services
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Excellent and/or friendly
- Types of materials
- Household items, Plastics
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Selling materials, Waste collection, Waste management, Waste sorting
- Challenges to access waste
- Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of recognition, Negative attitude towards waste
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2010
Comments / Narrative
The group also has a construction team which designs, welds and constructs bicycles