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.
Vijana Youth Cleaners
Nairobi, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2003
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 200
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Self-help group
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Door to door
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- Management Committee.Chairman, secretary, treasurer and organizing secretary (3 men and 1 woman). Records kept include finance books and client records.
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment, job creation
- Partnering organizations
- Nairobi City Council
- Funding
- Membership fees, Self funded
- Internal elections
- Annually
- Women composition
- less women than men
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income
- Safety & Technology
- Dust coats, Gloves, Masks
Services
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Excellent and/or friendly
- Types of materials
- Household items, Paper and cardboard
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Selling materials, Waste collection, Waste sorting
- Challenges to access waste
- Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of education & training, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of unity between organizations, Negative attitude towards waste, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2010