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
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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