INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 32 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Volunteer Youth Counsellors Group
Kisumu, Kenya
Primary information
- Year formed
- 1996
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 15
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Type of Organization
- Self-help group
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Door to door
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- Management Committe. Records of receipt book, membership book and invoices are kept.
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment
- Partnering organizations
- KIWAMA ASSOCIATION, KIWAMA SACCO, Kisumu City Council, Gospel Assembly Church
- Funding
- Self funded
- Internal elections
- Annually
- Women composition
- 40,0%
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Benefits
- Member benefits
- Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income
Services
- Types of materials
- Household items, Plastics
- Activities
- Selling materials, Tree planting, Waste collection, Waste management, Waste sorting
- Challenges to access waste
- Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009