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