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.
Waste Pickers Alliance Uganda (APAU)
Kampala, Uganda
Website: wpau.org/Primary information
- Year formed
- 2001
- Registered in
- 2006
- Formally registered
- On
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 169
- Type of members
- Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Alliance, Non profit organization
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Workplace of members
- Dumpsite, Street
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- WPAU is led by a board. The Board is comprised of the President, two executive members/founders, a Board Secretary and treasurer and a director of Advocacy (Female - also staff member). The two founders are referred to as Executive members. One of the Executive members chairs the annual general meeting and the two are mandated to scrutinize elected personnel.
- Objectives
- The WPAU aims to develop the social welfare and human rights of waste pickers and to develop substantial strategies for the realization of waste pickers sustainable livelihoods.
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
Complementary Information
- Information source
- WORD 11/9/2011, Lucia Fernandez 26/11/2014
Comments / Narrative
The Waste Pickers Alliance Uganda (WPAU) is a grassroots organization that aims to develop the human rights and social welfare of waste pickers through advocating for policies that improve the working conditions and rights of garbage collectors and people who work on dump sites in Uganda.