Summary

Through facilitating a number of informal youth groups involved in waste management together into a formalized cooperative and providing them with business skills, entrepreneurship training and technical advice, this model has the potential to improve the financial viability of using waste management as a tool for improving youth livelihoods.

Actions and Implementation

This project used a three tiered approach to empower young people to ensure a viable livelihood and improve solid waste management within the community. Formalizing and institutional strengthening of the urban youth groups into a recognized Waste Management Alliance; Enhanced technical and entrepreneurial empowerment for effective solid waste management and business development; and Advocacy for youth engagement in urban basic services within the government’s policy units…

Innovative Initiative

Regenerative and circular urban processes

Resources devoted to delivery

Know more: http://www.wvi.org/our-urban-research-learning-initiative/video/waste-work