India
Economic Development
The Livelihood of Waste Pickers in Bangalore
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesThe waste pickers in slum communities in Bangalore are in business, but they lack resources other than their own muscles and materials from streets, waste containers, and dumps. Experience in Bangalore indicates that these extremely poor people can become part of the solution for the city by taking small steps to formalize businesses. By doing this, they could moving up the socio-economic ladder Activities(1) working on research objectives like information support, capacity building, institutional development, and investment support for business consistency; (2) creating the practical conditions for sustainable livelihoods in urban service delivery Funding InformationThis project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations. Funding Policy: partial (Retired) Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactTo enable poor street children to formalize the business of scavenging and to move up the socio-economic ladder. Project Message
Human life in this planet is a creative expression of one's uniquness in creation. It is at it best when one allows that expression to match the needs of fellow humans. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Anselm Rosario, Project SponsorAshoka Innovators for the Public Organization
Learn more about Mythri Sarva Seva Samithi and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India. When this Project was UpdatedDate Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 16, 2003. How Else You Can Help |
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