Will you stand with women facing injustice?
Every day, thousands of women in Kenya work tirelessly on hazardous rubbish dumps. Denied choice and a voice, they face poverty and discrimination, earning so little they can barely provide food or clean water for their children.
It’s not right. But with your help, it CAN change.
Your support today can empower women to earn a fair income and provide for their families. With training from VSO experts, women can learn how to sort valuable materials, negotiate fair prices, and nearly double their earnings.
Donate now to stand with women and help them transform waste into wages. Be part of the change they deserve.
Will you help ensure women’s futures aren’t thrown away?
Dandora is a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, and home to 140,000 people. Lorries bring up to 2,000 tonnes of waste from across the city to their home every day. Among the dangerous, filthy waste are women collecting recycling to sell and feed their families.
Without protective equipment, they face cuts, infections, and disease, often living nearby in cramped slums where waste spills into their homes. With no other options, many bring their children with them to the dumpsites, where they risk tragic accidents amidst heavy machinery.
Women waste workers are exploited, often viewed as “dirty” and given unfairly low prices for their hard work. But with your support, VSO experts can offer essential resources that change lives. Women working on the rubbish dumps are doing an essential job, recycling waste. With your support, expert VSO volunteers can help them:
- Work safely (everyone is provided with protective clothing).
- Live safely in an area where there are high levels of crime and drug and alcohol abuse.
- Sort waste, which will enable them to get a better price.
- Prioritise items that have a higher value.
- Use a buyback centre that will give them a fair price for the waste they pick.
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Keep children safe. By building affordable childcare centres near the dumpsites, giving mothers a safe place to leave their children while they work, and allowing them to focus on their jobs without fear for their children's safety.
VSO has an ambitious plan to help 3,900 waste pickers to improve their livelihoods and for 6,000 tonnes of waste to be collected. Will you help?
Please, donate today, and help make sure women’s futures aren’t thrown away.
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