Updated Jan 17, 2019

Jijenga

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Alleviating poverty through solid waste management by increasing incomes for recyclable waste collectors through direct market linkages.

For the last five years Joram has worked as a recyclable waste collector. Tired of seeing middle men take the lion??s share of the profits made by the recycled waste, Joram launched Jijenga to better organise the waste collectors of Nyeri and help them to group their products together and achieve better prices at the market. Joram has dramatically improved the incomes of 87 waste collectors and...
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For the last five years Joram has worked as a recyclable waste collector. Tired of seeing middle men take the lion??s share of the profits made by the recycled waste, Joram launched Jijenga to better organise the waste collectors of Nyeri and help them to group their products together and achieve better prices at the market. Joram has dramatically improved the incomes of 87 waste collectors and also helped them open bank accounts and begin to save for their families?? futures.
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Economic Growth and Trade

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Kenya

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