2016/17

Our impact

Our work in numbers

Two Billion

The number of people without decent waste collection

Six

The number of countries we currently work in

124,000

The number of lives we have positively impacted so far

Twelve

The number of technolo-gies in our guidebook

Two

Years of our existence

Project Name Brikama Waste Innovation Centre

Number of people trained 223

Location and date Brikama, West Coast Region 2015 - ongoing

Project details We undertook The Gambia’s first ever waste analysis and used our findings to develop a centre for training people to develop recy-cling businesses. Almost half of the population live in extreme poverty. Meanwhile less than 10% of waste is collect-ed, so we looked at ways of turn-ing waste into income. So far over 27 communities with 45,000 people have been helped, and the work with our lo-cal partners Women’s Initiative The Gambia continues to this day...

27 community recycling centres

4 recycling technologies

45,000 People positively impacted

The Gambia

Project Name Kwa Muhia Environmental Group

Number of people helped 12

Location and date Naivasha, Kenya Feb 2016 - ongoing

Project Details Kwa Muhia is a community of over 6,000 on the shore of Lake Naivasha. The population have a median income of around $2/day and work in the local flower farms. They have no proper waste collection and sickness is rife. WasteAid worked with local environmental champions KMEG to see how we could help them develop local waste livelihoods and recycle more of their waste. We are currently helping them in-crease their ability to recycle more by developing a site to col-lect and bulk recyclables.

1 community recycling centre

6,000 People in a cleaner environmentl

Kenya

Ghana

Project Name Bolgatanga Catholic Diocese

Number of people helped 75

Location and date Navrongo – Bolgatanga, Ghana August 2016

Project Details We worked with the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Catholic Diocese in far northern Ghana, to assess the local solid waste situation and see how we can work with some of the poorest in the region to not only clean up their communities, making them healthier places to live and grow up in, but also cre-ate jobs and income at the same time. These learnings, and others, are helping us develop a model of total community waste manage-ment, using the income generat-ing opportunities of waste liveli-hoods.

75 People trained on the importance of better waste management

Somaliland

Project Name Al-Rahma Community Waste

Number of trainees 30

Location and date Hargeisa, Somaliland March 2017 - ongoing

Project Details Part of the poorest country in the world, only 15% of waste is col-lected in Hargeisa, leaving a city full of illegal dumpsites, burning waste and poor public health. WasteAid is working with the Danish Refugee Council and a local organisation, Al-Rahma, to campaign for better waste man-agement, set up local recycling businesses and work with the lo-cal municipality and waste col-lection companies to clear and prevent illegal dumping.

1 community recycling centre

1.4 million People in a cleaner environment

1st We carried out the country’s first ever waste composition analysis.

Africa’s first community waste management conference...

Project Name Community Waste Conference

Number of trainees 70

Location and date Kartong, The Gambia April/May 2017

Project Details We ran a six-day workshop In partnership with the Arkleton Trust on community waste manage-ment with 40 participants from The Gambia and 30 more from Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Ethio-pia, Nigeria, Cameroon and In-dia. We worked with delegates to help plan for better waste man-agement in their communities and delivered practical training, bringing specialist trainers in from across the continent to share skills on composting, making biofuels from organic waste and making paving slabs from film plastic.

10 Countries involved

70 delegates

6 amazing days of talking rubbish!

Better waste for all...a self-help guide

Project Name Guide to recycling in low income communities

Number of trainees Thousands!

Location and date Global

Project Details By September 2017, and with the support of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, we will have produced a free, online guide to setting up community waste and recycling businesses. This will help and inspire projects and organisations across the world to take practical steps to manage their waste better.

12 technologies

Thousands! Of communities learning how to manage their waste better

Fundraising We couldn't do it without you! We are supported entirely by voluntary donations.

£26,041.33

The amount we raised in 2016 because of you.

six

The number of fundraising events held for us in 2016.

640

The number of donations so far to our JustGiving

12

The number of amazing corporate supporters so far.

10

About us Charity Details

WasteAid UK is a Registered Charity in England (1160263) and Company Ltd by Guarantee (9355505). Our registered address is 58 Abbot Walk, Wye, Kent TN25 5ES. WasteAid UK works to make an impact on the global waste emergency by: · Partnering with grassroots organisations to help develop cost-

effective waste management services. · Building skills so that people can become successful recycling

entrepreneurs. · Raising awareness of the importance of waste management

and campaigning for greater change.

Board

We have an executive team and overseeing Board. Our staff contact details can be found on our website.

Contact

www.wasteaid.org.uk / info@wasteaid.org.uk Twitter: @wasteaiduk Facebook: facebook.com/wasteaiduk