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The Dajopen Waste Management Solutions tackles the Socioeconomic and Environmental conditions of vulnerable communities through community based waste management strategy. The strategy is implemented through collection of waste materials for production of recycled items and the training of other self-help groups and actors regarding alternative livelihood opportunities, waste management and organic farming. This initiative focuses on the environmental, social and economic challenges in urban set up and especially in the informal settlements. We contribute to a cleaner town and preservation of the environment in a comprehensive manner, thus creating a clean space for the Fauna and Flora to thrive. As per links below you may able to see exact the work being done.

https://youtu.be/XYWybAaMvcU
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObhDJlcyiD8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL1OUu1k1KY
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KZUQPhZTbyrucEmHXCN8lqPywlPVKi1C/view?usp=drivesdk
https://dojapenwaste.co.ke/

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How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:

By employing anaerobic composting of bio-degradable urban waste and thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants that emanates from mixed solid waste heaps and dumps as a result of aerobic decomposition. The aerobic process is a significant source of methane gas in the atmosphere. In addition, by action, we reduce the traditional practice to burn garbage in residential areas and in landfills, which is normally used to reduce volume of garbage. Burning creates thick smoke that contains carbon monoxide, soot and nitrogen oxide, all of which is hazardous to human health and degrades urban air quality and can be avoided. Prevent solid waste dumping into waterways; drainage systems, streams and rivers that tend to alter aquatic habitats and harm native plants and animals. Solids can also cause sedimentation and change stream flow and bottom habitat, which may significantly damage these valuable natural resources and the services they provide. Prevention of injure to people and property in slums that mushroom near open dumps and landfills. Accumulation of combustible gases causes fire that in most cases torch the makeshift shanty structures; Dajopen’s intervention prevents the accumulation of solid waste along streets present physical hazards, clog drains and cause localized flooding.

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Through this project, the 220,000 small scale farmer  have benefited  including women and youth. Benefits are from enhanced income-generating opportunities and from a cleaner habitat, and are empowered to transform their own living conditions. Also the less privileged in the urban set up get the opportunity to earn a living through working for wages. The DWM approach has an integrated impact on the social, economic and environmental conditions of the affiliated groups to whom the DWM group sells its products and provides training. So far, eight community groups have been trained in producing a range of recycled products. Approximately 48,000 individual farmers have been trained during agricultural fairs and field days or during open learning weeks and a further 18,000 persons (members of 46 farmers‚ groups) have been trained via the government Kenya Agricultural Productivity Programme. Policy makers, government officials, students and non-governmental institutions with whom the DWM group has collaborated have developed an enhanced awareness of community-led development processes, as well as of environmental, socio-economic and organic farming issues. In addition, the DWM group participates in raising awareness regarding environmental management at the policy level. Together with other stakeholders, it contributed towards discussing and writing a policy proposal which has been submitted to the government. The project therefore engaged in intensive awareness creation of the dangers posed by the over accumulated garbage to the health of the residents especially the children who play with garbage not understanding the dangers involved. Secondly, through training, members came to identify innovations that could be used to take advantage of the high population‚ rate of waste generation to create viable enterprises.

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