The Dajopen Waste Management (DWM) group is a community-based organisation based in the town of Kitale, Kenya.
It aims at tackling the economic, social and environmental conditions of vulnerable communities through a community-based waste management strategy, including the collection of waste, the production of recycled items, and the training of other self-help groups and actors regarding alternative livelihood opportunities, waste management and organic farming. Since this project was first initiated in 2007, 95 per cent of the DWM members have changed their waste disposal method.
More than 21,000 people have been trained in waste management and organic farming and eight community groups have been trained by DWM in producing a range of recycled products.
