Establish and Support Sanitation Entrepreneurs of Informal Sanitation Workers Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Area Level Federations (ALFs)
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Establish and Support Sanitation Entrepreneurs of Informal Sanitation Workers Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Area Level Federations (ALFs)
- Geography: Bhubaneswar
- Supported by: Urban Management Centre
- Focus: Livelihood and Social Enterprise
About the project: The six month intervention project aimed to to intensify social mobilization and institution building activities through creation of Self Help Groups of sanitation workers, and marginal community The intervention focussed on enabling the SHG groups to pursue sanitation based livelihoods with support to the ULB, NULM and technical handholding by Technical Support Units.
Achievement: Through this process 17 SHGs were formed and facilitated to open bank accounts, trained and linked to NULM for securing loans. One RPL training was conducted for 58 waste pickers with assessment and certification and the group linked to the Material Recovery Centre in North Zone.