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  • Toolkits and Guides

    GAIA June 2017 Newsletter

    Waste picker news from around the world in GAIA’s June 2017 newsletter.Find additional information about GAIA here.

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  • Advocacy Materials

    The political work of ‘waste picker integration’

    Note prepared for the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    KKPKP’s Documentary

    The film features KKPKP and the development of SwaCH, a recycling cooperative in Pune, India.View this movie at cultureunplugged.com

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group

    An Indian non-governmental organization, which focuses on sustainable consumption as well as environmental and social equity.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Os Catadores

    Vídeo emPortuguês/Inglês cooperativa de Arujá (Catasampa)English / Portuguese vídeo about a coop in Arujá (Catasampa network)Link: http://vimeo.com/2354118Os...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    First Congress of Latin American Waste Pickers. Managua, February 2012 (Video)

    The Latin American Wastpicker’s movement has grown from 5 to 17 member countries in the last 5 years. United and strong their demand...

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  • Stories / Case Studies

    Provide a Better Service, the Rest Will Follow: SWaCH PCMC Brings Waste Pickers into Mainstream

    In Pune, KKPKP (the waste pickers’ union) has fought long and hard to bring about a gradual change in peoples’ attitude towards waste pickers....

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletim WIEGO das Organizações de Base Agosto 2012

    Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, agosto 2012  

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    RTE Maharashtra – 25% Reservation for Admission in Private Schools

    This is a story of the struggle of some parents who wanted to get their children admitted to private schools through the 25% reservation...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Pas de Frontières pour Ceux Qui Luttent, Janvier et Février 2013

    Bulletin de l’Alliance Mondiale des Récupérateurs, Janvier et Février 2013   Available in English here. Disponível em Português aqui. Disponible...

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