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conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by W Kinyanjui, Chaungo Barasa1500 refugee women in Dadaab refugee camp made Ksh.
4.5 million (USD 56,250) from waste in a period of twelve
months during 2000/2001. In the process, they mopped 80
metric tons of plastic waste paper from the environment,
earned an average disposable income of Kshs. 250 per head
per month, acquired life-time skills in weaving and waste
recycling, and introduced durable, yet relatively cheap
shelter and housing material into the rural and peri-urban
market segments. Perhaps of even greater importance, their
attitude to waste has changed forever. And many have
learned lifelong skills that they will carry along with them
back to their home countries.
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