Tricycle groups have organised themselves into an association to support the growth of their businesses and ensure sustainability of this model of household waste collection in Freetown.
Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr spoke yesterday at the launch of the Waste Collection Management Association.
With youth unemployment at an all-time high in Sierra Leone, and poverty rising fast, and a city desperately in need of being transformed into one of the sub-region’s top destinations for tourists, waste collectors organising themselves into a formal, coordinated association, could not have come sooner.
If properly organised and professionally managed, the Waste Collection Management Association could become a powerful voice that advocates for access to finance, better training, and improvement in working conditions and contract terms for its members.