Nominees for the first IAWP elective Congress in alphabetical order:
Name | Region | Gender | President | Vice President | Treasurer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barbra Weber (GSA, USA) | North America | Female | x | x | x |
Friday Gabriel Oku (ASWOL, Nigeria) | Africa | Male | x | x | x |
Harouna Niasse (Bokk Diom, Senegal) | Africa | Male | x | ||
Leonor Marisa Melina Larraburu (FACCyR, Argentina) | Latin America | Female | x | x | x |
Maditlhare Koena (SAWPA, South Africa) | Africa | Female | x | ||
Maria Soledad Mella Vidal (ANARCH, Chile) | Latin America | Female | x | ||
Marie Louise Kipulu Muanza (ARCK, Democratic Rep. Congo) | Africa | Female | x | ||
Nana Martine (UAP, Burkina Faso) | Africa | Female | x | ||
Severino Francisco de Lima Junior (Unicatadores, Brazil) | Latin America | Male | x | ||
Sergio Alejandro Sánchez (FACCyR, Argentina) | Latin America | Male | x | x | x |
Sushila Sable (PBVS, India) | Asia-Pacific | Female | x |
![Barbra Weber](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/barbra-weber-300x300.webp)
Barbra Weber (GSA, USA)
Organization: Ground Score Association (GSA)Position in the organization: Co founder-Co Executive Director
Proposed position: President, Vice President, Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region: Alliance of Independent Recyclers (AIR-NYC)
Alternate seconder organization: Les Valoristes, solidarity cooperative
![Friday Oku](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/friday-oku-300x300.webp)
Friday Gabriel Oku (ASWOL, Nigeria)
Organization: Association of Scraps and Waste Pickers (ASWOL)Position in the organization: President
Proposed position: President, Vice-Presiden, Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region: Association Malienne des Trieuses de Dechets sur les depots D’Ordures (AMTDDO)
Alternate seconder organization:
![Harouna Niasse](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/harouna-niasse-300x300.webp)
Harouna Niasse (Bokk Diom, Senegal)
Organization: Bokk DiomPosition in the organization: President
Proposed position: Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region:
Alternate seconder organization:
![](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/leonor-larraburu-300x300.webp)
Leonor Marisa Melina Larraburu (FACCyR, Argentina)
Organization: Federación de Cooperativas de Reciclado Limitada. Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y Recicladores (FACCyR)Position in the organization: Secretary, FACCyR. President of the Cooperative of Work 18th April, member of FACCyR.
Proposed position: President, Vice President, Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region: Unión de Clasificadores de Residuos Urbanos Sólidos (UCRUS-PIT CNT)
Alternate seconder organization: Association des Marchés d’Economies Locales et Individuelles Organisés de la Récupération (Amelior)
![Madi Koena](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/madi-koena-300x300.webp)
Maditlhare Koena (SAWPA, South Africa)
Organization: South Africa Waste Pickers Association (SAWPA)Position in the organization: National Coordinating Committee Member
Proposed position: Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region: Kenya National Waste Pickers Welfare Association (KeNaWPWA)
Alternate seconder organization: Asociación Movimiento Nacional Recicladores de Chile (ANARCH), Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de la República Dominicana (MNRD), and União Nacional de Catadores e Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis (Unicatadores)
![Soledad Mella](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/soledad-mella-300x300.webp)
Maria Soledad Mella Vidal (ANARCH, Chile)
Organization: Asociación Movimiento Nacional Recicladores de Chile (ANARCH)Position in the organization: President
Proposed position: Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region: União Nacional de Catadores e Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis (Unicatadores) and Unión de Trabajadores de Desechos Sólidos Industrializables “Lázaro Cárdenas del Río” del Estado de Guanajuato A.C.
Alternate seconder organization:
![Marie Louise Kipulu Muanza](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/marie-louise-kipulu-jpg.webp)
Marie Louise Kipulu Muanza (ARCK, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Organization: Association des Récupérateurs du Congo-Kinshasa (ARCK)Position in the organization: Co-founder and Communications Manager
Proposed position: Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region: Enterprise Generale D’Ingenering de Guinee (EGIG BTP)
Alternate seconder organization: Bokk Diom
![Nana Martine](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nana-martine-jpg.webp)
Nana Martine (UAP, Burkina Faso)
Organization: Association pour la Propreté de Ouagadougou (UAP)Position in the organization: General Secretary
Proposed position: Vice President
Seconders organization from the region: Association Malienne des Trieuses de Dechets sur les depots D’Ordures (AMTDDO)
Alternate seconder organization: Association des Récupérateurs du Congo-Kinshasa (ARCK) and Enterprise Generale D’Ingenering de Guinee (EGIG BTP)
![Sergio Alejandro Sánchez](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sergio-sanchez-300x300.webp)
Sergio Alejandro Sánchez (FACCyR, Argentina)
Organization: Federación de Cooperativas de Reciclado Limitada. Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y Recicladores (FACCyR)Position in the organization: President
Proposed position: President, Vice President, Treasurer
Seconders organization from the region: Unión de Clasificadores de Residuos Urbanos Sólidos (UCRUS-PIT CNT)
Alternate seconder organization: Association des Marchés d’Economies Locales et Individuelles Organisés de la Récupération (Amelior)
![Severino Francisco de Lima Junior](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/severino-lima-300x300.webp)
Severino Francisco de Lima Junior (Unicatadores, Brazil)
Organization: União Nacional de Catadores e Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis (Unicatadores)Position in the organization: International Relations Secretary
Proposed position: President
Seconders organization from the region: Asociación Movimiento Nacional Recicladores de Chile (ANARCH), Asociación Nacional de Recuperadores y Recicladores de El Salvador (ANSONARES), Federación Nacional de Recicladores del Perú (FENAREP), Movimiento Nacional de Personas Recicladores de Base de Costa Rica (MNPRBCR), Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de Honduras (MNRH), Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de la República Dominicana (MNRD), Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de Panamá (MNRP), and Unión de Trabajadores de Desechos Sólidos Industrializables “Lázaro Cárdenas del Río” del Estado de Guanajuato A.C.
Alternate seconder organization: Associazione Rete Nazionale Operatori dell’Usato (Rete ONU), Bokk Diom, and Parisar Bhagini Vikas Sangha (PBVS)
![Sushila Sable](https://wastepickersinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sushila-sable-300x300.webp)
Sushila Sable (PBVS, India)
Organization: Parisar Bhagini Vikas Sangha (PBVS)Position in the organization: President
Proposed position: Vice President
Seconders organization from the region: All India Kachra Shramik Mahasangh (AIKSM), Bangladesh Waste Pickers Union (BWPU), Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), Mintal Resource Collectors’s Association (MiRCA), Parisar Bhagini Vikas Sangha (PBVS), Parisar Sakhi Vikas Sanstha (PSVS), Perkumpulan Pemulung Indonsia Mandiri (PPIM), Safai Sena Welfare Foundation, Safai Yodda, Samyukta Safai Jagaran (SASAJA), Sarvodaya Sramik Mahila Cooperative Society (SSMCS), The Waste Pickers Mutually Aided Co-operative Thrift and Credit Society Limited, Guntur (WPMACG), The Waste Pickers Mutually Aided Co-operative Thrift and Credit Society Limited, Vijayawada (WPMACV), and Thyajya Shramikha Sangha (TSS)
Alternate seconder organization: Asociación Movimiento Nacional Recicladores de Chile (ANARCH) and União Nacional de Catadores e Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis (Unicatadores)