A group of waste pickers in Mussoorie organized themselves on 7th August, 2020. Since then, they have been actively participating in the functions of the SHG and saving 100 INR per month on a monthly basis. All the members of the SHG are female waste pickers of the Mussoorie located near the landfill, commonly called Gaddi Khana. The members have been trained on financial inclusion and are able to deposit their amount every month. They have been successfully maintaining their
minutes of meeting and ledger for the transaction on monthly basis. The SHG is registered under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission’s (DAY-NULM) which functions on the belief that poor are entrepreneurial and have innate desire to come out of poverty.
The purpose of making the SHG is to start saving first and initiate a different livelihood apart from waste Picking. As all the workers here are doing waste picking, they start their work early morning and evening to collect the waste from the locations. The SHG is being supported by organizations like Ruby’s institute and Hilldaari project, and are also trained on health topics like Breast cancer and Awareness, Maternal health and Hygiene etc. SHG has underwent the training on Soap Making, Phenyl making to explore their interest areas and start their entrepreneurial journey.
