Role of Civil Society Organisations in waste management.

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Waste management is a problem in Many Developing Countries including Malawi, then what could the role of Civil Society Organisations?

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  1. Dear LUkhele , On the Civil Societies we can recolonize the waste management as a self commitment , The people may gained this from Education , culture and style of living , on the other hand a big desire arise here from the recycling benefit of solid and organic waste , but in rural communities it maybe where there is no recycling let say for organic wastes , but the simple farmers used the Organic waste in their Simple Agriculture for increasing the yield ,but still the Rural Communities needs more Awareness in this issue that the accumulation of waste may cause them the majority of diseases that results from water contamination by Organic Wastes BR, Hussein

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  2. Charles & Amon, this is one of the greatest challenge I am facing now as we implement WASH project in one of informal settlement (Namuwongo) in Kampala (Uganda). The organisation (Hope for Children) managed to raise some financial resources, policies are there (public health act/ guideline), but the support institutions constraint some of efforts at implementation level.

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    1. Thanks for your comment Titus, It is very good to your case that your organisation was able to secure funding for the important cause. Policies must be direct to address the problem not opposite. However if policies are there e.g. public health act. my simple question is how old is it. may be it was developed when the population was 2 million people now is 40 million people if is like that it needs high advocacy to review such policies. In case of Malawi Public health Act is an instruct from Local Government act of 1969 when the Malawi population was less than 900,000 people. We need to team up together as countries who has grey areas or behind in such waste management issue.

  3. Quite a good topic you've started here Amon. I have been discussing a similar issue for some days now from the past week and the situation seems to be more severe in the urban centres due to the life-style of its inhabitants. From the food they eat to the waste generated from the variegated array of activities they are involved with. Most of the governments have not tackled this issue pragmatically whereby it is required. If we will desire a hygienic and well sanitized environment for us and our children in the future, then something stringent will have to be done. This is where the role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) come in to ensure that appropriate policies and frameworks are in place to address the issue of waste management and to go further to ensure that these policies and frameworks are implemented. This can be done through consistent advocacy to relevant authorities and where necessary pressure since they (CSOs) serve as the voice of the people. Their role could also be in the aspect of mobilizing resources where necessary to fund such systems through the various bodies responsible.

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    1. Charles, Thanks for your comment, however we need a lot of an input on the issue since as an organisation we are at the hem of addressing such issues critically. Hence issues of financial resources seem to be a limiting factor while the governments taking advantage of the situation. There is need to put collaborated efforts to address the challenge. Charles, What could be the IMMEDIATE intervention as CSOs?