Manual emptiers are essential service providers and deserve dignity and safety in the workplace. GSEP recently organized a PPE workshop in Kibera and Korogocho informal settlements in Nairobi
Manual emptiers empty fecal sludge from waste retainers inaccessible to exhausters
The effluent is transported to the dumpsite in oil drums fitted with wheels
This transporters are the basic tools of trade in manual emptying
Ostracized by society, manual emptiers are a tight knit community
GSEP organized a personal protective equipment (PPE) workshop in Korogocho
Manuel emptiers handle fecal sludge with no protective equipment
GSEP's Eva Muhia demonstrates to manual emptiers PPE's & their benefits
A fully equipped manual emptier
GSEP periodically mobilizes youth & residents for tree planting, river clean up and wetland restoration exercises
Informal settlements along the Nairobi River need to reclaim the river and its surrounding habitat
Nairobi River has suffered massive habitat loss due to effluent from industries, fecal sludge and solid waste
We then mobiliz
Benchmarking with Kanyama, an association of manual emptiers in Zambia
