Marginalised People
Waste pickers and Rickshaw pullers are the two vulnerable groups CWS has been associated with since 2015-16. Both these groups contribute a lot towards the protection of the environment without being aware of it.
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Rickshaw Pullers :
Demand for rickshaws for transport of people is decreasing while of trolleys for the transport of goods is increasing. All things considered rickshaws remain the most non-polluting means of transport and the rickshaw pullers deserve support and appreciation.
Waste Pickers :
Like the municipal waste collectors, who are employed by the municipality, informal waste pickers too do a great service to the society. But their contribution to health and environment is hardly acknowledged and are often treated as a public nuisance and sometimes regarded as thieves. They collect waste materials thrown out by households and from public waste dumps.
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CWS animates and helps them to form SHG groups, encourage savings, promote the education of their children, improve their health and hygiene and help them obtain identity documents so that they can enjoy the benefits of government grants and schemes.
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1. Numbers of Rickshaw pullers involved in the project - 176
2. Total Families of waste pickers - 400