"I'm glad attending this training. There are a lot of information I can learn. I feel like I'm studying and going to school."
—Ibu Ruk, Tanjung Priok

The environmental conditions of the communities that we work with in Jakarta are amongst the poorest in the nation. There are more than 450 slum communities in Jakarta (based on 2004 data) where narrow unstructured homes are crowded with trash and bad odors for example, with an obvious lack and need for access to clean water and other public facilities.

The purpose of the Solid Waste Management Program is to empower communities to combat their environmental challenges of managing their solid waste with replicable small-scale solutions both on the household and community levels. We accomplish this through educating the communities about the lifestyle benefits of solid waste management, demonstrating the proper practices of the 3 R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), and teaching them skills that will enable them to use their waste as a resource.