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Catalyst for zero single use plastic initiative.

Zimbabwe Sunshine Group is a youth oriented environmental organization established as a provincial level community-based organization which grew to become a National Youth Association with a footprint in 7 SADC countries, through replication of its high impact ?zero waste to landfills? waste management models. The models are a hybrid of modern waste management practices in develop countries and indigenous knowledge systems in Africa. ZSG developed a Zero Waste to Landfills Programme executed through the 2wise2waste projects which cover 2wise2waste Community Waste Management Projects, 2wise2waste Schools Projects, 2wise2waste Institutional waste management initiatives, 2wise2waste Waste to Energy projects, 2wise2waste Organic waste to organic soil enhancers projects, 2wise2waste Awareness and Training programs etc.

The organization prides itself in developing and implementing projects that make significant contribution to the environment and to sustainable livelihoods.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Zimbabwe Sunshine Group

Country:

Zimbabwe

Area Of Work:

Chemicals

Operational Phase:

OP7 –Y2 (Jul 21-Jun 22)

Grant Amount:

US$ 50,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 45,536.12

Project Number:

ZIM/SGP/OP7/Y2/CORE/CH/2021/05

Start Date:

3/2022

End Date:

12/2023

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

CATEGORIES Needs Men Source of income, Empowerment Women Empowerment, Source of income , knowledge and skills on businesses management Youth Empowerment, social income safety net, Knowledge and skills on entreneurship Persons with Disabilities To be involved in decision making , empowered , iii) Indicate the roles you identified in the first column then insert your responses in each cell. Categories ROLES Men Community mobilisation, operations at demonstration sites, Participation in cleaning, data gathering, community influencer and ambassadors of change Women Community mobilisation, operations at demonstration sites, Participation in cleaning, data gathering, community influencer and ambassadors of change Youth Community mobilisation, operations at demonstration sites, Participation in cleaning, data gathering, community influencer and ambassadors of change Persons with Disabilities Community mobilisation, operations at demonstration sites, Participation in cleaning, data gathering, community influencer and ambassadors of change iv) Are there any constraints affecting participation of men, women, youth and persons with disabilities? Please list. CATEGORIES CONSTRAINTS Men Most work in waste management has low financial returns and opportunities in the recycling industry have not yet been developed enough to offer high incentives to attract men. Lack of trainings, skills and knowledge on recycling business development Women More women participate in waste recycling than men and remuneration in the industry is very low and is not equitable The participation of women is limited to the bottom tiers waste management and processing value chains. Lack of appropriate training, skills and knowledge, limited financial resources resources Youth Lack of skills and knowledge Persons with Disabilities Nature of work in waste management hinders the participation of persons with disability and representation on platforms is low. Accessibility to market networks for upcycled products is a limiting factor v) What strategies can be implemented to address these constraints faced by men, women, youth and persons with disabilities. CATEGORY STRATEGIES Men Capacity building trainings and workshops Women Capacity-building, further investment and development in building waste management value chains, Empowerment projects Youth Capacity-building , further investment and development in building waste management value chains, Empowerment projects Persons with Disabilities Creating conducive platforms for them for equitable representation, engaging them into decision making and leadership forums, creating market networks for upcycling products made by this group. vi) How will men, women, youth and persons with disabilities benefit through the project cycle and beyond the project? CATEGORY PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION POST PROJECT Men Capacity Enhancement through trainings ? Provision of financial incentives in waste management ? Gaining experience in project and business management ? Attainment of business development opportunities ? Increased and equitable representation on policy development platforms ? Opportunity to continue running the projects with support from local business networks. They can be organized into community cooperatives and integrated into local reference committees in their districts. ? More employment opportunities from the surfacing of new plastic regulated streams. Women Capacity Enhancement through trainings ? Provision of financial incentives in waste management ? Gaining experience in project and business management ? Attainment of business development opportunities ? Increased and equitable representation on policy development platforms ? Opportunity to continue running the projects with support from local business networks. They can be organized into community cooperatives and integrated into local reference committees in their districts. ? More employment opportunities from the surfacing of new plastic regulated streams. Youth Capacity Enhancement through trainings ? Provision of financial incentives in waste management ? Gaining experience in project and business management ? Attainment of business development opportunities ? Increased and equitable representation on policy development platforms ? Opportunity to continue running the projects with support from local business networks. They can be organized into community cooperatives and integrated into local reference committees in their districts. ? More employment opportunities from the surfacing of new plastic regulated streams. Persons with Disabilities Capacity Enhancement through trainings ? Provision of financial incentives in waste management ? Gaining experience in project and business management ? Attainment of business development opportunities ? Increased and equitable representation on policy development platforms ? Opportunity to continue running the projects with support from local business networks. They can be organized into community cooperatives and integrated into local reference committees in their districts. ? Integration of persons with disabilities in all waste management activities. ? More employment opportunities from the surfacing of new plastic regulated streams.

Gender Focus

Policy Impact

The ZSG has been working with youth, persons with disability and women working as waste pickers in all our projects in Harare and all other sites. The areas where waste pickers are fully-engaged on processing have had steady contributions to how their work can be improved and through engagements with the community, they have identified areas of need where the communities would appreciate interventions. The waste pickers in Mabvuku, Mbare and Budiriro were involved in the implementation of the Zero Waste to Landfills program and ZSG regularly conducts community waste management refreshers and in these engagements participants highlight their thoughts on the improvement avenues of waste streams recovery. The community members will be incorporated as part of the implementation strategy and their work will mainly be on the awareness-raising activities. The project will use the concept of community ownership, which will help in having them push ach other to keep the results sustained for long-lasting impacts. The majority of ZSG projects are community driven and places community-participation at the center of the implementation strategy. In this project, the work of community members will be mainly on the awareness-raising and managing demonstration sites, source separation and recyclable waste collection activities. In the exit of the project community members will be empowered and capacitated to operate or undertake sustainable waste management enterprises to have long-lasting impacts of the project.

Capacity - Building Component

The advantage of starting waste management initiatives in communities lies in the availability of free waste resources to jump-start the operations. The model does not require capital in the form of funds, but rather as human capital to undertake the work. The project beneficiaries will be trained extensively during the project implementation phase and the expertise gained then will be enough to continue operating on their own. The models developed by ZSG thrive in the ability of the community to form one operation therefore the project will have implementors at any given time. The formation of Local Reference Committees will ensure that governance is formalized in a manner that will encourage transparency. ZSG will develop a toolkit to be used to train new and incoming project members to keep the knowledge in operation of the activities. In the development of a circular economy in Zimbabwe, these projects will be strategically positioned to become the key contributors for advancement that will not bring change from the first level but from a step ahead. All these projects will be implemented at a small-scale, but systems will be put in place to handle rapid growth towards the introduction of mechanized waste management processes. ZSG has established the Sunshine International Network through using projects developed and implemented in Zimbabwe. Other Sunshine Groups have been able to use solutions developed and perfected in Zimbabwe and the management has in place a documentation system to track the effectiveness of solutions developed. All interventions implemented so far have been replicated successfully in other parts of the country and regionally. Current project development has been with a view to optimizing problem-solving in communities with multi-faceted solutions to community challenges. ZSG plan to upscale the project scope in the areas where it is earmarked to be implemented whilst also replicating the models of engagement and implementation in other parts of the country through possible extended GEF funds and other non-GEF grants.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The current project employs 70 men and women through the zero waste to landfills program. With this new and complementary activity the working conditions will improve immensely and the waste management value chain will lengthen, giving way to the creation of new jobs in a formalized waste management sector space. The introduction of alternative materials to single-use plastic will bring with it creation of green jobs for skilled and semi-skilled personnel. Beneficiaries directly employable by the project will be 80. Community members will be indirectly benefitting from the waste management initiatives through income from recycling activities.

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