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From Waste Picker to Swachhta Udyami: Balamala Malli's Journey Towards Dignity and Self-Reliance

Timely financial assistance and access to mechanised sanitation equipment can help transform such vulnerable livelihoods into safer and more sustainable sources of income. As part of a five-member group project, he received assistance to procure a 3-in-1 Jetting, Grabbing and Rodding Machine, which created an additional livelihood opportunity for him and the other group members.

From Waste Picker to Swachhta Udyami: Balamala Malli's Journey Towards Dignity and Self-Reliance

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Timely financial assistance and access to mechanised sanitation equipment can help transform such vulnerable livelihoods into safer and more sustainable sources of income.

As part of a five-member group project, he received assistance to procure a 3-in-1 Jetting, Grabbing and Rodding Machine, which created an additional livelihood opportunity for him and the other group members.

Shri Malli has worked as a waste picker with the Guntur Municipal Corporation in Andhra Pradesh, for the past ten years.

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Timely financial assistance and access to mechanised sanitation equipment can help transform such vulnerable livelihoods into safer and more sustainable sources of income. As part of a five-member group project, he received assistance to procure a 3-in-1 Jetting, Grabbing and Rodding Machine, which created an additional livelihood opportunity for him and the other group members. Shri Malli has worked as a waste picker with the Guntur Municipal Corporation in Andhra Pradesh, for the past ten years.

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  • His parents were extremely poor, and he began accompanying them in waste-picking activities at a young age instead of receiving a formal education.
  • As an illiterate member of the Scheduled Tribe community living in an urban slum, he also faced social discrimination, exclusion and limited access to essential amenities and services.
  • His wife is a homemaker, and the couple have three children studying in elementary school.

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Demonstrating the impact of support under the Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) component of the NAMASTE Scheme, Shri Balamala Malli, a 30-year-old member of the Scheduled Tribe community, has moved towards greater economic stability and dignity.

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