SDG 12: MODELS AND NEEDS

Needs
 1.3 billion of food wasted every year,
 2 billion people go hungry or malnourished
 2 billion people are overweight and obese
 62 million tones waste generated every year in india, 4% annual growth
 50% of this is collected and only 15% processed
 Existing Models

 Robinhood Army: The Robin Hood Army is a volunteer based, zero-funds organization that works
to get surplus food from restaurants and the community to serve less fortunate people.
Our local chapters are run by friends and colleagues, who hope to create a difference in their
own unique way. For example, restaurants in the neighbourhood Green Park, will contribute to the
homeless of the locality, through volunteers who live in Green Park. Our “Robins” are largely
students and young working professionals – everyone does this in their free time. The lesser
fortunate sections of society we serve include homeless families, orphanages, patients from
public hospitals, and old age homes.
2018: 103 cities, 9.252,380 meals served
https://robinhoodarmy.com

 Project Dhara, Enactus JMI:

Upliftment of urban slum women through waste management
After observing the 400 kgs of waste generated in their college every single day, from which a
considerable chunk didn't even reach a bin, the Enactus team found out that whatever sadly made
its way to the bin was nothing but a mixture of wet, non-biodegradable and hazardous waste. The
unsegregated waste posed to be a big problem to Manzir Alam, JMC’s waste collector/ kabadiwala
who had to painstakingly rummage through waste piles to sell conspicuously sellable waste to
earn a living share the team.

The separation of non-biodegradable but recyclable waste, allowed the waste collector to sort
through more items, enabling him to earn more. While the problem of non-biodegradable waste was
resolved, a solution had to be arrived at for wet waste; thus the team decided to use the waste for
compost production.
The general idea of waste management and upliftment of urban slum women collectively led to the
conceptualisation of Project Dhara in November, 2016. Dhara led by a 15-member team involves waste
segregation into biodegradable, non-biodegradable and hazardous waste, after which the
biodegradable waste is used in the production of manure and non-biodegradable waste is sold as a
raw material to recycling industries. In this way, the waste sent to landfills is minimised and a
positive impact is left to our environment.
https://yourstory.com/2017/11/enactus-jmc
 TABDEEL, ENACTUS JMI:
Tabdeel focuses on creating means of self sustained livelihood through the ropes of successful waste
management. Biodegradable waste is utilised in composting pits to generate minimum waste
reduction and in turn utilising that converted waste as organic fertilizers. In the case of non
biodegradable wastes, steps have been taken to make use of shredding machines to reduce the size
of the waste generated and in turn re using it into an assortment of other marketable products.
To actualize the idea of ‘Zero Waste’, Enactus JMI decided to build contact with two nearby
communities. Enactus JMI started with educating the rag pickers in our neighboring areas and those
working within our university about the importance of segregating waste. For our business model,
this segregated waste was developed into products that turned out providing entrepreneurial
opportunity to another community namely the Sambhal women who reside in the locality of Batla
House and are skilled in the art of crochet. The Sambhal women were also guided on proper waste
management and its segregation by the Horticulture Department of Jamia Millia Islamia by the use of
composting pits to help deal with biodegradable waste. Also, Enactus JMI held computer sessions for
the children the rag picker community and the sambhal community to impart the basic knowledge of
computers and its importance in today’s world.
 Targets
1. Employment generation for the rag-picker community and
underprivileged women.
2. Proper arrangement for waste management in the institution and
commercial complexes.
3. Materializing the Zero Waste philosophy, i.e. to recycle and reuse
plastic waste, so that there is no need to make new plastic, and to
use the waste produced judiciously.
https://enactusjmi.org/tabdeel.html
 NGOs working in this field
 Saahas Organisation
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