Community Water Alliance

17/10/2025

CWA continues to promote sustainable waste management initiatives through partnerships that empower women and strengthen community-based recycling enterprises.

Learning and Exchange Visit on Waste Recycling and Composting.

The Community Water Alliance (CWA), in partnership with UN-HABITAT , facilitated a learning and exchange visit yesterday in Glenview between 10 women engaged in waste recycling and a group of women recyclers from Epworth. The visit took place at one of the satellite waste collection centres in Glenview.

The objective of the visit was to promote knowledge sharing on improving recycling businesses through market linkages and cross-learning opportunities. Participants exchanged experiences on best practices in waste collection, sorting, and value addition.

Women recyclers in Glenview also demonstrated their vermicomposting initiatives using red wriggler worms, while UN-Habitat shared insights from the Harare Sustainable Cities Initiative, which supports composting of biodegradable waste using Black Soldier Fly technology.

This initiative reflects a continued commitment to sustainable waste management, women’s economic empowerment, and the promotion of circular economy approaches in urban communities.

08/10/2025

🌍 Day 1 of our Advocacy and Communications Training in Zimbabwe! 🌍 Our partners across Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya are gathering in Harare to share learning, explore opportunities for collaboration, and develop impactful advocacy and communications strategies. ...

07/10/2025

Community Water Alliance is partnering with private companies to ensure that we promote separation of waste at source. We have partnered with Pelicorp. CWA is implementing a project titled RECYCLE with support from WE EFFECT and SIDA.
Get in touch with our WASH officer Ms Joyleen Nyachuru at +263 774 358 512 or information Officer Thandekile Balufu at +263 776 762 101

02/10/2025

After the waste is weighed, the number of kilograms are then calculated to determine how much money they would have accumulated through waste collection for the month. For most of the Antiliter monitors the goal is to reach a tonne or more every month. The price of the waste varies from market to market depending on demand.
UN-HABITAT Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete We Effect The City of Harare Environmental Management Agency

01/10/2025

Glenview antiliter monitors who partnered with CWA on waste Recycling project are offloading and weighing sorted plastic waste at the market in Harare.. This process is done to determine the quantity of waste delivered for costing before they get paid. We Effect UN-HABITAT Environmental Management Agency The City of Harare Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete

30/09/2025

We have partnered with 10 Glenview antilitter monitors for the RECYCLE Project. The video below shows how they sort the waste based on color and type. We Effect UN-HABITAT Environmental Management Agency The City of Harare Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete

12/09/2025

ROOTED FOR RESILIENCE!

Today, 10 amazing women from Glenview are proudly showcasing their innovations at the Green Entrepreneurship Expo under the theme:
“Rooted for Resilience: Showcasing Women-Led Green Enterprises for Climate Justice and Economic Inclusion.”

These women are turning plastic waste into pellets for reuse and producing organic fertilizer through vermicomposting with Red Wiggler worms, a true example of circular economy in action!

The initiative is diverting tons of waste from reaching landfills and illegal dumpsites, reducing greenhouse gases like methane & black carbon. They are also driving climate change resilience & mitigation in their community

The Glenview Women-Led RECYCLE Project is proudly implemented by Community Water Alliance with support from SIDA and We Effect under the Civsam Programme, as part of the Sustainable and Resilient Livelihoods for Women and Girls.

The initiative is empowering women, protecting the planet as well as building climate justice.

01/08/2025

Communities are encouraged to adopt the 4R model (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover) in Integrated Solid Waste Management. This can only be achieved through "Treatment of Solid Waste as Part of Food System of Production, Consumption and Recovery" We Effect Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete The City of Harare Kwayedza Zimpapers 263Chat Embassy of Sweden in Harare The Herald-Zimbabwe

Speaking at the Community Water Alliance Brown Bag Event held in Harare, EMA Provincial Manager for Harare, Leon Mutungamiri hailed the women’s innovative approach which links waste management to food security and climate resilience.