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Program Annual Report Dharamshala Dharamsala End-of-Year Report April 2017 - March 2018 Supported by Who We Are Founded in 2012, Waste Warriors is a not-for-profit organization and registered society committed to tackling India’s garbage problem. We do this through a combination of clean-up drives, waste collection services, awareness-raising, community engagement, and local advocacy. With an emphasis on civic pride, education, and developing sustainable waste management systems, we intend to clean up India. Where We Are Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh Triund has 17 municipal wards; 3 of these are in the bustling hills of Upper Dharamsala: Bhagsunag, Gallu Forsyth Ganj, and McLeod Ganj. Waste Warriors Dharamsala Dharamkot Bhagsu Waterfall operates in Bhagsunag ward, Bhagsunag including in the Dharamkot community, at Gallu check post, Forsyth Ganj and on Forest Dept. land on McLeod Ganj trails and at the Triund campsite. What We Do Waste Warriors Dharamsala is where our entire organization’s vision and spirit was born. In April 2017, with the financial support of your team at HT Parekh Foundation, our project was given a new lease of life. Our team works harder than ever to take on the enormous task of managing hundreds of tons of waste produced annually by lakhs of tourists who come through McLeod Ganj to visit Bhagsunag, Dharamkot, and Triund. Our team’s ability and perseverance are tested daily, but our determination to keep these mountains clean has never wavered. Our project provides a formal livelihood to eight Green Workers, who previously were informal migrant ragpickers. Our combined waste collection effort mitigates the hazardous effects of waste pollution on mountain air, water, and soil, and educates locals, businesses, and tourists. What You Have Helped Us Achieve 1. Intensified clean-up drives. 2. Expanded waste collection operations. 3. Amplified public awareness initiatives. 4. Transformed public spaces & tourist areas. 5. Improved collaborations with authorities. 6. Refined approach to school education. 7. Boosted recruitment & mentor network. 8. Organized SWM projects in new areas. 9. Enhanced data management methods. 10. Maximized visibility of HTPF support. 1. Intensified our clean-ups in heavily littered areas ● Conducted 99 clean-up drives at Triund, Bhagsu & Gallu We also conducted our first waste audit where waterfalls, Dharamkot (Lower/Upper), and all roads trails workers and volunteers manually segregated a to/from Bhagsu (Lower/Upper), including to McLeod Ganj. 100 kg sample of mixed waste from Triund into ● Organized over 490 Indian and foreign volunteers. brand categories to identify major producer ● Dedicated over 410 work-hours to clean-ups. companies who are obligated to coordinate ● Collected over 8 tons of litter in 871 waste sacks. ● Convinced over 50 local residents to participate. waste retrieval programs under India's new ● Segregated and sold over 3.3 tons of recyclables. Extended Producer Responsibility policies. 2. Expanded door-to-door waste collection operations In Bhagsunag, inadequate ward-level municipal waste disposal services forced local residents and businesses to dump or burn their waste, usually in the nearest naala or ravine. Some people carried their waste to municipal bins, but the hilly terrain and sparse bin placement made that impractical. We provide a regular door-to-door collection (DTDC) of solid waste service for establishments in Bhagsunag (Lower and Upper), Bhagsu & Gallu waterfall trails, Dharamkot (Lower and Upper), Heini village, and Gallu. CUDP NGO (Tibetan Settlement Office) - the municipal contractor which has DTDC operations for McLeod Ganj, has not been able to do so in Bhagsu, which is why we have: ● Employed and trained 8 Green Workers (migrant ragpickers). ● Worked with over 240 establishments (houses and businesses). ● Collected and carried over 180 tons of waste in 2017-18 FY. ● Manually segregated waste into 7 recyclable categories. ● Around 35% of the collected waste was recyclable and saleable. 3. Amplified our tourist and community awareness initiatives Our initiatives target McLeod Ganj and Bhagsunag’s high floating population of predominantly weekend tourists who are the main source of litter. We strategically place our branded canopy at tourist entry points and directly engage tourists, which increases the visibility of our work in addition to the branding on our volunteers and staff during clean-ups. ● Operated a station for 10 segregated bins at Gallu check post for over 100,000 tourists who hike to Triund annually. ● Installed 12 anti-littering and pro-environment sign boards on heavily touristed and littered hiking trails. ● Organized clean-ups and awareness events on tourist-heavy public holidays: Independence Day (Bhagsunag), Gandhi Jayanti (McLeod Ganj), Diwali (Bhagsu Waterfall), Boxing Day (Triund), and Republic Day (McLeod Ganj). 4A. Transformed public spaces and tourist trails ● We have transformed spaces that have no municipal or Forest Dept. waste disposal system by installing 45 public dustbins, spread out over the McLeod-Bhagsu Rd, in Bhagsunag (Lower and Upper), on Bhagsu waterfall trail, and Dharamkot (Lower and Upper). The bins are monitored and emptied regularly by our Green Workers. ● We have collaborated with Indian and international artists to create 5 beautiful eco-conscious murals: one each in Gallu, Dharamkot, Bhagsunag, McLeod Ganj, and Dharamsala (our mural near ISBT is the largest in the city). ● We collaborated with a prominent upcycling artist to create the largest art installation in the city, a creation made of painted plastic bottles and a metal mesh frame called “The Plastic Heart of McLeod Ganj” placed on the McLeod-Bhagsu Road. This art-piece has now become a popular tourist spot for photos. 4B. Transformed public spaces and tourist trails Near Dharamsala ISBT At Gallu Checkpost Dharamkot Taxi Stand On Bhagsu-McLeod Rd. 5. Improved our collaborations with local unions and authorities ● We had initially planned to dedicate a Green Worker to McLeod Ganj to clean up specific areas, but due to CUDP’s extensive presence of 40 workers, and insufficient funds, we did not want to compete and instead focused on awareness-raising. For example, to preemptively target tourists, we distributed 200 bilingual awareness placards to taxis with the support of the 3 taxi unions of Dharamshala and McLeod Ganj. Placards are placed behind the driver’s seat at a passenger’s eye-level. Drivers tell passengers to read our basic “do’s” and “don'ts” for their waste and litter. ● We advocated for a formation of an eco-society of establishment owners on Forest Dept. land past Gallu check post and at Triund. The society’s first meeting was constantly delayed due to local elections and the off-season. The goal is for members to bring their own waste back down for segregation, and to charge entry fees and a deposit for litter bags. In May 2018 the DFO reimbursed us for organizing Triund’s waste collection. ● Dharamsala Mayor’s Office and HP Public Works Dept. have both shown support for our work and the murals we’ve organized and created, and we are being reimbursed for our contractor costs. 6A. Refined our approach to school administration and students ● We collaborated with an artist (a former AIESEC Malta chapter president) to conduct 4 hands-on upcycling sessions with 4 different schools (Bhagsu GSSS, Gatri Primary School, Tibetan Children’s Village School, and Wood Whistlers International, Naddi), and 1 session with Tibetan Women’s Association (McLeod Ganj), to teach how to make art and useful items from recyclables. ● We recruited an educational assistant in August 2017. In September in Ambala, during the ‘Oye Ambala’ municipal campaign, Waste Warriors Dehradun and Dharamsala staff implemented a teacher-training program with educational toolkits on waste management and civic engagement. Teachers from 97 schools were trained, with 40,579 students being taught the toolkits. 4228 students participated in events and activities. 6B. Refined our approach to school administration and students ● In October, our staff modified the toolkits to engage schools and train teachers beyond our project area. Many obstacles postponed our plans: slow response from school administrations, public holidays, local elections, and board exam schedules. In November, permission to conduct the program from Deputy Directors of Elementary and Higher Education allowed us to convince teachers to agree on a date for our first teacher training session in the first week of December 2017. ● We learnt from the session that teachers could not teach the material in English, requiring us to contract a professional translator to translate 11 toolkits into Hindi. We simultaneously began developing a comprehensive impact assessment to enable us to monitor and evaluate each school’s waste management implementation. However, following the resignation of our Education Asst., our school program has stalled. We’ve found a new recruit and need funding to support the position and our plans. 7. Boosted recruitment and mentor network with institutions and organizations ● Our volunteering partnership with FSLIndia and Ruchi remained strong; our compelling WorkAway profile consistently provides multiple international volunteers weekly; and we are developing stronger ties with volunteering NGO OmPrakash to draw international students and researchers. ● We increased our internship intake to 9 this year from institutions like Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (Chennai), Gandhi Fellowship (Kaivalya Education
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