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Old Clothes, New Life — Textile Waste Collection in Bengaluru

Bridging Language Barriers: Launch of Bilingual Dictionaries for Government Schools in Karnataka

Conversations from the Field: Giving Textile Waste New Life with Scalable & Inclusive Ventures

Journey of Advancing Gender Equity in Saamuhika Shakti

Beyond Skilling: The Case for Community Hubs to Foster Economic and Social Transformation

From Waste Pickers to Entrepreneurs: A Year of Learning and Growth

Clean Hands, Healthy Futures: Celebrating Global Handwashing Day with Children

Conversations From the Field: Lighting Up Lives with LED Balloons

Continuous Communication and Saamuhika Shakti, A Primer

Bringing Children Back to School

Clean Water, Better Lives: WASH Interventions for Waste Picker Communities

Conversations from the field: Saamuhika Shakti’s focus on gender inclusion

Behind the scenes of a viral campaign: What it takes to amplify the voices of Bengaluru’s informal waste pickers

People and planet positive: How an inclusive circular textile waste management model is improving livelihoods of waste pickers in Bengaluru and saving the environment

Circular economy innovations for environmental and social impact

Nested Theory of Change: A tool for mapping collective impact pathways

Conversations from the field: From the Sidelines of the Maa-Beti Menstrual Health Awareness Workshop

In pursuit of equity: Saamuhika Shakti’s focus on gender inclusion

From Invisible to #Invaluable: Building awareness and appreciation for waste pickers

Empowering Bengaluru's waste pickers with social security access

Opening doors to new livelihood opportunities, one centre at a time

A day sorting textile waste at the Dry Waste Collection Center managed by Kumuda Ma

On boarding with Saamuhika Shakti

Collaboration Empowers Sustainability: Saamuhika Shakti Welcomes Sattva for Phase 2

Looking back and looking ahead: Marching into Phase 2 of Saamuhika Shakti

Women of the crochet bommai’s (toys)

A collection of Saamuhika Shakti footprints

10 learnings from running India’s first formally structured Collective Impact Initiative

Conversations from the field: Making PPE work for waste pickers

The Waste Pickers' Dictionary

The stories behind our photos

Your old clothes are not trash

Influencing for good: It works!

Bengaluru! Send your textile waste to these waste-picker-run centres

Collaborating for impact: How participatory planning will set the agenda for Saamuhika Shakti’s next phase

Unstoppable: An evening with an all-woman dream team

Igniting Little Minds: Save the Children's work in Anganwadis and schools

Climate-pROOFing informal settlements: Roofs To Protect Against Climate Change & Rising Temperatures in Jyothipura

Gender inclusive circularity: Unpacking gender within Social Alpha’s architecture

#InclusiveCircularity: What we mean by it, and how it can benefit the planet and people without affecting profitability

How we do gender at Saamuhika Shakti: Partner Perspectives

How children learn: Exploring school readiness of kids from Bengaluru's waste-picking families

Inside the unseen world of Electronic City's hair pickers

Welcome to two new partners! Sparsha Trust and Udhyam Learning Foundation

Conversations from the field: Sisterhood of Success

The Big Fat MLP Problem

From invisible to Bengaluru’s invaluable

Gender at heart: How Saamuhika Shakti works with women and girls

Our tribe is growing: New partners join Saamuhika Shakti to further #InclusiveCircularity

Conversations from the field: Waste Managers

Where plastic waste goes to live

All the things we do not see: A photostory by children

The sweet smell of recycled flowers

Behind the scenes: All the work that goes into making waste worthy

38,32,50,000: Bengaluru's Happy Number

What happens when design, communication and collective impact converge

Waste as wealth: A year of learnings from Techtonic

‍Buguri: Hasiru Dala’s spin on creating safe spaces for waste pickers’ kids

A day in a vibrant waste pickers’ colony

All Aboard the Entrepreneur-ship!

Recycled plastic buttons, a global brand and the role of Bengaluru’s informal waste pickers

These women are skilling it

One small step, one mighty difference

Listening and co-creating: Designing economic programs that women really want and need

‍Measuring the impact of the Saamuhika Shakti initiative

The seen and unseen: Waste picker women and menstrual health management

Gender Lens: Saamuhika Shakti’s Focus on Inclusion

The path to alternative livelihoods

How would you like your toilets: A guide to building toilets for all

Play and Learn On Board The Mobile Learning Center Bus In Bengaluru

Marginalized and Invisible

Working Together – Learnings from Collective Impact Journeys

WaterAid India - Baseline Survey

Awareness Programme on WASH and Menstrual Hygiene

Mrs. Philomina - Feature Story

Impact of the Second Wave of COVID-19 on the Waste Pickers Community

Community Resource People - the Frontline Workers Driving Change

Photo Essay - Glimpses from a Life-skill Training Session by CARE India

Race against Waste

Suseela - Feature Story

Saamuhika Shakti - The Genesis

Photo Essay - A Day in the Life of Janaki

Enhancement of Livelihood Options and Increase in Income of Waste Pickers

BBMP Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws and its Effort in Streamlining Dry Waste Management

A Pathway to Respect, Identity, Dignity and Empowerment

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