In the quiet lanes of Rajanapali village, Ward No. 11 under Boudh NAC in Odisha, lived a 54-year-old woman named Gahala Guru, …
For millions in India, dignity is still out of reach. A young girl is missing school because there’s no toilet. A woman waste worker laboring unseen, without safety or fair pay. A boy dreaming of opportunity but held back by poverty and climate risks. These aren’t isolated stories—they’re daily realities for millions of families.
In our cities, plastic waste clogs drains, pollutes rivers, and fuels climate risks. Behind it are thousands of informal workers—mostly women—sorting through piles of waste without recognition or protection. The cost is borne not just by the environment, but by people’s health, dignity, and livelihoods.
At Trust of People, we believe cleaner cities and stronger communities go hand in hand. By building safe sanitation, creating fair waste systems, empowering women, and opening doors for youth, we turn challenges into opportunities.
This isn’t just about managing plastic—it’s about reducing emissions, building climate resilience, and creating dignified green jobs. By aligning with global ESG goals, we’re proving that environmental sustainability and social inclusion can move forward together, shaping cities that are not only cleaner, but fairer and more future-ready.
An inclusive and sustainable world where every person—especially women, youth, and marginalized groups—can live with dignity, resilience, and equal opportunity in healthy, thriving communities.
To empower underserved communities through safe sanitation, sustainable waste solutions, gender equity, and inclusive livelihoods. By fostering innovation, partnerships, and grassroots leadership, we advance dignity, health, and opportunity for all.
Trust of People (TOP) a Trust duly registered under the Indian Trust Act 1882 amended till date with its registered office at No. 111, Asath road, Palaiya nagai salai, Vijayapuram, Thiruvarur-610001, India and communication office at 1st Floor, Land No. 28, Khasara No. 400 New Nandi Vihar Colony, Near NWP Inter College, Chinhat Lucknow,U.P. Pin Code: 226028. TOP Trust has proposed to implement the FINISH Mondial plan of WASTE Netherlands in India for the purpose of sanitation and waste management among the rural poor to improve their health and address environmental issues.
TOP Trust is associated with the FINISH MONDIAL in India and is a strategic partnership between WASTE, Amref Flying Doctors and Aqua for All, currently being implemented in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. FINISH Mondial (FM) is a multi-country program supported by DGIS, Government of the Netherlands, and is a 5-year programme which began in 2020 and will run up to 2025.
TOP also works with FINILOOP which stands for Financial Inclusion of Improved Livelihoods Out of Plastics and is a city- level plastic waste management model targeting plastic waste free cities. The FINILOOP programme aims to combat plastic waste pollution while improving the livelihoods of informal waste workers in an enhanced plastic waste value chain at the same time. The FINILOOP programme is funded by IKEA foundation and is being implemented together with WASTE, Netherlands in Udaipur, Jaipur and Amritsar city, India from 2022 until 2025.
FINISH Mondial aims at strengthening the 46 partner MFIs on Safe sanitation and Financial Inclusion.FM offers a wide range of capacity building programs to its partners for upgrading knowledge and skills of their staff and officials on safe sanitation and Financial inclusion. The primary objective of the program is to build the capacity of Field level staff to successfully get over the various challenges to attain the overarching goal of safe sanitation and the empowerment of emerging entrepreneurs. The idea is to create demand among the rural poor to construct technically sound toilets with the loan they get from the MFIs. Till 2025, the aim is to construct 10,000,00 toilets while the target for 2023 is 3,50,000 safe sanitation systems through loans disbursed by partner MFIs.
The three key focus areas are –
To close the loop, FM together with the MFIs trains them on Menstrual Hygiene
Management (MHM) which presents unique challenges
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