Abstract:
This case study explains an innovative community group formation model that was
introduced by the SEVANATHA Urban Resource Center (SURC) to form a community
group in the Sayurupura Housing Flats (SHF) at the Moratuwa Municipal Council
(MMC), Sri Lanka. This activity’s scope was planned for a period of six months
(August 2022 to January 2023). The main objective of the activity is to bring together
relevant Stakeholders (SHs) and residents of the community to develop a
Sustainable Waste Management (SWM) system in the SHF. Key Informant
Interviews (KIIs), Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Desk Reviews (DRs) were used
to develop this case study. SHF is a diverse community. Hence, there are several
socio-economic issues being generated by this complexity. Besides these issues,
Improper Waste Dumping (IWD) has been a critical problem in this community. For
minimizing the IWD in Sayurupura, SURC, MMC, the Urban Settlement Development
Authority, Sri Lanka (USDA) and the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) have initiated a project to introduce an appropriate SWM
system for this community. Forming a community group is an important initiative of
this project. Hence, the SURC introduced an innovative model to form a community
group in SHF.
