Time to connect with SWATCH one of Sangams Community Partner who specialises in waste management services in Pune.

Swatch began in 2007 as the outcome of the door to door waste collection initiative. SWaCH offers total solutions for wet garbage and dry garbage while enabling waste collectors to keep their livelihoods as well as get trained to carry out their work professionally.

SWaCH also offers other products, programmes and services through SWaCH Plus, which aims to involve citizens in recycling and sustainable living.

While the entire community was in lockdown due to COVID 19, the waste pickers of Pune were still providing waste collection services and maintaining the city’s health and hygiene.

So in the Community Connection session meet member of Swatch and learn about the work they do and ask any questions you have.

You will also get to do BEST FROM WASTE Activity, come along to find out what this is all about!

All ages!

Minimum numbers:

Important note: This session requires a minimum of 10 participants (excluding free leader places) to run. If there are fewer than 10 participants booked 48 hours before the start time the session will be cancelled and a refund provided.

Private events:

We understand some Units/Troops would like a private session just for their group, and during 2020 some World Centres were able to offer these sessions. However, due to limited resources and staffing at the World Centres during 2021, we have created fixed dates and times so that we can ensure the Centres can reach as many people as possible. This does mean that we are unable to offer sessions outside of those advertised on Eventbrite.

If you would like to guarantee a session will be attended only by your Unit/Troop, you can book all the tickets for that session. We do encourage attendees of free events not to block tickets which may not be used.

Other important information:

All session times are in UTC – Universal Coordinated Time. If the session is not showing in your time zone it is a great idea to convert the session time from UTC to your time zone to make sure the time works for you. A great time zone converter website is: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html.

Sessions are delivered in English unless otherwise stated. We are working on having sessions delivered in other languages in the future.

Please note this event is only for members associated with a Girl Guide/Girl Scout Organisation – this includes but not limited to Youth and Adult Members (please check the age guideline for each event), Unit/Troop Helpers, Membership Organisation Volunteers, and youth Parents/Guardians.

We have a Frequently Asked Questions page on the WAGGGS website, you can find it here: https://www.wagggs.org/en/our-world/world-centres/faq-world-centres-virtual-programme/