Garbage Clinical Insurance
A micro health insurance program that uses recyclable waste as a financial resource.
Garbage Clinical Insurance(GCI) is a micro health insurance program which uses recyclable waste as a financial resource. With this program, the community is able to pay for clinical services by using garbage as payment to an insurance scheme. The project predominately targets waste collectors and encourages the community to mobilize their own unused resources to improve their access to health services. It further breaks down barriers between health facilities and community members. Individuals with low-incomes collect garbage from the streets and bring it to GCI. The waste is then weighed and separated and valued. The individual is then “paid” in the form of a medical health insurance: For as little as 0.66 Euro per month, an individual is given access to healthcare, rehabilitative healthcare, basic free treatment, in-clinic counselling and laboratory checks, for example.