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Goonj is providing clothes & other basic amenities to millions in the far-flung villages by turning urban wastage into a resource for rural India.
Goonj has a vast network of teams and partners with urban and rural grassroots institutions who mobilise, motivate and empower communities to identify local issues and village solutions. Villagers build big bamboo bridges, dig wells, clean ponds, repair roads and build schools with their own efforts, wisdom and local natural resources, strengthening their own community power.
Since 1999, Goonj has built a network of communities from urban to village India, channelizing material as a tool to address crucial gaps in rural infrastructure, water, environment, livelihood, education, health, disaster relief and rehabilitation. Its engagement with both the urban and rural population has galvanized a mass civic ...
Goonj, founded in 1999 by Magsaysay award winner Mr. Anshu Gupta, works on poverty alleviation, rural development, and disaster relief & rehab, by using the cities’ discards as fuel for wide-spread development work across villages in India, creating a barter between two new currencies - the urban underutilized material, and, the efforts of rural communities who work on the neglected issues around water, sanitation, agriculture, education, local infrastructure, access, etc. Working with a ...
It is very strategically called the Next Gen Fellowship as this gives opportunities to the children of people who have been associated with Goonj for a long time— including people working in the processing units, office staff, community mobilisers, amongst others. This enables Goonj to create an ecosystem where these young individuals, who ...
Place: Gujarat. Phone: +91 99250 24772 Email: [email protected] Falguni ji has been the consistent and sole volunteer of Goonj in Ahmedabad for a decade. From creating awareness through multiple stakeholders like corporate, school, individuals etc. to ensuring proper storage space for materials collected to packing and ensuring proper dispatch of materials to Goonj, she has always completed the entire loop including absorbing logistic expenses; She is also an active volunteer involved in ...
Place: Gujarat. Phone: +91 99250 24772 Email: [email protected] Falguni ji has been the consistent and sole volunteer of Goonj in Ahmedabad for a decade. From creating awareness through multiple stakeholders like corporate, school, individuals etc. to ensuring proper storage space for materials collected to packing and ensuring proper dispatch of materials to Goonj, she has always completed the entire loop including absorbing logistic expenses; She is also an active volunteer involved in ...
