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GOONJ..

New Delhi, DL, India
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goonj.org/

    • About Us

    Goonj, for the past 12 years has been involved in promoting "Clothing as a Basic Need" and the concept of "Dignified Giving". Under this we started the Vastra-Samman movement under which we have initiatives such as "Cloth for Work", "School to School" and "Not Just a Piece of Cloth" amongst others. While we started out with only 67 pieces of cloth, we now average 70 tons material a month.

    Innovations and Awards…

    • Pioneers in developing cloth based sanitary napkins.
    • Utilizing scrap cloth to make mattresses and quilts to further reduce wastage.
    • Using cassette tapes as a design material for handbags, key-rings etc.
    • ‘Not Just a piece of Cloth’ awarded the Innovation for India award by Marico.
    • Goonj Awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj CFBP Award for ‘Fair Practices’
    • Goonj awarded the ‘India NGO of the year’ award by Resource Alliance.
    • Awarded the Changemaker’s Innovation Award thrice for ‘Rahat’, ‘School to School’ and ‘Not Just a Piece of Cloth’.
    • Goonj’s first initiative “Vastra-Samman” recognized as one of ‘The Good Practices’ in Dubai International Awards.
    • Mr. Anshu Gupta has been awarded the by CNN IBN Real Heroes award and the Ashoka Fellowship.

    Goonj, for the past 12 years has been involved in promoting "Clothing as a Basic Need" and the concept of "Dignified Giving". Under this we started the Vastra-Samman movement under which we have initiatives such as "Cloth for Work", "School to School" and "Not Just a Piece of Cloth" amongst others. While we started out with only 67 pieces of cloth, we now average 70 tons material a month.

    Innovations and Awards…

    • Pioneers in developing cloth based sanitary napkins.
    • Utilizing scrap cloth to make mattresses and quilts to further reduce wastage.
    • Using cassette tapes as a design material for handbags, key-rings etc.
    • ‘Not Just a piece of Cloth’ awarded the Innovation for India award by Marico.
    • Goonj Awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj CFBP Award for ‘Fair Practices’
    • Goonj awarded the ‘India NGO of the year’ award by Resource Alliance.
    • Awarded the Changemaker’s Innovation Award thrice for ‘Rahat’, ‘School to School’ and ‘Not Just a Piece of Cloth’.
    • Goonj’s first initiative “Vastra-Samman” recognized as…

    Cause Areas Include

    • Civic Engagement
    • Community Development
    • Disaster Relief
    • Rural Areas

    Location

    • J-93, New Delhi, DL 100076, India
      Sarita Vihar
    Illustration

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