Research
There has been multiple researches conducted on the ideas and processes of Goonj for its work on rural development, disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts, education, menstrual hygiene, circular economy.
If you have done/are interested in researching on Goonj, do write to us at [email protected]
Here are some areas of research that you can take up on Goonj: water, infrastructure, circular economy, replication model.
Replication:
Anshu Gupta, Founder of Goonj reiterates occasionally that “Goonj doesn’t want to grow only as an organization; it wants to grow as an idea… where organizations and individuals across the world take up the work, learning from our experience and help reach the basics of life to people who need it urgently, mindful of their dignity and their needs, not as a charity.”
Goonj’s alternative model of development is very much replicable in any part of the world especially south east Asian countries given the similar problems of poverty, health, education and disaster. If you have plan to replicate Goonj’s work, do spend time at our processing units and then in the field with our team to understand the complexities around the idea and implementation. Do write to us at [email protected] sharing your plans.
Paper submitted by ‘Institute for small business and entrepreneurship’ on Social and Sustainable Enterprise: Changing the Nature of Business, using Goonj as one of the case study.