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Rethinking Disaster Response: Climate Resilience by Communities

Rethinking Disaster Response: Climate Resilience by Communities

Discover how community-led solutions and local resilience are redefining disaster response in India amid rising heatwaves, droughts, and climate risks.

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Rebuilding Learning Spaces in the Floodplains of Assam

Rebuilding Learning Spaces in the Floodplains of Assam

In Golaghat, Assam, flood-affected communities rebuilt three Anganwadi centres under Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative, restoring learning spaces with dignity and shared action.

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Assam Floods 2022 – How Community Kitchens Became a Lifeline for Displaced Families

Assam Floods 2022 – How Community Kitchens Became a Lifeline for Displaced Families

In response to the Assam floods of 2022, Goonj and local communities set up six community kitchens, serving thousands of displaced families. Read how collective action turned crisis into resilience.

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MY Pad ATM – A Community-Led Solution for Menstrual Health in Lakhimpur, Assam

MY Pad ATM – A Community-Led Solution for Menstrual Health in Lakhimpur, Assam

Women in Assam’s Lakhimpur district are redefining menstrual health with the MY Pad ATM—creating affordable access to reusable pads through a community-driven initiative.

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A Gathering Space with Purpose: How Women in Ouguri Dangdhara Created a Bamboo Bandstand for the Community

A Gathering Space with Purpose: How Women in Ouguri Dangdhara Created a Bamboo Bandstand for the Community

Discover how 33 women in Ouguri Dangdhara, Assam, built a bamboo bandstand to preserve trees, create a village meeting space, and promote sanitation through a community-led initiative.

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Growing Awareness, One Seed at a Time: How Students at Gubindapur MV School Are Restoring Nature

Growing Awareness, One Seed at a Time: How Students at Gubindapur MV School Are Restoring Nature

Discover how students at Gubindapur MV School, Assam, are restoring green spaces and supporting biodiversity through Goonj’s School-to-School initiative—making seed balls and crafting bird nests.

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Access with Dignity: Bringing Menstrual Health Closer to Communities in Assam

Access with Dignity: Bringing Menstrual Health Closer to Communities in Assam

Discover how Bormukoli village in Assam installed a MyPAD ATM, ensuring sustainable menstrual health access through community participation and locally managed resources.

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Strengthening Connections: How the People of Na Kopohua Gaon Rebuilt Their Bamboo Bridge

Strengthening Connections: How the People of Na Kopohua Gaon Rebuilt Their Bamboo Bridge

Discover how the villagers of Na Kopohua Gaon, Assam, rebuilt a bamboo bridge through Goonj’s Dignity for Work initiative, ensuring safe access to schools, markets, and farmlands.

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Rebuilding Connections: How Diwalia Village United to Build a Bridge

Rebuilding Connections: How Diwalia Village United to Build a Bridge

Discover how the villagers of Diwalia, Assam, built a bamboo bridge through Goonj’s Rahat and Cloth for Work initiative, ensuring safe access to schools, fields, and markets.

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Building Strength Together: A Community House for Flood Resilience

Building Strength Together: A Community House for Flood Resilience

Discover how the people of Charanchuk Papung built a raised community house to prepare for recurring floods, strengthening resilience through collective action & local wisdom.

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Growing Resilience: How a Village in Assam Built Its Own Greenhouse

Growing Resilience: How a Village in Assam Built Its Own Greenhouse

In Pomaguri, Assam, villagers built a community greenhouse under Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative, ensuring sapling growth, school involvement, and long-term climate resilience.

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