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Thousands of liters of water goes into making your favorite pair of jeans..

Thousands of liters of water goes into making your favorite pair of jeans..

Thousands of liters of water goes into making your favorite pair of jeans..Cultivating the cotton and manufacturing the garment…

Goonj creates schools bags for village schools kids out of torn/un-wearable jeans. For you, we make stylish lifestyle products under #GreenByGoonj label.This way you give back to the environment and create livelihood for women who make these..

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Goonj is gearing up for the Tata Mumbai Marathon

Goonj is gearing up for the Tata Mumbai Marathon

Goonj is gearing up for the Tata Mumbai Marathon and has found its very first campaigners! You too can #RunForGoonj and contribute..

Check our page: http://bit.ly/2lWhsKB
Create your own Fundraising page for Goonj: http://bit.ly/2lWhDWh

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A sneakpeak into Goonj’s upcycled Casette Bags!

A sneakpeak into Goonj’s upcycled Casette Bags!

Do you remember your old casette tapes that must be lying unused in your homes? This is what Goonj has been turning them into…

Check out and order more such Green By Goonj Products here: https://goonj.org/gbg-products/
Now also available on Amazon India.

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The women at Goonj show us the best of who we can be.

The women at Goonj show us the best of who we can be.

The women at Goonj show us the best of who we can be.This story talks about #GreenbyGoonj – a label of innovative lifestyle products evolved from the last shreds of cloth and other material we get. The brand has emerged out of the creativity and experiments of these women who have created enormous possibilities with last shreds of discard.

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Flood hit people of Kerala repair their damaged road and build a drainage system!

Flood hit people of Kerala repair their damaged road and build a drainage system!

Flood hit people of Kerala repair their damaged road and build a drainage system!

People of Kerala are no strangers to monsoon rains but last year’s floods has changed a lot of things.. This year monsoon rains soon turned into floods for people of Onbatham Mile village in Idukki in Kerala.

Noticing Goonj’s ‘Cloth for Work’ project going on in a nearby village,

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Even a small effort matters!!

Even a small effort matters!!

Recently, students of D.A.V. Public School, Dehradun made posters, Gullaks, collected material and contributed money for the ongoing flood relief campaign- #Rahat in a collection camp held at their school. The students were so enthusiastic that the moment they saw Goonj kee Gullak on our table, they took one and encouraged collections with the message,

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“Social Initiative and Innovation Baithak” (SIBI) held in Goonj Delhi..

“Social Initiative and Innovation Baithak” (SIBI) held in Goonj Delhi..

We recently held our second ‘Baithak’ at the Delhi centre and saw participation from 13 different organizations working on issues ranging from Education to Livelihood to Mental health. It was informal inclusive space for a bunch of like minded people to talk on various issues and understand different approaches. We hope to have more such baithaks and create a pool of such organisations which can connect through this platform.

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Disasters are impartial;

Disasters are impartial;

“Disasters are impartial; they can happen to anyone anywhere. We all fall into one of the three categories – a giver, a receiver or someone involved in the process. This story talks about how something as innocuous as your old material can bring about action against disasters”

Sharing a story on learnings from our 2 decade disaster relief and rehab work from the book ‘100 Stories of Change’.

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10,000 seed balls made by 700 children and 300 parents

10,000 seed balls made by 700 children and 300 parents

10,000 seed balls made by 700 children and 300 parents from Thiruthani School in a tiny village of Tamil Nadu (Thiruthani village) on Independence Day recently. Just in 3 hours parents and teachers taught the kids on how to make these seed balls and with their tiny hands and small palms they started to make seed balls.

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RAHAT floods updates

RAHAT floods updates

Goonj Karnataka team recently visited flood affected areas in Mudhol in Bagalkot, Karnataka. These pictures from them show massive infrastructural devastation, water logging and crop damage. We will be working in Belgayi, Kodagu and Bagalkot districts – some of the worst flood affected areas, with flood hit families. Beyond reaching relief material our focus will also be on assessing their urgent needs,

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