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The Trans-India Challenge

The Trans-India Challenge

The Trans-India Challenge drove from Mumbai; meeting our volunteers in Pune, our field in Solapur, processing work in Goonj Hyderabad and field activities Puri in Odisha ending the first leg of the Challenge. Next up, they will be travelling to Goonj office and field in Kolkata exploring our work in the region.
Prof. Alan and Pat are on a 30 day pan India journey on their Morgan 3 wheeler to raise funds and awareness about Goonj’s work.

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#ChuppitodoTuesdays

Menarche or first period is an important milestone in a woman’s life, not just a biological process but changing a lot of things in a woman’s life. Chandana from the Prajaghari village of Jharkhali in Sundarbans, was the sole earner of her family of three. Everyday she risked her life to catch fish in the nearby creek.

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Don’t Pack Your Unwanted Wollens!

Don’t Pack Your Unwanted Wollens!

#MindfulGivingMondays
Don’t Pack Your Unwanted Wollens!
Planning to pack away your woolens for next winter? Don’t pack away your unused woolens, socks, jackets, mufflers, caps etc. For millions of people winters are an annual disaster as they struggle for basic woolens.
Contribute your woolens, socks, jackets, mufflers, caps etc. to Goonj and do your bit!

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Don’t Pack your Woollens

Don’t Pack your Woollens

Don’t Pack !!
End of winters.. Don’t pack away your unused woollens, socks, jackets, mufflers, caps etc.. (you probably won’t wear it next year as well)
These can make a big difference in someone’s life..

Join Goonj’s annual winter campaign #OdhaDoZindagi, know more from here: www.goonj.org/odz

#DontPackYourUnwantedWoolens,

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Picture of the Week #2

Picture of the Week #2

Location – Goonj’s Delhi Office
This picture is from the early days of Goonj.. Anshu Gupta, Founder Goonj sitting down to fold leaflets with one of earliest team members Sunil Bhaiya. Both doing their bit.. at Goonj’s famous Head office at J-93 Sarita Vihar.. On the 21st year of Goonj, this picture is an apt reminder,

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Goonj’s work with the tribals of Saura of Odisha

Goonj’s work with the tribals of Saura of Odisha

The tribals of Saura of Kantagaon village in Gajapati District of Odisha have seen their land turn into a wasteland due to recurring landslides due to cyclones and floods. Over the years as little work was left, these disasters also led people to migrate for survival, leading to further neglect of the land. Our teams working in Odisha mobilised and motivated the tribals to find a way to revive their land.

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#MaharastraUpdate

#MaharastraUpdate

If you ever heard that in villages parents don’t care for their children’s education and wellbeing, this story will break that myth for you. The students of Z.P. School, Bhoirpada, in Palghar, Maharashtra were super excited to perform at the upcoming Republic Day but the school didn’t have a stage. When our Maharashtra team got wind of this unique problem it motivated the parents and teachers to do something.

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With Material, Money Matters!!

With Material, Money Matters!!

There are some unseen, unsaid things in our day to day life..that matter.. Same goes for Goonj’s work.. Along with Material.. Money Matters..

Every year ​pan India, ​thousands of tons of urban material make ​their way to remote villages ​through Goonj​’​s initiatives. Th​is is a ​journey ​of ​hard passionate work ​and ​massive costs
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Winter is not over yet!

Winter is not over yet!

Do your bit this winter.. Spread the warmth! Contribute woollens this winter #OdhaDoZindagi. Your giving could mean so much!
To contribute www.goonj.org/odz

#Goonj #SpreadtheWarmth

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Alan & Pat Braithwaite’s Trans-India Challenge – They’re off!!

Alan & Pat Braithwaite’s Trans-India Challenge – They’re off!!

And.. They’re off!! Alan & Pat Braithwaite’s Trans-India Challenge is underway. The intrepid crew and the Morgan 3 Wheeler left Mumbai yesterday morning after being flagged off by Meenakshi Gupta, Co-Founder of Goonj. She also drove with Alan for the first two hours of the journey till Amby Valley. Later in the evening, the couple arrived at the first halt to meet a passionate group of Goonj volunteers in Pune.

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