Education

When the pandemic disengaged urban and rural children from physical classroom to formal education, this campaign was about using drawing as a way of expression to children stuck at their homes. Successfully implemented across 15 states.

At Goonj, we celebrate Tarang, a campaign to spread some joy among children across urban and rural India. In cities, we invite you to your nearest Goonj office for a book exchange where you can swap any two of your regional language or children's books and get a novel.

Children complete a series of tasks to complete this challenge. The children who complete the challenge visit the Goonj processing centres to understand how their material is being re-utilized and are presented with a winner’s badge.

“My head was spinning when I first saw shoes with wheels..but now I can skate around wearing these..I feel so proud!” says 10 year old Raghuved, “I feel like a bird when I skate..” chirps 9 year old Purthviraj. 5 year old Rakshita, adds jovially, “I was so scared initially..but now I can skate around the village and I am so fast that nobody can catch me.” These are students of Vidya Mandir Kadamwadi,

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Education has the power to transform people’s lives. With this motto etched in their heart and mind, the villagers of Patrapada in Puri, Odisha, took a step towards knowledge when they decided, under Goonj’s ‘Dignity For Work’ initiative, that they want to build a community hall. And they were determined from the very beginning that the purpose of the hall won’t be entertainment or social gatherings.

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• Building study centre in cyclone-prone Sundarbans Chhoto Dindargheri, a small village in Basanti block of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, lacked a study centre where children could learn together in a classroom environment in the absence of schools, which got closed due to Covid. While implementing our ‘Dignity for Work’ (DFW) initiative, Team Goonj visited the village and,

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