Meet Sunil Anand from Uttarakhand—a Goonj volunteer who turned his wife’s wish into community action. From Joy of Giving Week cloth drives to promoting GBG products, his story reflects dignity, creativity, and purpose.
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Reviving Water, Restoring Livelihoods: A People-Led Canal Cleaning Drive in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu
Explore how 77 villagers in Gummudipoondi, Tamil Nadu came together for a people-led canal cleaning drive, restoring water flow and reviving 500+ acres of farmland
Read More >Reviving Paddy Fields and Preventing Floods: A People-Led Canal Cleaning Drive in Pannapattu Village, Tamil Nadu
Discover how farmers in Pannapattu (Mela Theru), Tamil Nadu, revived paddy cultivation and prevented floods through a people-led canal cleaning initiative under Goonj's Cloth for Work initiative.
Read More >Venkatapuram: Where Children Grew a Garden and a New Way of Thinking
In a Tamil Nadu village, students turned their school’s unused land into a thriving kitchen garden, learning resilience, responsibility, and community care along the way.
Read More >A Safe Haven for Children’s Dreams – Transforming a Village School in Maheshpur
In Maheshpur, West Bengal, villagers came together under Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative to repair a school, ensuring safer access for children. Read how local action creates lasting change.
Read More >DPS Howrah – Nurturing Empathy Through Meaningful Giving
DPS Howrah is redefining how students engage with giving—through collection camps, empathy sessions, and birthday contributions to Goonj’s School Kits
Read More >Kalakriti Campaign: Nurturing Children’s Creativity During the Pandemic
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.
Read More >Tarang Campaign: Fostering Joy and Learning Across India
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.
Read More >Summer Challenge: Empowering Youth Through Sustainability and Community Engagement
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.
Read More >Empowering Kolhapur’s Youth: Skating Enhances Self-Esteem and Learning
“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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Read More >Bridging Hope: Karamba Village Constructs Lifesaving Pathway
Karamba, a remote village in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, houses just 19 families. To reach the village, one has to cross 3 km of dense forest and a rivulet. During monsoons, the settlement gets completely cut off as the water level of the rivulet, Jhari, rises to life-threatening levels, and the absence of a pucca road adds to the locals’ woes.
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