Discover how students and teachers in Chamoli co-created a School Bank to ensure uninterrupted learning through collective ownership of school materials.
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Restoring Dignity in Deyarkot: How Women Reclaimed a Forgotten Cattle Shed
In Chamoli, Uttarakhand, women tackled a long-standing challenge through Goonj’s Cloth for Work, turning a disused cattle shed into a symbol of unity and self-reliance.
Read More >A Campus-Led Movement for Dignity and Change: Book Fair and Collection Drive at SSN College
Discover how SSN College's NSS club ignited a people-led movement for dignity through a book fair and Goonj collection drive. A story of resilience, empathy, and environmental stewardship
Read More >Rebuilding Pathways: Community-Led Road Repair in Maykot, Uttarakhand
Maykot, Uttarakhand’s villagers rebuilt their damaged road through collective action. Discover how community-led resilience creates lasting change.
Read More >Working with Communities to Plant 200,000 Trees Against Cyclones in the Sundarbans
Discover how Goonj and the people of the Sundarbans planted 200,000 mangroves to protect against cyclones and floods. A movement towards community-led climate resilience.
Read More >Goonj Website: Innovations in Disaster Relief
Goonj’s Sujni initiative in Bihar turns discarded fabric into quilts, creating sustainable livelihoods for women and repurposing disaster waste.
Read More >Nurturing Empathy: Aayushmaan & Aaradhya’s Journey with Goonj
Discover how Aayushmaan & Aaradhya Jalan, young changemakers from Kolkata, embraced the Goonj Summer Challenge—upcycling materials into rural learning kits and reshaping the way we view resources.
Read More >Kitchen Gardens for Well-Being: How Women in Sundarbans Took Charge of Their Nutrition
Discover how the women of Birinchibari, Sundarbans, built a kitchen garden to ensure fresh, nutritious food for their families, strengthening health and resilience through collective action.
Read More >Bridging Challenges: How Kadipur’s Community Transformed an Everyday Struggle
Discover how villagers in Bishnupur, West Bengal, built an Anganwadi center through Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative—ensuring a stable learning space for children.
Read More >Sunflower Fields of Change: A Community’s Path to Self-Sufficiency
In Sagardwip, West Bengal, a farming community grows sunflowers to ensure edible oil access and income. A grassroots story of dignity and self-led resilience.
Read More >Water, Dignity, and Collective Action: How Women in Foskadanga Transformed a Village Pond
Discover how the women of Foskadanga, West Bengal, turned a menstrual health challenge into a community-led solution—cleaning and restoring a village pond for water security and dignity.
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