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Empowering Alshigad: Community-Led Environmental Conservation and Water Management

Empowering Alshigad: Community-Led Environmental Conservation and Water Management

Located in the foothills of the Aravalli, Alshigad village in Udaipur district of Rajasthan has been subjected to continuous deforestation and soil erosion for a long time. It was in the wake of this situation that the concerned villagers decided to act on it. Soon, they were joined by their brethren who had migrated to the cities but had returned to the village following the lockdown.

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Empowering Education: Patrapada Village Constructs Community Hall for Children’s Tuition

Empowering Education: Patrapada Village Constructs Community Hall for Children’s Tuition

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 Bridges: Kalchini Community’s Initiative Over the Kaljani River

Building Bridges: Kalchini Community’s Initiative Over the Kaljani River

Have you walked 20 km to attend school? Or visited a neighbouring district only by foot? It might be beyond imagination for people like you and me, living the urban life, for whom hailing a cab comes as naturally as blinking. But for the majority of the population in rural India it’s a hardcore reality.

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Kumarpur Community Constructs Bus Stop Waiting Shed Enhancing Commuter Comfort

Kumarpur Community Constructs Bus Stop Waiting Shed Enhancing Commuter Comfort

In the Nanivali village of Palghar district of Maharashtra, the bus stop by the main road offered no waiting shed for the locals. With waiting time extending for more than an hour on any normal day, people (including school going children) often had to stand in the open and had to face the vagaries of weather,

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Community Initiative: Constructing Pathways to Enhance Village Connectivity

Community Initiative: Constructing Pathways to Enhance Village Connectivity

Sandwiched between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, Bundelkhand comprises 13 districts from both the states. With extreme temperatures in summers and winters, the region is prone to severe drought in the summers. With many of the tribal hamlets located on the hilly terrains, proper connectivity to mainstream society is still a distant dream for many in Bundelkhand.

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Perseverance in Action: Stories of Determination Fueling Rural Progress

Perseverance in Action: Stories of Determination Fueling Rural Progress

These often-used wise words became a reality when eight residents of Vishwaspur village in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, showed their will and determination to solve their water woes, problems regarding infrastructure and cleanliness. There are many instances where lack of adequate water led to crop failure and the hard work of the villagers went in vain.

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Empowering Communities: Pudiyani Village Women’s Farm Pond Initiative

Empowering Communities: Pudiyani Village Women’s Farm Pond Initiative

Pudiyani village in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand was facing acute water shortage and it took a heavy toll on the women in the region. 45 women came together to dig a (10×4.2ft) pond and in just a few days they had their farm pond ready for irrigation and to store water for their livestock.

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Community-Led Initiative: Constructing a Study Center in Cyclone-Prone Sundarbans

Community-Led Initiative: Constructing a Study Center in Cyclone-Prone Sundarbans

  • 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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Community Ingenuity: Langtha Villagers Construct Bamboo Bridge in Record Time

Community Ingenuity: Langtha Villagers Construct Bamboo Bridge in Record Time

It only took 50 people to make this 100 ft X 6ft bamboo bridge, just in 3 days.. No engineers or experts from outside and no money paid. Goonj team motivated people of Langtha (Porja chuk), Golaghat district, Assam to reduce their commute of 5 kms to half a kilometer!!! Everyone received carefully made Goonj Family Kit as a reward for their efforts.

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Community Craftsmanship: Bandhan Village Constructs Public Benches

Community Craftsmanship: Bandhan Village Constructs Public Benches

When was the last time you visited a park and sat quietly on a bench, observing your surroundings in peace? Benches in public space are very useful…inviting any passer-by to sit and relax. In villages, people from different backgrounds use benches to spend time together, thus acting as a silent community builder..

Motivated by Goonj,

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Community Initiative: Kharbari Villagers Unite to Repair Vital Roadway

Community Initiative: Kharbari Villagers Unite to Repair Vital Roadway

Bundelkhand has been a region of drought for many decades but this year it saw a 360-degree turn resulting in heavy rains and floods, devastating houses and kaccha roads. When the only village road of Kyolari village in Lalitpur district got badly damaged by floods our Goonj team mobilized people here. They decided to work together to repair this road using locally available material.

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