fbpx

Impact Story

Rising Above the Floods: A Community’s Resilient Road to Recovery

Rising Above the Floods: A Community’s Resilient Road to Recovery

Witness grassroots innovation in Bada Talapada village, Balasore district, Odisha. After six devastating floods, 131 families came together for people-led change, using sandbags and local wisdom to repair their main village road. A true story of resilience and sharing with purpose to restore connectivity.

Read More >
How My Home Became a Space for Purpose

How My Home Became a Space for Purpose

Sunil Anand shares how his home in Dehradun became a Goonj dropping center, fostering community, volunteer initiatives, and purposeful giving.

Read More >

The World Runs Because of Good People

Jagriti Yadav shares how her mother’s lessons of kindness shaped her lifelong connection with Goonj — a reflection on people-led change and purposeful action.

Read More >

Carrying Forward the Legacy of Social Service

Arun Kumar Bansal shares how his lifelong commitment to social service inspired him to open a Goonj Dropping Centre, fostering volunteer-led impact in Noida and beyond.

Read More >
A Well Restored, A Community Rehydrated: Pateliya’s Fight for Water in Banswara, Rajasthan

A Well Restored, A Community Rehydrated: Pateliya’s Fight for Water in Banswara, Rajasthan

In Nangda Pada, Banswara, Rajasthan, 57 villagers cleaned their only well under Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative, restoring safe drinking water and building resilience through collective action.

Read More >
A Study Centre Built with Hope: How a Village in West Bengal Turned Their Children’s Future

A Study Centre Built with Hope: How a Village in West Bengal Turned Their Children’s Future

In Kaksaha village, South 24 Parganas, residents built a study centre through Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative to prevent school dropouts and give children access to education.

Read More >
Breaking the Silence in Borselek: Menstrual Health Awareness Among Missing Women in Assam

Breaking the Silence in Borselek: Menstrual Health Awareness Among Missing Women in Assam

In Borselek village, Assam, Goonj’s Chuppi Todo Baithak empowered Mising women to openly discuss menstrual wellbeing for the first time. Discover how this NJPC session sparked a silent revolution.

Read More >
When a Village Dug Together: How Women in Palghar Took the Lead in Water Conservation

When a Village Dug Together: How Women in Palghar Took the Lead in Water Conservation

Explore how over 80 villagers in Poyshet, Maharashtra, tackled seasonal water scarcity by building contour trenches under Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative, empowering women and restoring groundwater levels.

Read More >
Rebuilding Roads, Restoring Dignity: How Villagers in Tehri Garhwal Transformed Access Through Shramdaan

Rebuilding Roads, Restoring Dignity: How Villagers in Tehri Garhwal Transformed Access Through Shramdaan

Discover how over 280 villagers in Gona, Tehri Garhwal, came together under Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative to rebuild a damaged footpath and boundary wall through voluntary labour and shared resilience.

Read More >
From Grief to Growth: How a Village Revived Bhavani Amma’s Land and Livelihood in Cuddalore

From Grief to Growth: How a Village Revived Bhavani Amma’s Land and Livelihood in Cuddalore

Explore how Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative and community support helped a grieving widow in Tamil Nadu restore her land, regain dignity, and create new livelihood opportunities.

Read More >
Goonj.. it!, Fly High: How Delhi Malayalees Association Turned Their First Collection Drive Into a Creative Celebration of Giving

Goonj.. it!, Fly High: How Delhi Malayalees Association Turned Their First Collection Drive Into a Creative Celebration of Giving

At their first Goonj collection drive, the Delhi Malayalees Association blended giving with creativity through a Gullak-painting activity that inspired aerospace students to spread the message of collective impact.

Read More >
Social media & sharing icons powered by UltimatelySocial