Discover how Goonj’s Vaapsi initiative enabled three individuals in rural Tamil Nadu to rebuild livelihoods with dignity — from a grocery shop to a carpentry business and a sewing venture.
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Seeding Change: How Women in Sullangudi Village Are Restoring Nature, One Seed Ball at a Time
Discover how 75 women in Sullangudi village, Tamil Nadu, led a community-driven seed ball initiative and water channel restoration, nurturing local ecosystems and climate resilience.
Read More >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 >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 >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 >Kallimedu: Clearing the Way for Water and Dignity in Cuddalore
In Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district, villagers in Kallimedu restored two canals through collective effort, doubling crop cycles and incomes for over 150 people.
Read More >Rethinking disaster wastage: The Journey of MY Pad from the Streets of Chennai
How discarded clothes from the 2005 tsunami became the foundation of Goonj’s MY Pad — a reusable cloth pad created by and for women to restore dignity and menstrual health.
Read More >A New Thread of Livelihood: Cloth Pads in Karmangdi Village
In Karmangdi village of Tamil Nadu, women are turning menstrual taboos into livelihood opportunities through cloth pad making—combining awareness, accessibility, and dignity.
Read More >Transforming Urban Surplus: Goonj’s Journey from Menstrual Health to Circular Solutions
India generates 8.5% of the world's textile urban surplus, a significant portion of which comes from pre- and post-production processes in the garment and textile industries. Yet, much of this waste—whether surplus fabric, defective pieces, or discarded garments—ends up in landfills or incinerators, contributing to environmental degradation.
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