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Uttarakhand

Sunil ji’s Journey — From Personal Loss to Collective Impact

Sunil ji’s Journey — From Personal Loss to Collective Impact

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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Rooting Resilience – How Pungaon Village Took on Fodder Scarcity and Landslide Risk

Rooting Resilience – How Pungaon Village Took on Fodder Scarcity and Landslide Risk

In Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, Pungaon villagers planted 500 native trees in a day to prevent landslides and address fodder scarcity. A grassroots initiative showing climate resilience in action.

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Surma Devi’s Story – Stitching Dignity Through Cloth-Based Livelihood

Surma Devi’s Story – Stitching Dignity Through Cloth-Based Livelihood

Surma Devi, a Goonj Didi from Uttarakhand, shares her journey with My Pad and NJPC—empowering herself and other women through cloth-based menstrual health education and livelihood.

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How a “School Bank” in Chamoli is Redefining Access to Education Through Collective Ownership

How a “School Bank” in Chamoli is Redefining Access to Education Through Collective Ownership

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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Udkhola’s Path of Progress: How over 100 Villagers Repaired Roads and Reclaimed Dignity Together

Udkhola’s Path of Progress: How over 100 Villagers Repaired Roads and Reclaimed Dignity Together

In Uttarkashi's Udkhola village, 129 villagers rebuilt their rain-damaged road through collective efforts, safeguarding school access, agriculture, and dignity. Read how Goonj’s Cloth for Work enabled people-led change.

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Restoring Dignity in Deyarkot: How Women Reclaimed a Forgotten Cattle Shed

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.

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Building Roads, Rebuilding Dignity: A Community-Led Change in Jakholi Village, Uttarakhand

Building Roads, Rebuilding Dignity: A Community-Led Change in Jakholi Village, Uttarakhand

Discover how the people of Jakholi village turned local challenges into opportunities through Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative—restoring roads and dignity together.

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Breaking the Silence: Menstrual Dignity for Young Girls in Disaster-Affected Uttarakhand

Breaking the Silence: Menstrual Dignity for Young Girls in Disaster-Affected Uttarakhand

Discover how Goonj is restoring dignity through menstrual health empowerment in disaster-affected Uttarkashi. A moving story of Meena Devi and her granddaughter Pooja.

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