ABOUT GOONJ It’s an NGO based in Delhi that works in 21 states of India It works for disaster relief, humanitarian aid and community development. It’s established by “ANSHU GUPTA” in 1999. This organization is one of its kind that use urban households as a development resources for villages. One of the few organizations in the world, constructively

reviving and strengthening rural volunteerism, to solve its own problems

GOONJ is considered one of the leading social enterprises in India

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Popularly known as clothing man of India . He had a vision to make clothing a matter of concern and to bring it among the list of subjects for the development sector He is a passionate photographer

I D E A B E H I N D G O O N J Clothing is one of the basic need for every

being. Food ,shelter and clothing are the basic needs

but nobody within the aid organization talks about it until some disaster strikes

Millions of people died due to lack of clothing in rural India.

“Discard to Dignity” one of his motive. “Goonj is an idea a movement” It is a origin of Parallel economy which is not

CASH based but TRASH based

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S T O R I E S O F C HA N G Eo Formerly known as The Joy

Of Giving Week o Celebrated every year from

OCT 2-OCT 8o Includes “vastra daan”o Story of joy includes short

films that carry message of Joy Giving

o A “College Joyfest” to promote awareness and sensitivity among youth

o Fund raising with local NGOs during cultural festivals

S U J N I “A story OF many Layers”

Weaving urban wastage with traditional skills to create large scale rural employment.

More than 50 women working at Goonj’s rishikesh sujni centre.

Create employment in villages. Handled almost 300,000 kg of waste material to

produce SUJNI.

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C H A L L E N G E S Increasing transport cost & rentals for storage space, vehicles.Technology; high-end laptops & computers to streamline data and systems.Financial resources, documentation of knowledge , requirement of new ideas and innovaton.Mis - Match in the supply of specific material like sarees, children clothing, school material, winter clothing & blankets etc

M I L E S T O N E S

June’ 12: GDN-Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project July’ 12: GOONJ recognized as ‘Game Changing Innovation’ by NASA & US State Dept. March 2008: India NGO of the year’ award by Resource Alliance.2006: Changemaker’s Innovation Award, second time, for our disaster relief initiative ‘RAHAT’.2004: Prestigious Ashoka Fellowship to Anshu Gupta, for his innovative idea & its mass social impact.2004: GOONJ won Changemaker’s Innovation Award for its “SCHOOL to SCHOOL” initiative.

F U N D I N G1. Self-generated income from various fund raising activities like sale of old newspapers, one rupee one cloth, team 2000 and through sale of products from recycled material or sponsorships.2. Individual donations: from people who have gone beyond giving us their material only and understood the fact that we also need money to manage the entire logistics of reaching material from cities to the villages.3. Funding from funding agencies: from time to time we get funding limited to certain projects or for certain duration.

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