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Distribution of material-GOONJ.. started
with a very basic activity i.e. distribution of material among
the needy people.
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Chamoli
Earth Quake-The
team came into major action to provide relief to
the victims.
- Orissa’s
devastating Cyclone-A few months later we were able to
collect and send more than 4 trucks load material to the victims
of cyclone.
- And
hra Pradesh Floods- Arranged
and sent a lot of material.
- Gujarat
Earthquake-
Major relief and rehabilitation activities. Also with the support
of Wipro ePeripherals, GOONJ.. has taken up a village- Harudi,
30 km. from Bhuj, for comprehensive development for the next five
years.
- Gujarat
Riots- initiated a relief and rehabilitation campaign RAHAT,
very well supported by people, worked in various riot affected
areas.
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Assam, Bihar & West Bengal floods -
initiated a relief and awareness
campaign for this ‘not even talked annual disaster’.
We support thousands
of people every year . As this is first such effort in this area
the demand from partner groups and beneficiaries is increasing
every year.
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Supporting a number of NGOs, working
with various groups on a regular
basis throughout the country.
VASTRADAAN
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- Collection of material -
By motivating people and organising collection
Camps
in corporates, RWAs, schools & colleges etc., apart from having
35 permanent collection points in Delhi and other major cities.
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Sorting of material
- The collected stuff from Camps/ centres
come to store for segregation on the basis of age, sex, etc. From
other cities, material goes directly.
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Distribution of material - through
partner NGOs and individuals in the remote areas all over the
country apart from regular support/ distribution in Delhi.
- Feedback -
regular monitoring, interaction & meeting with distribution
partners & the end beneficiaries.
SCHOOL
to SCHOOL -
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A simple concept of turning wastage from urban schools into
a resource for hundreds of Schools in rural India. An effort
to motivate a number of urban schools and their students to
donate the material they discard once their session is over.
Our focus is on helping the management in sensitizing the students
and their parents to the needs of their counterparts in the
remote villages. It’ll help channelise their waste material
like old books, uniforms, shoes, school bags etc. Over 35,000
children will be benefited through this program in this year
itself.
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DISASTER
AWARENESS EXHIBITION -
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GOONJ.. is
successfully running a roaming exhibition- Natural disaster:
Man Made suffering , in various schools and public places. This
exhibition
contains original photographs from various disasters and works
as a forum
for discussion on Do’s and Dont’s at the time of
disasters.
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RE-CYCLING
A STEP AHEAD -
- Pads
of Re-used paper -
a new way of recycling used paper.
- News
paper bags -
as an alternative of polythene.
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Cloth bags - GOONJ.. collects a
good quantity of Clothes. Lot of them are
not in wearable condition, we convert it into carry bags (The
old
traditional Jholas) and then try to promote it for a nominal
cost of 10-12 rupees.
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Options of Carry Bags - Apart from
bags from old cloth and paper bags GOONJ.. is working on various
other options of carry bags like Jute bags, bags
from leftover cuttings of cloth etc. Because we firmly believe
that just
talking about ban on polythene is not enough, more important
is to give
people an alternative..
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Greeting Cards - GOONJ.. has taken
out a series of Greeting Cards, based
on tribal art and printed on Hand made paper.
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The
biggest strength of this movement is our self-motivated volunteers
who spend their time in approaching various corporates, RWAs,
schools, organising collection camps, doing door to door campaigning,
spreading the word about GOONJ..
This is the reason that without any major funding from any Funding
organisation or Corporate, the concept of VASTRA-DAAN is growing
fast across the country and people are joining this movement
regularly.
ASSOSIATED
ORGANISATIONS -
- Gave
us one time small grants - Actionaid, NFI, Sir Dorabji trust,
Rajasthan education trust.
- Supported
a project - “Rebuilding Harudi” in Kutch - WeP E Peripherals.
- Supported
Disaster awareness exhibition - CAF India
- Regular
donor of huge quantity of clothes - Maruti Udyog Limited
- Joined
hands for relief work during Gujarat riots - Spic Macay
- Organised
collection camps - Alcatel, American Express, Daksh, HSS, HCL,
NSG, Voltas, Xansa, Gillette, Maruti, eBookers, TCS, a number
of schools, colleges and RWAs
- Organised
photo Exhibition - Alcatel, American embassy club, Standard Chartered
Bank, Dilli Haat, Blind Relief Association, Amrit Kaur Nursing
Institute, Naval Public School
- Donate
paper - Alcatel, BBC, British Gas, British Airways, European
Commission, HSS, eBookers, KLM HSS & Star TV.
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" The thrust is on reaching on time..and
the effort is to reach every where,
even without the calamity.. if there is a need "
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