Goonj NGO Internship Presentation

This is a ppt presentation on my 1 month internship at Goonj.

1. By: Sushmita Golder SY-C PRN: 13020621266 Roll No.: 2173

2. Why clothing? Three basic needs of mankind- roti, kapda aur makaan (food, clothing and shelter) But most people/ agencies work only on food and shelter. But what about clothing? A basic need noticed only at the time of disaster .. Reality-more than half of this country doesn't need a disaster to be helped. A range of issues right from domestic violence to global warming for development agencies BUT no mention of clothing ? It has never been an issue -to work.. To support . Figures for people dying in earthquakes, floods and other natural or man made disasters .. What about winters? - A n annual and predictable disaster affecting life of thousands of people every year. A warm cloth we hold in our cupboards (in search of a real needy or waiting for a disaster) can help prevent these deaths ? What does a poor woman do during menses every month? Oblivious of the health risk some are even forced to use sand or ash. Millions who don't have enough cloth to cover themselves end up using the most useless & dirty cloth.

3. Mission statement We aim to re-position cloth beyond charity, add dignity and turn it into a big resource for development . Our objective is to spread awareness about the concept at a nationwide level so that anytime an urban household thinks of disposing off reusable material it should have a channel to reach it to the most needy . Using clothing as an entry point, channelize a whole lot of under utilized household material considered wastage in urban India, as resource to the rural/slum India.

4. Initiatives Vastra-samman - A nationwide movement highlighting cloth as a basic need and mark of dignity. Cloth for work- Villagers get clothes as motivation for initiating development activities in their own area. School to School- Sensitising urban schools to the educational needs of their counterparts in remote village schools. Channelising school material from one end to the other by building a long term relationship among them. Not Just a piece of cloth- Turning old cotton cloth into sanitary napkins for women in slums and villages. Rahat - Reaching relief and supporting victims of natural and manmade disasters. Recycling: a step ahead- Making notebooks, schoolbags, skipping ropes, balls, sitting mats etc. from waste paper & cloth.

5. How do they do it? URBAN INDIA Collection Centers (houses of our volunteers) GOONJ Processing hub (Need based sorting and packaging) Implementation in the remote villages (under GOONJ’s various initiatives)

6. Just some important facts.. Over the last two years, over 900 development activities AND.. Over 2.1 million pieces of clothes Over 300,000 pieces of educational material and stationery items Over 200,000 pieces of toys and games 200,000 kg of cloth turned into quilts ( sujni ) by village women 2 million sanitary pads from waste cloth which mean taking care of 500,000 metres of cloth Channelizing a million kg of material utility

7. And all this in a budget of approx. INR 3 Crore (about half a million USD) anually ..

8. Achievements Nov’10 : Listed in Forbes as one of the India's most powerful rural entrepreneurs May’10: Innovation for India award by Marico for developing innovative solution by using old cloth and other material . March‟10: Jamnalal Bajaj CFBP Award for „Fair Practices ‟ Oct’09 : Cloth for Work‟ wins L ien i3 Challenge Award in Singapore June’09 : „Not just a piece of cloth‟ wins Ashoka‟s Changemakers Innovation Award March’09 : CNN IBN‟s ‘Real Heros ’ Award to Mr. Anshu Gupta in women welfare segment . March’08 : GOONJ wins the prestigious 'India NGO of the year‘ Award May’07 : „Not just a piece of cloth‟ wins World Bank’s Global Development Market Place Award . July’07 : GOONJ‟s first initiative “ Vastra Samman ” recognized as one of „ The Good Practices’ in Dubai International Awards . 2006 : Won Ashoka‟s prestigious Changemakers Innovation Award, the second time, for its disaster relief initiative „RAHAT ‟. 2004: Prestigious Ashoka Fellowship to Anshu Gupta. 2004 : GOONJ wins Chanemakers Innovation Award for its “SCHOOL to SCHOOL” initiative.Recognitions

9. Changing face..

10. Changing face..

11. Some of GOONJ’s initiative’s with partner organisations

12. My Contribution as an intern Carried out two collection drives and two book fairs- One at Shivalaya Tower and the other at Shyamnarayan Zagdusingh Thakur Entertainment Park. Both at Kandivali East, Mumbai. Sorted and priced the books to be put up for the book fair. Created a database of schools in Thane and Mumbai districts. Attached the database and submitted it. Sorted out books and stationary for village schools.

13. The collection drives and book fairs

14. Learning Being Associated with GOONJ was a great experience. It was a great opportunity to learn the various facets and aspects of NGO functioning which can be summarized as follows:-   Learnt a lot about NGOs functioning, their vision, objectives and the problems it faces in the various departments like finance, marketing and others.   Also understood the initiative taken by private institutions as a part of corporate governance social responsibility and its impact on the society.   Studied about how to help the society and what GOONJ is doing in this field.   It broadened my horizon about thinking about life and spurred me to think about helping the poor and needy in our society. 

15. THANK YOU!!