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JULY
- 2006 NEWSLETTER
IT'S TIME TO TAKE AN INITIATIVE
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Dear
Friends :
I
began with writing to all of you about the monsoon and its devastating
effects. BUT everything has changed with the serial blasts in
Mumbai. The anger in people’s voices is loud and clear.
The news is too recent & disturbing to ignore.
Let’s sustain and nurture this anger to ‘be the change
we want to see around us’. The time has come when we don’t
just stop with criticizing the system, administration or the politicians.
We can’t get away by saying that things are returning to
normalcy because for people who have borne the brunt with personal
losses, it hasn’t and it never will.
I
strongly urge each one of you to initiate action, question and
demand. We all have enough power to ask what is important for
the police – stopping the trucks for bribe or taking care
of public places or question municipal corporations why drains
get blocked every year in the rains. How did your local MP or
MLA spend his/her annual fund meant for you? Don’t wait
for someone else to fight for you…Let’s take some
initiatives on our own.
INITIATIVES
More
on the activities of GOONJ in the newsletter…
Happy reading…
Anshu
VISUALS
OF PRATIBIMB - 2006 |
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With
the onset of monsoons another session of devastating floods
has arrived. We urgently seek your involvement in our annual
campaign RAHAT FLOODS to reach the flood victims across the
country. For a comprehensive list of material and more details
please refer "WHY
RAHAT"
Also check the list of collection centers -"
COLLECTION CENTRES "where you can give
material. Financial support can be sent to us by cheque/draft/cash.
All donations are exempted u/s 80 G of IT act.
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A
long cherished dream of getting the rural and urban kids of
S2S partner schools, to meet each other, was realized in April
this year. Pratibimb - a three days interface event of urban
- rural kids, finally materialized when children from 8 villages
in U.P, Bihar, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu and from 15 schools
in Delhi and NCR congregated in Delhi. GOONJ’s rural partners
worked very hard to convince parents to send their children,
on what was for most, their first journey outside their villages.
Genpact supported the event. For pictures and report
"PRATIBIMB"
- With
the fast spread of SCHOOL to SCHOOL there is a corresponding increase
in demand for school material. This calls for a more intensified
campaign in schools and other educational institutions for which
we seek volunteers. You can also sponsor our cost effective recycled
(cloth & paper) mats and notebooks for the rural/slum schools.
To know more about various sponsorship options please write/call
us or refer -"
SCHOOL TO SCHOOL "
- Like
last year GOONJ is all set to participate in a big way in the
second Delhi Half Marathon. This is a big opportunity for us not
only for raising funds but also as a major platform for spreading
the message. You can support GOONJ by becoming a part of the Dream
Team, Corporate Challenge, Group (Pledgers united) or as an individual.
People from all over the world can support this initiative. Please
write back with your queries.
- The
issue of sanitary napkins is fast gaining momentum among urban
women. An informal group of NRIs in Singapore-Focus India Forum
is now partially supporting this initiative.
Every women reading this mail is urged to commit at least one
meter of cotton cloth to GOONJ every month. In those difficult
days of the month, please do think of a women who does not even
have the means to tackle this. Imagine a small contribution from
you will benefit so many women who are forced to use the worst
available cloth or in some cases even sand/ash for this purpose.
For more details -
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SANITARY NAPKINS "
- Tsunami
wastage as resource- Last year this disaster reject of colossal
proportions benefited people in the Tsunami affected areas, earthquake
hit in Kashmir and other areas. With the support of Deutsche bank
we have now set up a workshop where we are converting this waste
cloth into hundreds of clean cloth sanitary napkins and school
bags. For more details refer -"
SANITARY NAPKINS"
- TEAM
600 - GOONJ is on a lookout for just 600 people who become the
core group of our strength. For more information on joining TEAM
600 log on to-"
TEAM - 600"
- We
are looking for reliable and active agencies, individuals and
schools on the district level across the country who will be trained
and supported to replicate our model and systems on a micro level.
We have already started this exercise in Jalandhar (Punjab) and
Shimoga (Karnataka). Do write back if you would like to join us.
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We
urgently need
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Operational support in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata & Bangalore
– About 200 to 300 Sq. Ft. space, some office infrastructure
and small financial support as seed money to initiate action
in these cities.
*Vehicle
requirement in Delhi & Mumbai- To intensify our campaign
in these two metros, a vehicle for material pick up is still
a major hindrance. If you have any ideas/contacts on this please
write/call us at the earliest.
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Office automation equipment (New/old)- old/new printers and
photo-copying machine.
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We are also looking for outlets/offices where we can place our
small cash / cheque drop boxes.
VISUALS
OF THE PROCESS OF MAKING SANITARY NAPKINS
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You
can associate with GOONJ in many different ways. Log on to: -"
IF YOU ARE ......"
Your
donations to GOONJ.. are exempted u/s 80 G of IT act and GOONJ..
is also registered under FCRA for receiving foreign contributions
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Our contact Details-
GOONJ..
Tel.- (m)-98681-46978, (o)-011-26972351
J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-44
E-mail - anshugoonj24@gmail.com
anshu_goonj1@yahoo.co.in
Website-www.goonj.info |
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