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J- 93 Sarita Vihar,
New Delhi - 110076.
Tel. -  2697 2351, 4140-1216

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GUIDE LINES FOR SORTING OF MATERIAL
By GOONJ.. a voice, an effort

  CLOTHES -
   
  • No torn clothes.
  • Not very dirty clothes - collar of shirts to be checked.
  • No trouser - without zip.
  • No undergarments.
  • Try to make a complete ladies suit – either same or matching Salwar Kameez, take care that a Salwar has a string in it.. or keep a piece of 1.5 meter string with it.
  • Try to put a blouse and petticoat with a sari.
  • No clothes - which are used in Holi / other festivals of colours.
  • Do not throw away torn clothes, pack them separately and mark - FOR GUDRI - on the bag. These clothes are used for making bed sheets, school pattis etc.
    WOOLLENS

  • No torn, damaged or dirty clothes
  • No blankets/ shawls, with big holes
   SHOES

  • No damaged, very dirty or shoes without / damaged sole
  • Tie the string of shoes or tie a pair with a rope
  EATABLES

  • No loose eatables
  • No half consumed packets of eatables
  • No half used / open pickles
  • Check expiry date of all the packed items
  • No loose edible oil / Ghee
  • Check for worms in rice etc.
  • No perishable items
  • No vegetables including onion if sorting and transportation period is more than 4-5 days.
   MEDICINES -

  • Check the expiry date .
  • No half consumed / open bottle of medicine
  • No medicine with torn wrapper or without an expiry date
  • No used eye drops / No open syringe or injection
  UTENSILS -

  • No dirty utensils.
  • No Glass crockery, if you are sending it out of the station through transport.
  • Make a pack with a mix of utensils i.e. few plates, few cups, Pan etc.
  • Pack utensils with some clothes to avoid breakage.
   SCHOOL ITEMS -

  • No Dirty Water bottle / Lunch box.
  • No small pieces of pencil / eraser or pen / sketch pen without a refill.
  • No Torn or very dirty school bags.
  • No water bottles with wholes.
  • Only such copies/ registers, which have good number of blank pages.
  • No work/ colour books, which are already fully used.

" The thrust is on reaching on time..and the effort is to reach every where,
even without the calamity.. if there is a need "