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VASTRADAAN - A Nationwide Movement
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Why Vastradaan....
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Fulfilling
a basic need - Out of the three basic needs of mankind (Roti,
Kapda aur Makan), we believe that just by re-using our old clothes
the problem of clothing can be solved to a very large extent
without any major investments and policy decisions..
It doesn’t involve the expenses and efforts on holistic
development of the society as in case of solving the problem
of Food and no major policy decisions and huge investments are
required, as in case of Shelter.
Half of India doesn’t need a disaster- Atleast one major
disaster every year and a number of floods, cyclone, riots &
accidents in various parts of the country throughout the year...
And we in India get into an action to collect material and send
to the people only when a major disaster of the magnitude of
Orrissa cyclone happens.. Annual mishaps like Assam & Bihar
floods do not even get attention by the media, leave aside the
people who can help..
And also a basic fact about this country is that - half of India
doesn’t need a disaster to be helped so why wait for a
disaster?
Development v/s Charity- A cloth does not solve all the problems
of a needy person, but it give him the leverage to reallocate
his meager resources.
When we raise an issue of development v/s charity and say by
distributing clothes we are promoting charity, we tend to forget
that this issue might be relevant for western countries but
not in a country like India. The question of survival is the
biggest question for half the population who either don’t
have resources or whatever they have is not enough even for
a meal in a day. Although a basic need, the cloth doesn’t
even come in their imagination while struggling for survival.
The macro thought- Never stop donating by doubting that whether
it’ll reach to a right person or not. On a macro level
divide the society in two parts one is Donor and the other is
Receiver. Always remember that me and you as donors never buy
it back, the buyer is someone living in a small locality, a
rickshaw puller, a laborer or a slum dweller. The fact remains
that it reaches to someone needy, anywhere in some part of the
country.
When VASTRA-DAAN takes the shape of a mass movement –
A few years down the line when VASTRA-DAAN spreads through out
the country, by simple rule of demand and supply the supply
would be much more, which means-
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Much more clothes to more people, across the country, without
any charge.
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The cloth penetrates deep inside the country, even to the remotest
parts, fulfilling one of the basic need of the mankind .
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The beneficiaries can reallocate his meager resources for other
basic needs like food, health and shelter.
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The
moment any disaster happens, we’ll be ready with a stock
of relief material and a network of donors, volunteers and agencies
in place to face it.
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Thousands
of people will be saved from a vicious cycle of debts, they
get into around festival time for buying clothes. A lot of beneficiaries
in Bihar exemplifies this, who on CHATH PUJA, their main festival,
didn’t have to buy clothes on loan because they got it
from GOONJ..
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AND
all this needs just 97 paisa per cloth,
right from collection to sorting, packing,
transportation, and distribution
in any remote part of the country
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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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