The problem that the poor indian women faces during menses may not be seeming pertinent so far with the cloth donation at all. But Goonj an NGO is opening up the most taboo & ignored subject of menstrual hygiene; a female health hazard by involving masses in generating an affordable cloth napkin.
Goonj is an organistaion intended to make clothes a matter of concern. A unique resource mobilization initiative providing clothes and other basic amenities to millions in the far-flung villages by turning one’s wastage into a resource for another. Initiated in 1998 with just 67 clothes, it now send out over 20,000 kgs of material every month. A force of countless volunteers, GOONJ is implementing its various initiatives through over 150 grassroot organisations, panchayats, Ashoka fellows & social activists in parts of 20 states of the country.
Such a noble act, there is no doubt that it has won the india NGO of the year award.
for further info : http://www.goonj.info/whatgoonj.php
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