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For the third year in a row, courier company DHL has organised a pan-Mumbai collection campaign for GOONJ, called ‘You donate, DHL delivers’.

From February 14 to March 3, people can call on 022-2658 5151 (or write to idonate@dhl.com), and have DHL pick up the material and deliver it to GOONJ’s Mumbai warehouse.

You can contribute:

Clothes — Old / new but in wearable condition

Footwear — in pairs, left and right tied together

Utensils — lunch boxes, water bottles

Stationery — Old/new notebooks, text books, story books, school bags, pen, pencil, sharpener, eraser, scale, crayons/ colours

Paper — Newspapers, magazines, one side used paper

Dry ration — pulses, spices, sugar, tea leaf, rice etc

Sewing machines, bicycles, computers, science lab equipment

DHL/ GOONJ will issue an acknowledgment letter for the contribution, to individuals/ schools/ colleges/ corporate houses etc.

For pick-ups, call 022-26585151 or email idonate@dhl.com. Also check out their Facebook page: You donate, DHL delivers

In February, GOONJ completes 12 years of its existence. As the organisation enters a new phase, they have this appeal:

We want our potential to be exploited, not just used… and here is an effort to take care of some of the bottle necks. Please spend five minutes and see what you, your friends, relatives or your organisation can do. Do read, revert, act…

1. TEAM 2000 — It’s about bringing together a strong team of 2000 people who give  a sum of Rs 10,000 (about $ 250) in a year i.e. just about Rs 800 a month. BUT IT’s NOT like an EMI or a lifelong commitment. Give till you feel comfortable or trust the work.  Commit less or more… although we are looking for 2000 people to commit at least Rs 10,000. Apart from taking care of major regular expenses, the money will be used for growth, expansion and wider replication.

We are confident that this is achievable and like all other initiatives of GOONJ, we want TEAM 2000 also to be driven by the volunteers. Do sign up, spread the word, talk to your friends, relatives and colleagues to join the TEAM 2000 .

2. Vehicles — With our growth, transport costs have gone up and material inflow at GOONJ is increasing. Pick-up vans are the immediate need in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Jalandhar and Pune (costs between Rs 2.5-4 lakh).

3. 25 Computers/laptops — For the past many years, we have somehow managed with the used lot of computers. Now when we are focusing on MIS, trying to use technology to maximise the potential, we need good, high-end systems. Laptops are preferred as most team members spend a lot of time in the field. We also need printers and photocopy machines for 8 offices.

4. Transport support or linkages with transport companies to reach out material to hundreds of towns/villages across the country.

5. Space — We are looking for about 2000 sq ft. space for processing centres/storage in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Jalandhar, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad either pro bono or on the minimum possible rent.

6. Linkages with garment industry, especially those dealing with cotton and hosiery. We are producing about 2,00,000 sanitary pads every month and it needs to grow. Any wastage, export surplus will do.

Feel free to write back with your queries/suggestions/comments. Do send out this message to as many people as you can.

Anshu Gupta (Ashoka Fellow)
Founder Director
GOONJ
www.goonj.org

For Team 2000: http://www.goonj.org/Team%202000%20form.doc

To join GOONJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GOONJ/150270596264