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At Goonj, every inch of cloth is used, nothing is wasted. During our recent trip to India, we spent a day at the Goonj headquarters in New Delhi talking with the founder and director, Anshu Gupta, an inspiring individual whose work and efforts has affected hundreds of thousands around India. We experienced firsthand how this unique organization transforms one person's waste into a resource for another and is much more than a typical clothing distribution center. Creating backpacks out of old jeans, school notebooks from discarded paper and sanitary napkins from old sheets and cloth are just some of innovative ways clothing is recycled at Goonj.

A few of weeks ago, Goonj won the World Bank's Development Marketplace Award for its program, 'Not Just a Piece of Cloth' (the inspiration for the title of our short) whose objective is to improve the reproductive health of women living in the villages and slums around India by providing them with an affordable, clean and easy-to-use sanitary napkins made from recycled clothes.

Clothing is something that many of us take for granted yet it is a basic need, connected to the well being and health of people around world. As you will see in this short film, 'Not Just a Piece of Cloth', what can be re-made from discarded and recycled clothing offers a highly practical example of lived oneness.

If you're inspired by the video and want to see how you can help Goonj and their programs visit their how you can help page, or donate directly to Goonj through GlobalGiving. You can also vote for this video on CurrentTV – if it gets enough votes, it will be shown on broadcast television, so more people can learn about the important work of Goonj.