Anshu Gupta
Anshu Gupta is an Ashoka Fellow and the executive director of Goonj, a primarily volunteer run organization based in New Delhi that provides clothes and other basic amenities to millions across India by turning one person's waste into a resource for another. In 1998 Anshu left his job as a manager of corporate communications in a large Indian company to found Goonj and travel India in order to understand the needs of the people of his country.Videos featuring Anshu Gupta
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Not Just a Piece of Cloth
Not one strip of cloth is wasted at Goonj, a volunteer-run urban recycling center in New Delhi, founded by Anshu Gupta. In this film, Gupta shows how Goonj recycles garments to provide clothes, schoolbags, sanitary napkins and other amenities for India's poor. He offers a heartfelt appeal for all of us to be mindful of the unused clothing taking space in our closet right now, and to recognize what a treasure it could be for someone in need.
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The Power of Masses
Anshu Gupta, executive director of a volunteer-run recycling program in New Delhi, explains that the key to acting on a large scale is accommodating everybody's strengths. Inviting people to offer whatever skills they have in service to a cause empowers both the individual and the movement. Change is limited when the masses underestimate their own potential.
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