The people who were coordinating Goonj's vastra campaign in pune last year were not present this year. Somebody had to take an initiative this year, so Gunvant Jain and myself, who were also involved with Joy Of giving week last year decided to start the Goonj's vastra samman campaign this year in Pune. We dint have much resources this year, so we started slowly and kept on working hard and tried to get permission for as many collection centers as we could.
Due to our dedication and hardwork, we managed to start 6 public collection centers and 9 in house collection centers before the start of joy of giving week. Shambhavi Tambulvarkar supported us in contacting with media. Once the joy of giving week had started we were dependent on local media for spreading the message about our movement, thanks to local newspapers, it gave a boost to our campaign.Large number of people came forward for it, even a small canteen owner famous as Anna in front of MIT college donated loads of materials I received more than 100 phone calls on the last day of the week. In the end we have been able to collect tons of clothes from the pune city. It's a success of people of pune, its because of them that hundreds of people will get smile and happiness. We hope that next year the joy of giving week in pune city will be bigger and better.
Sanchit Malik
Organiser of Goonj's Vastra samman Campaign in Pune & Hisar for joy of giving week 2011
