Zaroorat - A Need

Zaroorat - A Need works on a premise that one man's waste can be another man's richness. It is not only possible, but realistically doable. Zaroorat - A Need project does not wait for disasters to strike before we are ready to provide for basic human living needs. It's a bank that makes a difference as it does not deal in money, but in old Clothes, Toys, Books, Stationary etc. and other lots of basic needs durable goods, one of the basic human needs after food and shelter. The main goal of Zaroorat - A Need initiative is to appropriate basic living needs from a place of abundance to a place of need. We have high hopes that those of us who are more fortunate will respond to this call of balance, care, compassion and all will join hands with Green Yatra to feel the sheer joy of giving and helping our Mother Earth to make it more beautiful, clean, green and pollution free for better Present and Future. A small part of effort on your part can result in a big leap of difference for a fellow human being who is less fortunate and will help to save our Mother Nature and Environment.

Why to support Zaroorat - A Need

Zaroorat - A Need is a not for profit initiative to save our Mother Nature and to help under privileged people.

1. Your waste such as books, stationary, sporting goods, clothes, utensils, electrical appliances, bed sheets, toys, blankets, Mobile, shoes, computer... Anything that you don't use anymore might help someone in need.
2. You can keep track where donated/collected materials are going and whose life is changing through them.
3. You are giving employment and empowerment to many underprivileged women and widows because sorting, sewing, ironing, making paper bags and hygienic napkins done by them after our training and workshops.
4. You are saving thousands of women's lives from the threat of death due to use of unhygienic napkins/clothes during menstrual period. Because we reuse and recycle clothes which are not useable and make hygienic napkins and distribute them in underprivileged girls and women communities who can't afford expensive pads/ napkins, we are helping them to avoid life threatening health hazards.
5. You are helping Humanity and Mother Earth; making it clean green and pollution free.
6. You are giving right to education and bright future to orphans and underprivileged widow's children and sending them to school.
7. Your support helps us to stop child labour and gift them childhood and proper education.
8. You are gifting a smile and happiness to many faces and families with sheer joy of giving.
9. Association and appreciation certificates to housing societies, shopping centres, malls, companies, schools, colleges and corporate houses.

What waste you can donate

You can donate almost everything in forms of dry wasted including books, stationary, clothes, utensils, electrical appliances (Mobile, computer), bed sheets, toys, blankets, shoes, sporting goods, and other lots of basic needs durable goods, one of the basic human needs after food and shelter. Anything that you don't use anymore might help someone's in need. These items will be sorted, repaired, sewed, packed, transported and distributed to the rural areas & urban slums throughout India.

How does it work

Zaroorat - A Need is a united sustainable effort that works through your valuable contributions. The collection, sorting, sewing, packing, repairing of electronic products, transportation and distribution of clothes and other things are done with a proper planning, management and execution. We have several dedicated teams who look after different phases of work. This whole process cost us a small budget per piece. Our effort is to provide the necessity things to millions of poor and needy people facing great hardship and health risk due to lack of proper clothing and other basic things in far flung areas and urban slums of the country. We work towards nullifying the misbalance caused by us, our society, and people; and urge the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Realize" mentality in living our daily lives here on our beautiful planet Earth. So the next time before you throw away your old clothes, toys, blankets, shoes or such any other household stuff or waste pause for a moment and choose to donate it rather than throwing it away. Where you can donate your waste

We have high hopes that those of us who are more fortunate will respond to this call of balance, care, compassion, and will join hands with Green Yatra to feel the sheer joy of giving and helping our Mother Earth to make it cleaner, greener and pollution free for a better present and future. A small part of effort on your part can result in a big leap of difference for a fellow human being who is less fortunate. As of now we have few collection centres in out skirt of Mumbai and we are planning to set 100+ collection centres across Mumbai in different places as residential housing societies, shopping centres, malls, corporate parks, Schools, colleges and industrial areas in first phase.

Support us to spread the cause

You can help us to setup an old stuff collection box, be a volunteer or co-ordinator in your residential housing society, shopping centre, office, mall, corporate park, School, college and industrial area. Donate us an old stuff collection box, you can support us financially too (all donations to Green Yatra are tax exempted u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act). If you willing to help us in any other way kindly feel free to write us on zaroorat@greenyatra.org / info@greenyatra.org or call us on +91 22 6588 6649 or +91 99675 38049.