One of this year's Ramon Magsaysay awardees from India, Mr. Gupta, founded the Goonj (Echo) project. Inspired by seeing a poor child hugging a dead body to keep warm, he and his wife started gathering old clothes from their closet, to give away to the needy. Without formal fund-raising, Goonj has grown into 12 offices in 12 Indian states. Another game-changer is their philosophy that donation of old items is mere discarding of stuff to make room for new ones. There is respect for recepients, too.
Mediation likewise respects disputants, as they are the ones who ultimately solve their own problem.
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