Deadline: 25-Dec-22
Goonj is accepting nominations for Junoon Awards.
Objective: Often great work is a combination of the heart, the head, and the hands. While the complex theories of change and the detailed development matrix’s often delve into the head and the hands part of working in the development space, it’s our hearts which connect us back to the humanity of why they do, what they do. ‘Junoon’, a Hindi word for Passion, is at the heart of Junoon Awards. They are looking for organizations who lead with their heart with a consistent zeal and passion. People who show exemplary courage and take risks to stay the course with what they strongly believe in, in the face of tremendous personal and organizational adversity, for the larger good.
In summary, Junoon awards are the equivalent of the bravery awards in the world. Just that in development work, bravery emerges in different ways, goes unnoticed many times and deserves to be applauded often. Goonj has always believed in the power of one entity/individual and their passion, to change the world. They are instituting this award to recognize the unrelenting passion and resilience of people doing development work against many odds. They want to honor the efforts in the past few years towards the wellbeing of the people of this country. They hope these stories keep inspiring each one of us to never lose our light and passion.. for what they believe in.
Theme: Resilience
- This year’s theme for the award would be “Resilience”, shown through the adaptation of innovations during covid to sail through the tough times and bringing and incorporating these changes in the existing model of work and the value system of the organization. Resilience would also be measured by looking at sustenance post covid times.
What are the categories of this Award?
- The entry form is intuitively designed in such a way as to capture genuine efforts and intent. This Award does not have any specific category, which goes in hand with their objective of identifying wholesome efforts by organisations of any scale, large or small in any theme from water to livelihood generation to human rights to MHM etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- The organization or initiative must be legally registered as a non-profit or social enterprise under Section 8 in the Companies Act or Society Registration Act 1860 or Indian Trust Act 1882
- Timeline taken into consideration while considering the award is Jan 2020- Jun 2022 (Implementation during covid is essential)
- Project needs to be functional and operational at the time of application
- Same Projects/Efforts/Initiatives cannot be submitted twice by the organization
- Starred fields in the form are mandatory fields to be filled by the applicant.
- Entries with complete form details only will be accepted and taken into consideration.
- Any misrepresentation or false information regarding the initiative/effort in the entry form will disqualify the applicant.
- All the candidates will be informed about their application status post the first round, invites will be sent by the awards team for round two.
- All other essential information such as proof of work and financials will be captured during the second round of the application process.
For more information, visit https://goonj.org/junoon-2023/