Do You Have A Wall Like This In Your City?
By AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27424)
India
July 16, 2018 12:23pm CST
I know Berlin wall and Great Wall of China are unique and very popular In the World!
We also have Unique Wall in our country, India, which is becoming very popular now-a-days!
This Wall is known as ‘Neki Ki Deewar’ in Hindi, which means ‘A Wall of Righteousness’!
This is a ‘Wall’, where the people, they hang their clothes and other unwanted things for those people who are in need of them thus making the life easy for them.
This project was started in NCR area Gurgaon a few years back by a NGO and today we have many such Walls in Major big cities of the Country.
Because of this wall many poor and underprivileged people are getting help in a dignified way and this concept is spreading very fast.
Today in Gurgaon there are 16 such walls where they are providing free food also for the needy and the NGOs are targeting to have one wall for each sector in the city!
Have you heard anything like this before? Do you have such walls in your City? How you liked the concept?
Please respond, your response will be highly appreciated as usual!
We also have Unique Wall in our country, India, which is becoming very popular now-a-days!
This Wall is known as ‘Neki Ki Deewar’ in Hindi, which means ‘A Wall of Righteousness’!
This is a ‘Wall’, where the people, they hang their clothes and other unwanted things for those people who are in need of them thus making the life easy for them.
This project was started in NCR area Gurgaon a few years back by a NGO and today we have many such Walls in Major big cities of the Country.
Because of this wall many poor and underprivileged people are getting help in a dignified way and this concept is spreading very fast.
Today in Gurgaon there are 16 such walls where they are providing free food also for the needy and the NGOs are targeting to have one wall for each sector in the city!
Have you heard anything like this before? Do you have such walls in your City? How you liked the concept?
Please respond, your response will be highly appreciated as usual!29 people like this
30 responses
@Shivram59 (32102)
• India
16 Jul 18
@AKRao24 We had such a wall a few months back,but now it is not there.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
17 Jul 18
@Shivram59 , That must have been some NGO started it! I am really surprised why it should have been discontinued?
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@Shivram59 (32102)
• India
17 Jul 18
@AKRao24 I don't know.Nor did I try to know.One morning I saw it was not there. In fact,I even don't know whose idea it was to put it there.
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
16 Jul 18
Oh thats an interesting idea. I like it, a lot! :-) My only concern would be - what if the clothes became rained on, or people who dont have need take them?
Here we don't have that. Sometimes people will crochet scarves and just leave them in public with a note saying - if you are cold please take and have the scarf.
Also there are some organizations for the needy. Sometimes these things are sponsored by Church s - people will leave clothes, household goods, etc... and then the needy can come in and take things
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
17 Jul 18
@FayeHazel , Yes that is what I call as Humanity! I feel that here both the donor and receiver are getting satisfaction!
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
17 Jul 18
@AKRao24 I think it is wonderful when people help people
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
16 Jul 18
Wow that's nice and interesting! We don't have such thing here but it would be great if we also have walls like that..
May I know what is NCR?
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
17 Jul 18
@AKRao24 Ohh it's like national capital region.. thanks dear friend
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
17 Jul 18
@Jessabuma , Yes, we have many big cities in this region in India!
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
21 Jul 18
I have never heard of anything like that before! That's such a great idea and the way it should be, with people helping people. Here, as was stated elsewhere, we have charities and some churches that help. People donate clothes and other items and they're given away.
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@LadyDuck (459629)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 18
@MALUSE Our containers are property of the Red Cross and the Caritas. I do not place clothes in the containers of TexAid, because they made a business of this. Both my husband and I are allergic to polyester (synthetic in general), we all wear cotton, I have something made with silk and cotton. I have donated a lot in Italy in the past 7 months. All the clothing of my mother has been brought to a Church where they take care of the poor and homeless.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
17 Jul 18
Only recently, I've watched a feature film on TV about this topic. Unfortunately, the collection of clothes in containers is not what people think. The container collections are a profitable business for the people who own them.
Good clothes (and many clothes are good because we live in a rich part of the world and people give away good things simply because they want to buy new clothes) are sold in second-hand shops.
Some are sent to Africa and sold there. Can you imagine? Many clothes are now made of pure synthetic material or a mixture with natural materials. I wouldn't like to wear a polyester blouse in a tropical climate!
Unwearable clothes are made into rags which are then sold to factories to clean machinery with.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
22 Jul 18
that is a very uplifting image to see; walls of righteousness. too sad we do not have that here, because if a good cloth is hung, there is a possibility that the cloth will be stolen.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
23 Jul 18
@ridingbet , I am talking about the stealing part of the response dear friend! Thanks!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
@AKRao24 but the picture is in India. do you mean you don't have that wall too?
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@arunima25 (85697)
• Bangalore, India
16 Aug 18
That is something I am hearing for the first time. Our country is proud to have the best wall ...with a noble cause.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
16 Aug 18
@arunima25 , These places are much ore trust worthy than those NGO's who are not as clean as we think!
@arunima25 (85697)
• Bangalore, India
17 Aug 18
@AKRao24 I work very closely with one as volunteer. I keep donating them. I donate to SOS Children Village at the back road to my house.
@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
19 Jul 18
There are one or two places where people hang jackets for the poor in the winter time. I have seen those walls and they really hang good jackets that the needy can use for protection against the winter cold
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@xstitcher (30463)
• Petaluma, California
17 Jul 18
We don't have a wall like this, but there are a couple of neighborhoods that I have been in that have little cupboards where people can leave things they don't want (in these I have seen mostly food items and books) and people put things in and take things out.
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Jul 18
We surely don't have one. Maybe i should come up with one
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
18 Jul 18
@Missmwngi , for that you need to plan and you must have a team of Volunteers to look after the task!
@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Jul 18
@AKRao24 Thanks,thats a great idea for sure. How do you control those humans who just want to take the items even if they are not needy
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