A TV station in southern China found that among the tons of clothing imported from an Israeli company, much of it came from landfills and hospital morgues.
As it turns out Goonj fulfills two development goals at the same time: providing clothing to poor communities and mobilizing the poor to build community infrastructure. Gupta emphasizes that Clothes for Work also brings dignity to villagers.
A team of archaeologists excavating tombs in western China uncovered the remains of two nomadic herders and a 3,000-year-old pair of trousers with woven patterns, which are the oldest known pair ever discovered, according to a report in Science News.