CRY Volunteers North

On IVD 2012, CRY Delhi Volunteers Group completed more than 4 years of its existence. The strong bond developed over the years between individual volunteers and CRY was easily noticeable from the enthusiasm and happiness with which CRY Volunteers and CRY Staff celebrated IVD 2012 together. Here is how the event proceeded:  It all started with a motivational message to volunteers from Puja Marwaha, Chief Executive, CRY. The speech was followed by a wonderful theater performance named "A Day in Life of a CRY Volunteer" by CRY staff. The performance rightly captured the incredible significance that a CRY volunteer holds for his responsibilities at CRY. Moving ahead, children from CRY's Dakshinpuri PAG (Public Action Group) who traveled all along to celebrate IVD added fun to the celebration through their innocent and funny theater performances. The series of theater performances were followed by recitation of a wonderful self-written poem "Kagaj Pe Ban

CRY has always stood for the cause of children; initially as an agent for relief of children and now as the champion for their rights. The motive behind "Child In You" campaign was to bring people face to face with their childhood, which they had long forgotten in their fast-paced lives. Throughout the event, the venue Delhi Haat seemed to have atmosphere of fun, learning and satisfaction. The event was organised for a period of 4 days and a number of attractions were present for the children in particular and people at large. The first day started with the announcer reflecting about the need for protecting rights of children and the work that CRY has been doing in this regard. She highlighted the problems faced by children in our country and the need for bringing about a permanent transformation in the mindset of people for rising up for the rights of children, which CRY has been doing all along since its founding father, Mr Rippan Kapoor, took the first visiona

Year 2012 marks another expansion of CRY North India volunteers in college community. Earlier this year, on 13th Feb 2012, we reached out to community in and around IIT Roorkee through foundation of CRY IIT Roorkee Chapter. Here is link to webpage for the recently formed CRY MNNIT Chapter. Here follows a very nice poem composed by a volunteer at CRY MNNIT Chapter: Na jane kaise aaj raaste badal gaye, anjaan raah par hum dur tak nikal gaye, vo galiyaan jahan maasum si shararatein basti hain, dukaan aisi jahan muskurahatein sabse sasti hain, bhatakte huye aaj aisi galiyon se guzar gaye.

BBC News shares here the photographs exhibited by CRY and Nazar Foundation during photo-exhibition for Girl Child Education Campaign 2012. The exhibition was held at Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, on 6th and 7th Oct 2012 and at India Habitat Center from 8th Oct 2012 to 15th Oct 2012.

Deccan Herald - Metrolife, 6th Oct 2012, Pg. 2 Online version available here

The Indian Express- Expressline, 4th Oct. 2012, Pg. 2 Times of India, 4th Oct. 2012, Pg. 4 Dainik Jagran, 4th Oct. 2012, Pg. 1 The Hindu, 4th Oct. 2012, Pg. 4 Deccan Herald, 4th Oct. 2012, Pg. 4 Dainik Jagran City, 16th Sept. 2012, Pg. 5       Links to Online News  APN News                                                          Live Mint                                        Yahoo News Sify News                India Talkies                                  India Online News Two Circles   Times of India

A rapid assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on prevalence of barriers to girl child education among lower income groups of the society was done by Research Team and Volunteer Action Group at CRY. Here are presentation for press conference and report for the same.

A part of Girl Child Education Campaign 2012 ........ All information will be kept confidential. Your reponse will help us map public perception regarding the right to education of girls in India. * Required Name Age Location Contact id email id ‘Our country gives equal opportunities to boys and girls as far as education is concerned’  *  Agree  Disagree ‘More girls are out of school than boys in our country’  *  Agree  Disagree ‘Drop out in girls increases with increasing age’  *  Agree  Disagree In our country attaining education for girls is  *  Very Easy  Easy  Difficult  Very Difficult If a choice has to be made between marriage and education of a girl a wise decision would be  *  Marriage  Education Which in your opinion is the worst barrier to girls’ education in our country *  Lack of infrastructure in schools such as separate toilets and lack of water,  attitude tow

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For the second time Theater Team of CRY Delhi Volunteers entertained people as well as spread awareness among them about Child Labor and Right to Education through its street play "Abhi Ek Muskaan Baki Hai" at Delhi Haat on 29th June 2012. The theater performance, which was done as part of Hindustan Times "You Read, They Learn" initiative, garnered a lot of public appreciation and attention. Motivated by the incredible public response to the two shows of the play, held till now, the team is looking forward to spread awareness through the play by performing it at several other most visited sites of Delhi. Complete Article of Hindustan Times in Print Complete Article of Hindustan Times on Web

For the second time Theater Team of CRY Delhi Volunteers entertained people as well as spread awareness among them about Child Labor and Right to Education through its street play "Abhi Ek Muskaan Baki Hai" at Delhi Haat on 29th June 2012. The theater performance, which was done as part of Hindustan Times "You Read, They Learn" initiative, garnered a lot of public appreciation and attention. Motivated by the incredible public response to the two shows of the play, held till now, the team is looking forward to spread awareness through the play by performing it at several other most visited sites of Delhi. Complete Article of Hindustan Times in Print Complete Article of Hindustan Times on Web

SWATI , a non-profit organisation, has been working for empowering women and children of nearby community for more than two decades. A respected group of workers of the foundation help empower woman through SHG (Self Help Group) and children by providing them coaching classes, remedial classes for drop outs and vocational training. The standing that the organization has in the locality is really incredible. On 30th June 2012, a team of 23 CRY Volunteers visited Swati, Tigri Center, New Delhi. Overall the visit, which started at 10am and continued till 1:30pm, was divided into 3 major activities: 1) Interaction with 72 children, who gathered on the weekend especially for the event - The children ranged from kids going to play school to matured ones attending class 11th. The talent that the children displayed fearlessly in front of peers and volunteers far exceeded everyone's expectation. 2) Interaction with staff at Swati - The main credit for making the visit successful goe

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTISE (KAP) RELATED INDICATORS ON CHILD LABOUR IN 2 DSTRICTS OF DELHI STATE: NEW DELHI & CENTRAL DELHI CRY Volunteers conducted KAP survey and analysed results with help of researchers at CRY  in short duration of just 3 weeks, from 20th May 2012 to 12th June 2012. The survey brought forward many interesting and important figures about perception, attitude and practices of employers w.r.t. child labor. Report with the findings is accessible  here .

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On April 25th, 2012, CRY Student Chapter IIT Roorkee organized its first ever event. The day-long event was organized for children of Roorkee School For The Deaf, IIT Roorkee and comprised of drawing competition followed by screening of some animated movies. For more photos of the event please visit:  http://www.facebook.com/CRY.IITR For video clip of the event please visit:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTn9bqlFmOk The best part of the event was that CRY volunteers were able to bring some more happiness in life of the children; doesn't matter how short or long it was. CRY is really proud of the initiative and wishes the team of CRY Student Chapter IIT Roorkee all the best for all future endeavors.

Recently CRY opened RTE Booths at two of its GeoPAGs located at Dakshinpuri and Dwarka. These centers (also known as CACs) will be functional twice a month at both places. On the opening day itself these centers witnessed a lot of community involvement and complaints from people, as evident from following statistics: Dakshinpuri CAC             Opening day (27th March 2012 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm) statistics:                  (a) Total participation – over 200                  (b) Complaints received – 5 Dwarka CAC             Opening day (30th March 2012 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm) statistics:                  (a) Total participation – over 100                  (b) Complaints received – 2

Recently CRY opened RTE Booths at two of its GeoPAGs located at Dakshinpuri and Dwarka. These centers (also known as CACs) will be functional twice a month at both places. On the opening day itself these centers witnessed a lot of community involvement and complaints from people, as evident from following statistics: Dakshinpuri CAC             Opening day (27th March 2012 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm) statistics:                  (a) Total participation – over 200                  (b) Complaints received – 5 Dwarka CAC             Opening day (30th March 2012 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm) statistics:                  (a) Total participation – over 100                  (b) Complaints received – 2

Since 17th Dec 2011, under guidance of Ms. Violet Barman, a professional photographer, CRY Delhi Volunteer Group has started using Click Rights to draw attention of goverment towards poor conditions of MCD schools. This is done by putting up photo exhibitions at public places. Overall process followed for a typical photo exhibition is - firstly, CRY volunteers go out to click photographs showing poor conditions of MCD schools; secondly, the phographs clicked by the volunteers are displayed in a photo exhibition at some public place of high footfall; thirdly, public visiting the exhibition is requested to sign a petition, which requests government to improve the conditions. Till now the exhibitions have been conducted at following places: Dilli Haat on 17th and 18th Dec 2011 Select Citywalk Mall on 14th and 15th Jan 2012 Miranda House College on 23rd to 25th Feb 2012 Kamla Nehru College on 20th March 2012 Jamia Milia Islamia on 22nd March 2012 IHC on 7th and 8th April 2012 Following

Since 17th Dec 2011, under guidance of Ms. Violet Barman, a professional photographer, CRY Delhi Volunteer Group has started using Click Rights to draw attention of goverment towards poor conditions of MCD schools. This is done by putting up photo exhibitions at public places. Overall process followed for a typical photo exhibition is - firstly, CRY volunteers go out to click photographs showing poor conditions of MCD schools; secondly, the phographs clicked by the volunteers are displayed in a photo exhibition at some public place of high footfall; thirdly, public visiting the exhibition is requested to sign a petition, which requests government to improve the conditions. Till now the exhibitions have been conducted at following places: Dilli Haat on 17th and 18th Dec 2011 Select Citywalk Mall on 14th and 15th Jan 2012 Miranda House College on 23rd to 25th Feb 2012 Kamla Nehru College on 20th March 2012 Jamia Milia Islamia on 22nd March 2012 IHC on 7th and 8th April 2

Delhi's Residents Welfare Association (RWA), the body that covers all RWAs of Delhi supports CRY's demands for incorporating child rights in election manifesto of the political parties in the upcoming MCD elections. This RWA represents almost every area of Delhi and demands proper facilities for children in the schools from these nominated MCD candidates, which are fighting elections from different wards of Delhi. Check out RWA Bhagidari's blog. http://www.rwabhagidari.blogspot.in/2012/04/child-rights-and-you-cry.html CRY thanks RWA for its support.

Delhi's Residents Welfare Association (RWA), the body that covers all RWAs of Delhi supports CRY's demands for incorporating child rights in election manifesto of the political parties in the upcoming MCD elections. This RWA represents almost every area of Delhi and demands proper facilities for children in the schools from these nominated MCD candidates, which are fighting elections from different wards of Delhi. Check out RWA Bhagidari's blog. http://www.rwabhagidari.blogspot.in/2012/04/child-rights-and-you-cry.html CRY thanks RWA for its support.

CRY and it's partner Alliance for People's Rights (APR) demand all political part ies to give priority to issues of children in their party's election manifesto. 

CRY and it's partner Alliance for People's Rights (APR) demand all political part ies to give priority to issues of children in their party's election manifesto. 

CRY Survey: Primary Education in Delhi Slips down

CRY Survey: Primary Education in Delhi Slips down

The Classroom Scene What do you feel about these conditions in the MCD Schools? Post your comments.

The Classroom Scene What do you feel about these conditions in the MCD Schools? Post your comments.