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Max Bupa Walk For Health

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A Walk for Health, A Walk for Child Rights   Walking for a cause can not only be good for your health, but for child rights too! On  9th of November , Delhi witnessed more than 30 CRY Volunteers walking five kilometres for Child Rights. The event in association with the Max Bupa “Walk for Health” initiative helped volunteers create awareness on the importance of taking ‘steps’ towards ensuring lasting change for children.

Creating Happier & Healthier Childhoods with Colorohon

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To celebrate Children’s Day weekend in Delhi saw young and old come together at Colorothon to paint, draw and help CRY create happy, healthy childhoods. Colorothon was held at Central Park, Connaught Place on 16th November 2014, the event came alive with different ‘colours’ of enthusiasm, imagination and solidarity and ended with the participants both professionals and amateurs contributing their paintings towards an auction, proceeds of which will be donated to CRY. CRY had more than 70 of its volunteers participate in the event to help everyone with colours, papers etc along with team COLOROTHON.

Colorothon 2014!

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Colorothon is an initiative that will try to rekindle the lost joy of drawing and painting in you. It is a platform, deftly created for people to pick up a pencil/colors/paint brush/chalk and express themselves - drawing their imagination along with thousands of fellow art lovers, curators, first time expressionists, artists and art admirers and paint to their heart's elation!

Paint your idea of 'A happy childhood'

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This Children’s Day celebrate children, celebrate childhood. Come paint your idea of ‘a happy childhood’ with children and adults alike at this year’s #Colorothon on Sunday, 16th November at Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Free entry for all. For more information visit www.colorothon.com #Delhi #CRY #Colors #Painting #ChildrensDay Colorothon

Run for child rights

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Enjoy running and passionate about #childrights ? Then how about choosing to #Run4ChildRights at the upcoming marathon in your city? #Run4CRY at the #marathons in #Delhi , #Mumbai and #Hyderabad . For more details visit: For #ADHM Delhi: http://on.fb.me/WE9dAr

Shop for CRY!

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Hi Everyone, Something fun to do for CRY this festive season!! Please do share with friends and family…the more the merrier. :)

Diwali celebration at Dakshinpuri

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Children putting in  their creativity and celebrating Diwali with CRY Volunteers. Rangoli by children of  Dakshinpuri

You can ensure children celebrate their first birthday!!

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You can ensure 42,971 children celebrate their 1st birthday this year! Donate to CRY and join us in ensuring they have access to lifesaving vaccines before their first birthday. Act now! http://ow.ly/ABdr7

CRY Click rights exhibition 2014

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CRY Click Rights 2014 exhibition at : 1) 23rd – 24th July – DLF Place, Saket – 10:00am – 7:00pm 2) 25th – 27th July – DLF Cyber Hub, Gurgaon – 4:00pm – 8:00pm Philips LED TV is the Cause Partner for the CRY Click Rights campaign.

Caller of The Day/Month

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Caller of the day & Caller of the month ... your time starts now!!

Open Your Eyes - Google Hangout Invite

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Looking forward to having all CRY Volunteers participate in the hangout on Thursday 12th June at 3 PM. Hangout event URL What one needs to be a participant at the hangout: Internet and a Google account Recapping the background: 12th June is World Day Against Child Labour, a day to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it. Taking this day as the hook to start the conversation on Click Rights and #OpenYourEyes, we are organizing the hangout with CRY and Youth ki Awaaz to show the reality- and extent- of child labour in India today. With 11.8% of the children in our country engaged in some kind of labour (NFHS-III), the hangout aims to urge people to #OpenYourEyes to the reality of child labour and pledge to act against it so every child goes to school not work. Format: The hangout will be designed as a panel discussion on the situation of child labour today, what decision-makers are doing against it an

Twitter Chat for EAC Campaign

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CRY Twitter Chat on why a #voteforchildrights this #elections2014 is the need of the hour Join CRY- Child Rights and You on 5th March 2014 at 3 P.M. for a LIVE Twitter chat to discover why #childrights should be one of the priority issues this upcoming election and how YOU can join a nation-wide movement to help ensure lasting change for India’s children. Date : Wednesday, 5th March 2014, 3:00 to  3:45 P. M. Who : Kreeanne Rabadi, Regional Director- CRY (West) via the @CRYIndia Twitter handle How to join? : Send in your questions/comments with #voteforchildrights to @CRYIndia Children constitute one-third of our country’s population. It is time for us to #voteforchildrights. Learn more about the CRY Vote for Child Rights campaign here . CRY - Child Rights and You  is an Indian NGO that believes in every child’s right to a childhood - to live, learn, grow and play. For over 30 years, CRY and its 200 partner NGOs have worked with parents and communities to

References To CRY's Reaction To Union Budget 2013-2014

For complete article please refer to CRY's blog here . For article published in Kolkata Today refer here . For summary refer Summary Version-1 , Summary Version-2

Vote if You Believe CRY is the Best Leader in Volunteer Engagement

This could not have come at a better time! CRY had applied to the I Volunteer BEST LEADERS IN VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT and has been shortlisted. Please vote and ask all to vote for us. Please vote ASAP as the voting phase will not be on for too long. Please ensure maximum people vote, as every vote counts and we can win only if we get maximum votes. To cast your vote visit this .

Election Advocacy Campaign @ Property Fairs

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21st and 22nd Dec 2013, HT organized a Property Fair at Expocenter, Sec-62, Noida, in which almost all renowned builders of NCR showcased their current real estate projects and provided lucrative offers for instant booking. The fair was attended by many people who were mostly adults and suitable target to be made aware of the right of children to be considered in manifestos of political parties for forthcoming Lok Shabha Election 2014. Patrons were made aware of the right through EAC campaign brought to the platform by CRY Volunteers. Approximately 250 patrons supported the cause by signing pledge.

Creative Classes @ Rithala

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This is to make you aware of the journey of creative classes at rithala. The classes are conducted at NGO partner 'Saksham' in shahbad dairy, B block under supervision and assistance of centre head Mr Santlal and activist Mrs Maya. VISION: The creative classes were in visioned as an out come of SOTY training where we realised the real ingredient missing among the kids was lack of confidence and exposure to things which very naturally is available to privileged kids. So main vision statement for the classes are to bring confidence and all world holistic exposure to these kids through creative, co curricular and unconventional methods. We aim to provide them with activities apart from normal studies which help a normal kid in personality development. INGREDIENTS: LIBRARY - books we believe are a window to the whole world and a child's best exposure to both creative and real world . so we established a small library with help of fellow volunteers and need m