CRY Volunteers North

The newly minted CRLs Child Rights Leader program is unique youth intervention strategy where only one CRL is handpicked from every college. The CRL will be then mentored by a CRY member. The Child Right Leader will then lead a movement for child rights in his/her campus.  They will be involved in increasing and bringing awareness among young college students on issues of Child Rights with a special focus on Child Labour. How were the CRLs selected There were online application forms to fill on the CRY website. The students were shortlisted on the basis of their application form. After the participants got shortlisted, an interview was held to finalise the selection. After the interview a total of 8 applicants were selected as a final CRL’s Out of a total of approximately 100 application that were received in the north region itself, a total of 8 students were shortlisted on the basis of their application forms and interviews as Child Rights Leaders for their coll

CRY is looking for passionate students who are driven by the need  to bring positive lasting change in the lives of thousands of  underprivileged children across India.  We are seeking young leaders to spearhead the CRY campaigns and  activities in their colleges and help all children fulfill their dreams and reach their highest potential.  We invite you to apply for the CRY Child Rights Leaders Programme and be the face of change in your college. Your actions will help  thousands of children get the right to live a happy life. For more information about the application process, log on to  www.cry.org

The strength of CRY - it's dedicated, hardworking volunteers from all over the nation make their voices heard and their efforts shown through this newsletter .

Since the past couple of weeks, computer sessions for the underprivileged kids have been underway in Dakshinpuri, where students from classes 3-10 are learning the basics of computers - including basic knowledge of computer hardware and typing and formatting in MS Word. Every volunteer takes two sessions, and in each sessions, the volunteer is tagged with a group of 3-5 students  A total of six sessions have been planned of which three have been completed.  An overwhelming majority of the students have shown more than a keen interest in learning the tools and have also expressed interest in learning the basics of the internet (including email and basic web search). In addition to this, a theatre workshop was also conducted last weekend where the students rehearsed a play.

The Dakshinpuri PAG commenced the English language classes on 2 nd April, 2015. The students undergoing these set of classes, who ranged from 4 th – 10 th standard, were divided into two groups depending on their pre-existing command on the language. In the introductory session, the two groups of students and the volunteers were introduced with each other. The students demonstrated their strength in the uppercase and lowercase alphabets. After this, a word - antakshari game was played wherein the students and the volunteers sat in one big circle. Each participant, upon the arrival of their turn had to come up with a 3 or a 4 letter word, which had to begin with the letter that was the last alphabet of the word spoken by the predecessor. The session was quite productive as it helped the students build their vocabulary and fight the fear of speaking in public. Each one of the volunteers has been given a comprehensive and a thoroughly researched module in English lang

Dwarka volunteers and volunteers from National Law University Delhi, together put up a stall in NLUD cultural fest. The activities that were taken up in the stall were right to education act game- Snakes and Ladders. We also requested the students visiting the stall to make a wish for all the children of the country. The stall was visited by more than 200 students, who interacted with the volunteers to make NLUD CRY Club more effective in its functioning.

Kreeanne Rabadi, a senior CRY colleague from Mumbai  participated in TED Talk-Youth @Dais.  In her talk she reflects on the inspiring work that Late Rippan Kapur  has put into building CRY. She also talks extensively about how youth Plays a significant role in bringing about a social change. She seamlessly relates it to the work and efforts our volunteers have put in to advocate for Child Rights. 

As a part of their annual festival, CRY put up a stall at the Institute of Home Economics. The stall was visited by 50 inquisitive students who interacted with the volunteers. The volunteers provided some insights into the purpose, motives and workings  of CRY and the current volunteering opportunities. They also shed some light on child rights and their importance. The volunteers team had also set up some games which garnered quite a bit of interest.

(an excerpt from thealternative.in ) In urban slums like NS Palya, anganwadis are often a pale imitation of what they were envisioned to be under the Integrated Child Development System (ICDS), mooted by the Indian government in 1976. Under ICDS, anganwadis were expected to function as one-stop crèche and nutrition centres for children from the age of zero to six, and for expectant mothers. Every anganwadi is run by an anganwadi teacher and a helper. They are expected to give children basic pre-school education, provide them one nutritious meal in a day, and ensure the children receive vaccines and mineral supplements on schedule. Anganwadis were set up to be the first defence in detecting and correcting malnourishment in children. Read More

Volunteers in Delhi celebrated Volunteer Day on 11 th  January 2015. The theme of the event was ‘Masti Ki Paathshaala’. The venue was decorated as a government school classroom to give a feel of the schools where volunteers spend most of the time volunteering! The volunteers were greeted at the entrance with a CHAMPIONS t-shirt and lollipops. WE started the event by an interactive introduction activity ‘Down the Memory Lane’ where volunteers spoke about their experiences with CRY over the years. Apart from CRY CEO Puja’s message we also had a presentation by Soha Moitra, Functional Director for Volunteer Action.  We had a special recognition awards to most active and long service volunteers with CRY. Other active volunteers were given certificates. A set of volunteers performed songs on the event and CRY employees also presented a dance performance for the volunteers. There was a participatory game called UnTangle Yourselves which was a group activity to learn team building. The c