Child Rights Leaders Program - An Update

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 colleges.

Newly minted CRLs with mentors

Final Shortlisted Student’s

1. Nupur Bhardwaj – Miranda College, University of Delhi.

2. Rijuta Pandey – Hindu College, University of Delhi.

3. Yeshi Lhamu Bhutia – Daulat ram College , University of Delhi.

4. Vedant sachdeva Govi – Kirori mal College , university of Delhi

5. Saniya Singh – Jesus and Mary College , University of Delhi.

6. Tanya Agrawal – Indraprastha College for women , University of Delhi.

7. Archita Lahiri – Delhi College of commerce and arts , university of Delhi.

8. Archit Singhal – Ramjas College, University of Delhi.

The Induction Program

A one day long induction program was held on 11th September, 2015. The CRLs learnt about the history of CRY and the work that it does, its vision and mission.

The Child Rights Leaders were also given a presentation on Child Labor, the issue that they will now be working on in their campaign.

Apart from this, a session was also conducted on team building and leadership .

The way ahead

The final CRLs are  all set to lead a movement against Child Labour in their campuses and they're very very excited about it. The program will run in their campus for the next academic year.