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This 11-Year-Old Decided to Contribute to the Child Rights Movement – through Paintings! Sometimes children can make adults question their sensibility and morals. Here is the story of a very talented 11-year-old named Aanya Arora who stunned everyone with her zeal, dedication, and compassion. It is very rare and unusual to see such selflessness and passion at such a tender age for a matter as intense as child rights. Aanya wanted to contribute to CRY, but CRY does not take contributions from children who are so young. Hence, she decided to paint and sell her precious paintings so as to raise money for child rights support somehow. Aanya started painting at the age of seven, and started canvas painting about a year ago. Her mother realized that her talent would let her help the other underprivileged children she wants to help. So she told Aanya to make paintings that she could give to CRY to raise money and help the children that are her age and do not have the resourc

Children are great imitators. We must give them something great to imitate. The future lies in their hands.  Pic credit: Sabhayata Badhwar (Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi) 

Playtime is an important factor for a child’s holistic development. It’s not only a means through which children interact with each other but also a medium which teaches them life skills such as participation, survival, responsibility and discipline. At CRY, we believe that every child has the right to access to leisure, recreation and playtime. As much as it helps in individual development, it is also a spectacular exemplum of how a community (or a part thereof) comes together to beat the stress experienced elsewhere. Here is one of the winning entries from our photography competition at Indraprastha College for Women. This was taken Gayatri Kumar from In draprastha College for Wom en, University of Delhi

Surbhi Pandey a intern with the Volunteer Action Team recounts her experience of organizing her first IVD at CRY Leaving Lucknow and coming to intern in Delhi was a personal milestone for me. Leaving home in the middle of the academic year, I was already quite anxious. My fears were exacerbated by the fact that my first internship would be with one of the largest national NGOs in India. This being my first experience of working in a formal setting, I initially felt a little disconnected with the organization (as this was very different from any space I had been at, before).  However as the first week passed, I had assimilated and embraced the open office atmosphere and was already assigned numerous tasks in preparation for the much anticipated ‘International Volunteers Day’ (IVD).  The office was buzzing with excitement for ‘IVD’.  The idea that an organization was taking out one whole day, to celebrate the spirit of volunteering and to thank it’s volunteers seemed v