CRY Volunteers North

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