CRY Reaches out to Mothers on Mother's Day

Over the years, CRY has worked intensively with children and generated smiles across millions of young faces. However, the efforts have not been limited to children as CRY recognizes the strength behind every child, the mother.

This Mother’s day CRY decided to appreciate the efforts of every mother by helping the children create a token of gratitude for them. Volunteers Charvi Gupta and Anita Gupta planned a two day activity over 13^th and 14^th May at the Government Model School in Gurgaon, where each child was asked to create something special for their mother.

The activity was divided into two parts. The first day the children were asked to write a letter to their mothers keeping in mind the memory they most cherished with them. The volunteers helped the kids to brainstorm through the different memories and assisted them to come up with the intricate and personal details that only showed how deeply the children were attached to their mothers. As most of the mothers are home workers, this letter would come as a welcome show of warmth and affection that the mothers deserve.

The final day of the activity involved the volunteers engaging with the children on a personal level and helping them make a greeting card for the occasion of Mother’s Day. The children came up with innovative designs and drawings as they put their complete heart in the activity. Later, they were also taught how to make their own envelopes for the cards.

The most significant aspect of this activity was when the children were asked to personally hand the letters and the cards to their mothers and not post them. This decision is important on multiple levels. To begin with, the children learnt how to express their feelings towards their mothers. It is an aspect that most of us tend to forget, but expressing our feelings to our parents can be one of the hardest yet the most rewarding experience. Secondly, from the mother’s perspective, it is this simple action which would separate a normal day from a special one. Lastly, engaging in such an activity at a young age, to recall happy memories, and to personally express one’s feelings is a path towards becoming a better human being.

CRY has constantly made an effort to ensure that every child is protected from every form of danger that exists by enabling one to realize one’s actual potential. This Mother’s Day CRY was successful in helping the children engage with their feelings, expressing them, and understanding the significance and a contribution of a mother in everyone’s lives. 

- Vatsal Chandra

UCD India Recruitment & Admissions Assistant

CRY Volunteer