CRY Internship- An Inspiration, A Motivation
“Oh!
I feel so bad for them. Bechaare!”
That,
precisely, used to be my reaction whenever I used to see the underprivileged
children.
CRY
is one foundation that made me realise that there could be more to this reaction-
Action! CRY stirred my soul by helping me to take all its activities to next
level.
I,
along with the volunteers, started the first of its kind- Community
Intervention, here in Gurugram. What used to be limited to just Government
Schools has now moved to intervening directly in the community.
The
first step in this direction was recognising the community that needed our help
the most. After this, we took permission from the counsellor under whose
authority the community fell, to proceed. The very first day we surveyed around
the community and the results were pitiful. More than half of the kids who were
eligible to go to school just used to spend their days either loitering around
the filthy area where there was stunted water clogging that gave mosquitoes
their own gala time or just used to help their parents in their work that was
of collecting the garbage.
What
surprises me the most is the fact that even after so many trials and
tribulations that the children face almost every day, they never fail to attend
the session that we conduct and trust me, the enthusiasm that engulfs the
ambience is more than enough to beat the scorching heat and bad to the bone
roads.
Though
my time here as an intern is limited, I’ll ensure to stay in touch with these
kids and the developments that will certainly take place in days to come.
Working here never made me feel that I was working. Never have I ever heard
myself mumbling “Oh! I had such a long day.” It’s just so refreshing
interacting with these kids.
I
can never thank enough to the people who suggested me to intern here. Believe
me, had I not interned here ever, I would have missed upon to something really
special and my life would probably have a tiny hole in the end, that now, CRY
has filled.
-Shambhavi Srivastava
CRY Intern
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