CRY Volunteers North

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

CRY has always stood for the cause of children; initially as an agent for relief of children and now as the champion for their rights. The motive behind "Child In You" campaign was to bring people face to face with their childhood, which they had long forgotten in their fast-paced lives. Throughout the event, the venue Delhi Haat seemed to have atmosphere of fun, learning and satisfaction. The event was organised for a period of 4 days and a number of attractions were present for the children in particular and people at large. The first day started with the announcer reflecting about the need for protecting rights of children and the work that CRY has been doing in this regard. She highlighted the problems faced by children in our country and the need for bringing about a permanent transformation in the mindset of people for rising up for the rights of children, which CRY has been doing all along since its founding father, Mr Rippan Kapoor, took the first visiona...