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The CRY Child Rights Leaders Programme aims to increase awareness about CRY and its initiatives & action on child rights among the youth.
It is directed at encouraging abetter understanding and greater engagement (of youths in campus) with the several aspects pertaining to child rights.
31 Child Rights Leaders from 25 colleges and universities across Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai joined hands with us to help generate lot of buzz and make impact in children’s lives.
Taking off from her passion of bringing the arts to
children, Devika Chopra, started her campaign,
‘Project Jyoti’ in her college.
Devika also did a book collection drive in her college.
A small kid’s library center will now be set up in Jesus
and Mary’s college.
The children who she has been taking workshops with,
will now not only be a part of her workshops but will
also have access to this library center post their school
hours.
One of the activities that she organized was for a CRY
panelist to be a part of JMC’s annual Gender Mela.
CRY was on board as NGO Partner for Toastmasters
International at VIT Vellore in November 2016 and a
CRY kiosk was set up during the event on campus.
Somesh made a presentation on Child Rights and
Child Labour to around 200 students and delegates
who participated in the event.
At the launch of ‘Humara Station Humari Shaan’
initiative, a collaboration between Western Railway
and Central Railway, GLC CRLs were part of the flash
mob during the Daan Utsav’s introductory event to
beautify the suburban Railway Stations of Mumbai.
Daan Utsav is a 100% volunteer driven initiative that
encourages people to do any act of giving of their
choice.
They also conducted a three-day Exhibition cum
Charity Sale by NGOs, called Shikhar’17, presenting
their creativity and ensuring economic sustainability.
Bake for CRY worked well!
In an effort to increase awareness about the
prohibition of child labour, an Essay Competition on
“Recent Amendments in Child Labour (Prohibition
and Regulation) Act, 2016. was conducted by them
too.
Tushar and his team raised Rs. 5837 through Pencil
campaign. He sold 200 pencils by individually
approaching friends and family to raise donations for
CRY.
Media and communication Students from Jain
University organized a fest called Satkriya with CRY as
cause partner.
The children from our Madiwala area intervention
performed in the fest and a health camp was
organised for them.
Our CRLs across campuses like Hansraj College,
Miranda House and IP College for Women celebrated
women’s day in their campuses in the Women’s Day
week.
While Himani from IP College put a big poster in her
college with the words, “ I am a girl child and I can”
and asked everyone to complete the sentence,
Aarushee from Hansraj spread the word though
games in her college.
Dimpy too from Miranda House initiated the ‘Make a
wish for a girl’ campaign at her college. She asked her
friends put in their wishes for girls across the country.
The college wished for education, health, protection,
safety etc for girls across the country.
The campaign was held at Sydenham Institute of Management Studies.
For every Rs.10 you donate to CRY, you receive a pencil- was the call…
Vallari and other students from Mount Carmel College conducted a Flash mob in Garuda Mall, a flea market running simultaneously, to raise awareness on the right to education of children and stop child labour.
He put up a CRY stall at the four day college fest held in MVIT and they had a fund raising activity through organizing games for students and engaging them in fun and interesting activities.
Mimansa Singh conducted a bake sale at her Institute, sold brownies and cupcakes donated by various bakers in Pune.
Bakers like Sejal Shah of Sugar Spice, AnuradhaSawhney of Back to the Basics, Girija Kirpekar-Naik of Kitchen Confidence and MohenaAhluwalia of Once Upon A Cake donated cupcakes.
Himangi joined as a CRY intern, became a regular volunteer after the internship tenure and chose to be a CRL to give all her energy for the cause!
The programme under her at the university spread like wildfire.
She mobilized many students under the programme and conducted a fundraising activity, a photo booth, a freeze mob, a street play at her campus.
Sohini conducted a survey on child labor which is still prevalent in their campus. They spoke to the parents of 7 such children.
The parents and their children were taken to nearby schools for re-enrolment. As the children were above the age of 9, school asked volunteers to teach the children, before they are formally enrolled.
Urbi and volunteers from her University are teaching children engaged in child labour twice every week to bring them on par with the children already enrolled in school.
Sudhanshu in tie up with AARRUSH Fest set up a
CRY kiosk on campus. A mini quiz on CR was
conducted at the kiosk in which 85 students
participated.
He had created a core group of 7 volunteers with
45 active volunteers on board and initiated an
English learning module in the government
school nearby.
The CRLs this year prime moved a crowd funding
page by doing on-campus, on-ground and online
fundraising from their friends and family
members.
As their campaign picked up momentum, they
were also supported by volunteers and interns
from various spaces across Delhi/NCR. The final
money that was raised under this crowd funding
campaign was two lac plus
Remain posted on latest CRLP updates here:
http://www.Cry.Org/volunteer-with-cry/cry-child-rights-leaders-programme/
Compiled by: Adya Ranjan (a CRY Online Volunteer)