2016 - 17

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.

Year 2 of the programme

received over

275 applications…

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.

Glimpses of what they did…

DEVIKA CHOPRA

JESUS AND MARY

COLLEGE, DELHI

PROJECT JYOTI

Taking off from her passion of bringing the arts to

children, Devika Chopra, started her campaign,

‘Project Jyoti’ in her college.

The objective of the project was to do art workshops

for under privileged children.

She has taken more than 7-8 workshops for about 40

children in her campus.

BOOK

COLLECTION

AND BOOK

READING

SESSIONS

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.

A bookish experience. Literally!

DIMPY TEHLAN

MIRANDA HOUSE,

DELHI

PANEL DISCUSSION

ON CHILD SEXUAL

ABUSE

One of the activities that she organized was for a CRY

panelist to be a part of JMC’s annual Gender Mela.

The panelist from CRY highlighted the issue of

Childhood Sexual Abuse in our society.

At the end of this session many myths around the

issue were busted .

SOMESH

AWASTHI

VIT, CHENNAI

CRY AND CHILD

LABOUR

PRESENTATION IN

A TOASTMASTERS

EVENT

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.

KANIKA TYAGI,

SHIVAM JAIN &

CHITRAKSHI

GOVERNMENT LAW

COLLEGE, MUMBAI

FLASH MOB AT

RAILWAY STATION

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.

THREE DAY

EXHIBITION CUM

CHARITY SALE

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!

NATIONAL

ESSAY

COMPETITION

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 K AMBLE

TERNA

ENGINEERING

COLLEGE, NAVI

MUMBAI

PENCIL

CAMPAIGN

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.

They have also started teaching children in one of the

slum areas at Navi Mumbai on weekends.

CRLS PUT UP

A STALL

JAIN

UNIVERSITY

BANGALORE

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.

The CRLs from Bangalore put up a CRY stall and had

interactive activities for the students.

THE CRLS TOGETHERDELHI

Women’s Day Celebration across CRL campuses

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.

NIKITA SALIAN

SYDENHAM

INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT

STUDIES, MUMBAI

PENCIL CAMPAIGN

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…

Nikita succeeded in selling 176 pencils during the campaign in her college.

VALL ARI

PARASHAR

MOUNT CARMEL

COLLEGE,

BANGALORE

A FL ASH MOB

ON RIGHT TO

EDUCATION

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.

Working for a cause was never more fun!

MANOJ KUMAR

MVIT,

BANGALORE

CRY STALL AT

COLLEGE FEST

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.

Other colleges had also taken part in this fest and helped create awareness for CRY

MIMANSA SINGH

D.Y.PATIL

INSTITUTE OF

ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY,

PIMPRI, PUNE

BAKE FOR CRY

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

BHARADWAJ

JAMIA MILLIA

ISLAMIA, DELHI

PHOTO BOOTH,

FREEZE MOBS,

STREET PLAYS AND

MORE…

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 MITRA

JADAVPUR

UNIVERSITY,

KOLKATA

BRIDGE

CLASSES

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 CHATTERJEE

JADAVPUR

UNIVERSITY,

KOLKATA

ENROLLING

CHILDREN TO

SCHOOLS

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 KANTH

SRM, CHENNAI

CRY KIOSK AT FEST

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 TOGETHERDELHI

CROWD-FUNDING FOR THE CAUSE OF CHILD RIGHTS

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

We thank our CRLs for their energy,

enthusiasm and commitment.

We look forward to another year of

exciting journey and lot of impact

through them!

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)