A glimpse of the work that the CRY Child Rights Leaders did over the past year.

1. 2016 - 17

2. The CRY Child Rights Leaders
Programme aims to increase
awareness about CRY and its
initiatives & action on child
rights among the youth.

3. It is directed at encouraging a
better understanding and
greater engagement (of youths
in campus) with the several
aspects pertaining to child
rights.

4. Year 2of the programme
received over
275 applications…

5. 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.

6. Glimpses of what they did…

7. DEVIKA CHOPRA
JESUS AND MARY
COLLEGE, DELHI
PROJECT JYOTI

8. Taking off from her passion of bringing the arts to
children, Devika Chopra, started her campaign,
‘Project Jyoti’ in her college.

9. The objective of the project was to do art workshops
for under privileged children.

10. She has taken more than 7-8 workshops for about 40
children in her campus.

11. BOOK
COLLECTION
AND BOOK
READING
SESSIONS

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. A bookish experience. Literally!

15. DIMPY TEHLAN
MIRANDA HOUSE,
DELHI
PANEL DISCUSSION
ON CHILD SEXUAL
ABUSE

16. One of the activities that she organized was for a CRY
panelist to be a part of JMC’s annual Gender Mela.

17. The panelist from CRY highlighted the issue of
Childhood Sexual Abuse in our society.

18. At the end of this session many myths around the
issue were busted .

19. SOMESH
AWASTHI
VIT, CHENNAI
CRY AND CHILD
LABOUR
PRESENTATION IN
A TOASTMASTERS
EVENT

20. 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.

21. Somesh made a presentation on Child Rights and
Child Labour to around 200 students and delegates
who participated in the event.

22. KANIKA TYAGI,
SHIVAM JAIN &
CHITRAKSHI
GOVERNMENT LAW
COLLEGE, MUMBAI
FLASH MOB AT
RAILWAY STATION

23. 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.

24. Daan Utsav is a 100% volunteer driven initiative that
encourages people to do any act of giving of their
choice.

25. THREE DAY
EXHIBITION CUM
CHARITY SALE

26. 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!

27. NATIONAL
ESSAY
COMPETITION

28. 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.

29. TUSHAR KAMBLE
TERNA
ENGINEERING
COLLEGE, NAVI
MUMBAI
PENCIL
CAMPAIGN

30. 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.

31. They have also started teaching children in one of the
slum areas at Navi Mumbai on weekends.

32. CRLS PUT UP
A STALL
JAIN
UNIVERSITY
BANGALORE

33. Media and communication Students from Jain
University organized a fest called Satkriya with CRY as
cause partner.

34. The children from our Madiwala area intervention
performed in the fest and a health camp was
organised for them.

35. The CRLs from Bangalore put up a CRY stall and had
interactive activities for the students.

36. THE CRLS TOGETHER
DELHI
Women’s Day Celebration across CRL
campuses

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. NIKITA SALIAN
SYDENHAM
INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT
STUDIES, MUMBAI
PENCIL CAMPAIGN

41. 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…

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

43. VALLARI
PARASHAR
MOUNT CARMEL
COLLEGE,
BANGALORE
A FLASH MOB
ON RIGHT TO
EDUCATION

44. 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.

45. Working for a cause was never more fun!

46. MANOJ KUMAR
MVIT,
BANGALORE
CRY STALL AT
COLLEGE FEST

47. 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.

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

49. MIMANSA SINGH
D.Y.PATIL
INSTITUTE OF
ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY,
PIMPRI, PUNE
BAKE FOR CRY

50. Mimansa Singh conducted a bake sale at her
Institute, sold brownies and cupcakes donated
by various bakers in Pune.

51. Bakers like Sejal Shah of Sugar Spice, Anuradha
Sawhney of Back to the Basics, Girija Kirpekar-
Naik of Kitchen Confidence and Mohena
Ahluwalia of Once Upon A Cake donated
cupcakes.

52. HIMANGI
BHARADWAJ
JAMIA MILLIA
ISLAMIA, DELHI
PHOTO BOOTH,
FREEZE MOBS,
STREET PLAYS AND
MORE…

53. 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.

54. She mobilized many students under the
programme and conducted a fundraising
activity, a photo booth, a freeze mob, a street
play at her campus.

55. SOHINI MITRA
JADAVPUR
UNIVERSITY,
KOLKATA
BRIDGE
CLASSES

56. Sohini conducted a survey on child labor which is
still prevalent in their campus. They spoke to the
parents of 7 such children.

57. 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.

58. URBI CHATTERJEE
JADAVPUR
UNIVERSITY,
KOLKATA
ENROLLING
CHILDREN TO
SCHOOLS

59. 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.

60. SUDHANSHU KANTH
SRM, CHENNAI
CRY KIOSK AT FEST

61. 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.

62. 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.

63. THE CRLS TOGETHER
DELHI
CROWD-FUNDING FOR THE CAUSE OF
CHILD RIGHTS

64. 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.

65. 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

66. We thank our CRLs for their energy,
enthusiasm and commitment.

67. We look forward to another year of
exciting journey and lot of impact
through them!

68. 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)