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Dear Friend,
Children are individuals…and as adults, we tend to often overlook this fact. At CRY we believe that every child has equal rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child spells out these very rights that children everywhere have: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. 192 countries, including India (in 1992), have ratified this treaty.
The Right to Survival assumes particular importance in the Indian context, where due to gender discrimination a girl child has to struggle to simply exist. If such pernicious customs as female foeticide and infanticide don’t snuff her out, denial of access to basic healthcare does. The result? A grossly skewed male:female sex ratio. Even where girls survive infancy, they are neglected and most often ill-health ensures they never reach adulthood.
CRY Connect highlights how this basic right to survival ensures that every child is allowed to be born, and once born is allowed to live to reach adulthood with access to quality healthcare, a name and nationality. While CRY works for all underprivileged children, we particularly encourage and partner NGOs that work with girl children, for whom your continued support literally makes the difference between life and death.
In faith and goodwill.
The CRY Team
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P.S. We would like to share with you CRY’s rehabilitation efforts in the torrential rains and floods that hit Maharashtra, India on July 26. As always, our emphasis is on children who are the most vulnerable in situations like this and whose rights tend to be grossly violated. Read more
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| Featured NGO: Pasumai Trust |
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| A CRY partnered NGO that is empowering children and communities to make permanent changes in their lives |
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In the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, entire families, including children, of landless dalits are often bonded to work in the brick kiln industry. K. Murthy a landless dalit himself, managed to break out, and today, as Managing Trustee of CRY-supported project, Pasumai Trust, he mobilises the brick kiln communities to demand a right to livelihood thereby ensuring their children’s survival. More… |
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| Honor Roll |
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| Organisations and individuals partnering CRY to ensure basic rights to children |
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5th CRY Cadence Corporate Cricket Challenge in Bangalore, Chandigarh & Delhi. More…
MSN India ran a special Anti-Child Labour Day online campaign on 30 April 2005 (World Anti Child Labour Day). More… |
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| For a year starting April 2005, Kimberly Clark Professional will donate Rs. 3/- per carton of their products sold to CRY, as part of its "Share a Smile" campaign. More… |
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| Perspectives on child rights |
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| Maximum Children - Excerpts from a speech given by author Suketu Mehta at a CRY convention in New York |
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| No Kidding - CRY CEO, Ingrid Srinath, on a new deal for India's children |
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| New on cry.org |
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Books that give you an insight into the basic rights of children. On sale at the CRY Shop |
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What’s up at CRY |
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Activities by CRY to spread the message and enlist your participation in this movement for children |
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Maruti Suzuki – FACT 2005 – quizzing for child rights. More…
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These are not just beautiful t-shirts but expressions of childhood by 3 young children. Buy yours on rediff.com and support CRY. More…
Charter of demands… - "The government needs to form a separate department which will look into the specific needs of children", says 15 year old Saurabh on the eve of International Anti-child labour day. More…
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3500 CRY Sunshine Pencils sold in June in Pune ensured hundreds of children with the freedom to follow their dreams. More… |
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Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, UBS and London Business School (LBS) participate in the CRY Corporate Cricket Challenge in London. More…
The Friends of CRY Club (Kuwait) organizes chess tournament for children at the Indian Community School. More…
CRY - Titan watch – Special limited edition CRY-Titan watches in support of child rights. More…
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