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Dear
Friend,
When
Urmila Kumari sat for her 8th standard Open School Exam this
year, she had overcome odds so great that her appearing for
the exam can almost qualify as a miracle. 10 years ago, children
in Urmila’s village were working on looms in the infamous
carpet industry, bonded for life with little hope of an education.
Urmila's life was changed by an organisation called Children's
Welfare Society (CWS), a CRY-supported initiative. And by being
part of CRY's movement for social change, you have been an integral
part of the transformation of communities like Urmila’s.
CRY
Connect, our e-letter, attempts to tell you how the CRY movement
changes lives, of how each of us can be a part of this peoples'
movement and of how seemingly small actions can have such a
huge impact.
As
always, we welcome suggestions and feedback to make this e-newsletter
more relevant to you.
With
faith and goodwill,
The
CRY Team |
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Our
supporters often ask us how we deal with children not
going to school because they have to work to support their
family. There are no quick fixes to this problem. What
is necessary is a dual approach: non-formal classes for
the children so that they get an education inspite of
having to work. And obtaining a better deal for parents,
to eliminate the need for them to send their children
to work. This was implemented very successfully by Children's
Welfare Society (a CRY-supported initiative), in Ghorewal
in Sonebhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, North India.
Read
more … |
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Individuals
and organisations come up with many innovative ways of
supporting CRY. Here are some.
Subhash Kamath, Vice President, Ambience Advertising,
made a donation to CRY on behalf of each guest at his
daughter's birthday party. Instead of the standard return
gifts, each child received a giveaway specially designed
by CRY. |
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Tata
Chemicals contributed Rs. 0.10 to CRY, for every kilo
of Tata Salt sold between 15th August and 14th September
2002. This raised Rs.33.14 lakhs, which will be utilized
to support 6 child development initiatives across the
country, impacting the lives of children in 45 slums and
19 villages, enabling the functioning of 22 non-formal
education centres, 2 balwadis, 2 coaching centres and
helping improve the functioning of 27 government schools. |
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Twist
n Tales, a bookstore in Pune, set aside a shelf for
CRY. Customers were invited to donate their old books,
which other customers could buy, paying whatever they
wanted. Rs.1800/- has already been raised and the scheme
is still functional.
Come September 2003, and Penguin will launch the
internationally acclaimed Ladybird series of 55 books
for children in India. A part of the sale proceeds will
be contributed to the education of underprivileged children.
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| Uttam
Basu, a high school student in Magur Khali, West Bengal,
East India, noticed that a bridge to his village was damaged,
so he and his friends repaired it! This is just an example
of what an experiment called Kishore Kishori Bahini is
capable of.Read more… |
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Padma
Bhushan Jagjit Singh held a ghazal concert
in aid of underprivileged children at the J.W. Marriott
Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai, on 16th March'03. The show,
sponsored by PLUS Business Machines and co-sponsored
by State Bank of India, was a sellout, and raised
approximately Rs. 2.5 lakhs for CRY. |
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Presidency
School, RT Nagar, Bangalore, donated more than 3000
surplus notebooks to the State Alliance's notebook collection
scheme for government schools across Karnataka. 36 children
went with CRY to the presentation ceremony.Read Nisha Korula’s report.
The CRY volunteer group in Chennai, CRY Ants, have
started a mentoring programme for the children of RV Nagar
Corporation School, Chennai. More
on CRY Ants …
A fun camp was held for the children of Sarv Shiksha
Abhyaan, at Sanpada, on May 31 and June 1, 2003. Read
Owi Kale’s report.
162 teams participated in the Maruti Suzuki FACT quiz,
raising Rs. 12.96 lakhs for CRY. Read
more… |
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2003 CRY - Child Rights and You |
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