12 years of schooling. 1 year of college.100 sets of paper, 100’s of outings with friends, but never thought of those unprivileged children whom we often meet at a traffic signal on our way to work. Only thing we usually do is pity them and may be beg them a ten rupee note or abuse the government for their not so working strategies. But what after that?
Another signal, another set of children and our same set of emotions. Its then when I realized to use my free time to help such children to go to school, to educate them, to help them get their childhood back and made up my mind to join CRY. Through cry and its group MANORATH I feel that I can really make a difference to at least some of the children. It feels great to be part of such an organization where you have great freedom and a nice atmosphere to work.
The orientation session really sorted the differences in my mind. It made the direction and goal of joining CRY very clear to me and trust me, it feels great even if u do a small bit for such children. For instance- when I visited the schools on second Saturday, I felt bad for the children who study there, just because the state of the MCD School is really bad. The schools were supposed to organize a PTM but were closed. It was really disappointing at first but on the other hand it gives me a confidence to do something and bring about change through my efforts.
As said by Ellen Glasgow- All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. One day our efforts for sure will result in a measurable growth!
- By Mansi Nagpal
CRY-Child Rights and You is an Indian NGO that believes that every child regardless of gender, class or economic status has the right to survival, protection, development and participation - thus a childhood. For over 30 years, CRY has partnered with more than 300 grassroot -level NGOs to ensure the rights of over 20,00,000 children by working with their parents and communities they live in, to make this a reality.
As you write about your views on joining CRY, I wish if I could have joined it during my college time! But anyways, its better late than never!
ReplyDeleteYour thoughts would be quite encouraging for many college kids who would also like to utilise some of their free time effectively but are not clear about the proper "means"!
i hope that 2!
ReplyDeletethanks fr appreciating.