CRY Opens Two New RTE Booths at Dakshinpuri and Dwarka

Recently CRY opened RTE Booths at two of its GeoPAGs located at Dakshinpuri and Dwarka. These centers (also known as CACs) will be functional twice a month at both places. On the opening day itself these centers witnessed a lot of community involvement and complaints from people, as evident from following statistics:

Dakshinpuri CAC
            Opening day (27th March 2012 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm) statistics:
                 (a) Total participation – over 200
                 (b) Complaints received – 5

Dwarka CAC
            Opening day (30th March 2012 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm) statistics:
                 (a) Total participation – over 100
                 (b) Complaints received – 2

Click Rights Photo Exhibitions

Since 17th Dec 2011, under guidance of Ms. Violet Barman, a professional photographer, CRY Delhi Volunteer Group has started using Click Rights to draw attention of goverment towards poor conditions of MCD schools. This is done by putting up photo exhibitions at public places. Overall process followed for a typical photo exhibition is - firstly, CRY volunteers go out to click photographs showing poor conditions of MCD schools; secondly, the phographs clicked by the volunteers are displayed in a photo exhibition at some public place of high footfall; thirdly, public visiting the exhibition is requested to sign a petition, which requests government to improve the conditions.

Till now the exhibitions have been conducted at following places:

1. Dilli Haat on 17th and 18th Dec 2011
2. Select Citywalk Mall on 14th and 15th Jan 2012
3. Miranda House College on 23rd to 25th Feb 2012
4. Kamla Nehru College on 20th March 2012
5. Jamia Milia Islamia on 22nd March 2012
6. IHC on 7th and 8th April 2012

Following are links to some photographs that have been displayed in exhibitions:

Collection of Photographs

Dog Inside Classroom

Poor Drinking-Water Supply

Success of the effort is evident from the fact that till now we have around 6000 signatures to support our petition to government for improvement of conditions of MCD schools. We hope that this huge public support will help us achieve our goal of ensuring proper infrastructure for children studying at MCD schools.

Delhi's RWA Supports Incorporation of Child Rights in Election Manifesto of Political Parties

Delhi's Residents Welfare Association (RWA), the body that covers all RWAs of Delhi supports CRY's demands for incorporating child rights in election manifesto of the political parties in the upcoming MCD elections.

This RWA represents almost every area of Delhi and demands proper facilities for children in the schools from these nominated MCD candidates, which are fighting elections from different wards of Delhi.

Check out RWA Bhagidari's blog.

http://www.rwabhagidari.blogspot.in/2012/04/child-rights-and-you-cry.html

CRY thanks RWA for its support.

This election vote for child rights.

CRY and it's partnerAlliance for People's Rights (APR) demand all political parties to give priority to issues of children in their party's election manifesto. 

CRY Survey: Primary Education in Delhi Slips down

Condition in MCD Schools

The Classroom Scene

What do you feel about these conditions in the MCD Schools? Post your comments.

Reader’s Feedback on the Perspectives on Volunteering (POV) – the quarterly information bulletin for volunteers.

“As we all know that majority in India constitutes THE POOR. They are the basic needed people of the present age. But no one is concerned about them. Everyone wants to see India's prosperity but no one knows that future generation will be empty handed as their forefathers have nothing to give them except poverty and lack of basic amenities.

So need of an hour is to start providing good and proper basic facilities to the majority section, so that it can help in fostering the growth and development. Besides, India's growth and development, one needs to focus on these both aspects in the case of CHILDREN. Apart poverty, major problem of the 21st century, child education is another prevailing problem that is to be looked by respective authorities. Mostly, students in India are barred from study due to one or the other reason. For their families, their child education is not an important issue, what is important to them is their earnings, their livelihood! Today, though government has provided so many schools and aanganwadis, they hardly function. Its a mixture of contribution by both- government as well as parents. Government's duty was not only to open it for the sake of education but also to look after it. The funds they get for its working is used by government for some other purposes. They hardly pay any attention to it.

Proper steps should be taken into this account so that this problem can be curbed. Many students are there who want to study but due to the deteriorating conditions of the schools, they are forced to stay away, specially girls!

Today, I encountered a rickshaw puller. He asked me," didi, kitna time hua hai??" and, to his sweet question, I replied politely,"bhaia, sawa che (6.15) hue hai.". He said," ye kitna hota hai?' and this question left my nerves numb. I was completely astounded.. Then I replied him,"bhaia, 6 bajke 15 minute hue hai..!!". Its not about only this rickshaw wala, there are many other people who are doing minor chores and actually need education,

So, I request to the concerned authorities and whosoever willing to look into this perspective that, this is high time now.. Please, take some initiative before its too late!

If you need any help, then do mail me. I am ready to help with my best possible approach.

And given below is a link from HINDUSTAN CITY, there is an article. Hope you get any help from there too!!http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HD/2011/10/06/index.shtml


Sania Bansal

Volunteer with CRY, Delhi