CRY-HT Enrolment Campaign 2013

In June and July 2013, Hindustan Times collaborated with CRY, under HT's "You Read, They Learn" initiative, to enrol out of school children in NCR to school.

The campaign started with HT publishing ads to invite its readers to volunteer for the campaign. Approximately 400 readers turned up for the cause after seeing the ads.

Then CRY Delhi Volunteers filed RTIs and conducted field surveys to figure out the regions in NCR having significant number of out of school children.

Then the event kicked off with 2 orientation sessions on 23rd June 2013 and 29th June 2013. Famous cricketer, Gautam Gambhir, came up to motivate HT and CRY volunteers during the former session.









Then HT volunteers, under guidance of CRY volunteers, visited previously identified communities in 9 zones of NCR and collected details of out of school children.

Finally, HT volunteers, under guidance of CRY volunteers, visited the communities again to enrol children to nearest schools.

Through the campaign CRY volunteers and HT volunteers were able to enrol 600 out of school children across NCR into schools, within time-frame of the campaign.

Post-campaign, CRY volunteers followed up and enrolled another 200 children till date. Also, they tracked attendance in schools to ensure that the newly enrolled children don't drop out.

Street Play on Child Labour, 24th June 2013 at Begumpur Community

After the workshop discussed about in last blog-post, the participants of the workshop performed an impressive and effective street play at Begumpur community on the issue of child labour.

 

"The response from the audience made us feel we did justice to our play.  People, especially youth, children and women were present in large number and they also passed on the message of importance of education and the dark side of child labour which was the theme and the intention of the play. We believe that this effort would help us realise the dream of - THE ONLY WORK A CHILD SHOULD DO IS HOMEWORK"

- Gaurav Agarwalla (Event Coordinator)

Refer this link for more photos of the event.

LIGHTS.....CAMERA....COLLECTIVE ACTION !!!!

From 8th to 13th June 2013, CRY redefined creativity and its power. A theatre workshop was organized for CRY Delhi Volunteers under guidance of Mehak Theatre Group at CRY office, Saket, Delhi. Many volunteers registered for the workshop and had an experience of a lifetime. CRY through this workshop embarked a movement led by the youth, to take a collective action and to raise their voice against the sensitive issue of child labour.

"It was an extremely enriching and fun filled theatre session. We were made to perform spontaneous short skits. Once the workshop ended, people went out with immense confidence, which they seemed to lack before. We were made to work in groups to sensitize people towards issues of great concern."

- Gaurav Agarwalla (Event Coordinator)

   

"The Theater workshop by Mehak Theater Group taught us the basics of theater, which included coordination, voice modulation and presentation. It was fun and knowledgeable at the same time. A big thanks to CRY for this experience."

                                                                          - Ishita Ahlawat (CRY volunteer)

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Anti Child Labour Day 2013

World Anti Child Labour Day (ACLD) is observed every year on 12th June. The initiative began in 2002, started by the ILO (International Labour Organization), the UN body which regulates the world of work. The main aim is to stop child labour of kids under the age of 14. 

On ocassion of ACLD 2013, CRY Delhi Volunteers organized two events to show their concern for the cause of Child Labor. 

In the first event, CRY Delhi Volunteers facilitated Mehak Theatre Group to do a theatre performance on theme of Child Labour at Begumpaur Community, on 12th June 2013. The theatre performance was aimed at creating awareness among community dwellers on the issues of Child Labour and Right to Education.



In the second event, CRY Delhi Volunteers organized a flash mob on 16th June 2013 in Select Citywalk Mall, Delhi. The event was a big hit as it helped volunteers to convey their message on issues related to child labour to numerous patrons of the mall.

Refer this link for more photos of the theatre performance.
Refer this link for video of the flash mob.
Refer this link for more photos of the flash mob.

Authors: Sara Hussain, Divyanshu Singh

Pre-event Appreciation for Summer Camp 2013 in Dakshinpuri Community

Dainik Jagran published an article on the summer camp being organized by CRY Delhi Volunteers from June 8 - June 12, 2013 in Dakshinpuri community. The camp was for underprivileged children deprived of opportunities to learn dance, drama, singing, etc.

Authors: Ritika Sharma, Divyanshu Singh

Report on Study of RTE Law Implementation After 3 Years of Enactment

After 3 years of enactment of RTE law, CRY conducted a study across India to find out status of its implementation. Here is report for the study.

Authors: Ritika Sharma, Divyanshu Singh

Complete Report on Knowledge Attitude and Practices Study 2012

On occasion of Anti Child Labour Day 2012, CRY Delhi Volunteers conducted a pan-Delhi study on knowledge, attitude and practices of prospective employers of children towards child labour. 1350 respondents were surveyed evenly across 9 districts of Delhi. Results obtained through analysis of the surveys were striking and helped CRY volunteers organize many awareness campaigns, focussed on specific issues, in the zones that got highlighted as less aware on those issues. Thus volunteers' awareness campaigns got more focussed in terms of both targeted regions and targeted issues. 

Complete report of the study is available for reference here.

Authors: Riyana Lama, Divyanshu Singh