Child Rights and You (CRY)
CRY works to ensure happier childhoods for India's children and has impacted 4M+ children in the last 4 decades.
Established in 1979 as Child Relief and You, now Child Rights and You, CRY was started by Rippan Kapur who dreamt of ensuring happier childhoods for India’s children. In just over 4 decades, CRY has been able to create a positive impact on the lives of over 4 million children in the age group of 0-18 years, with having presence in 19 states.
Working with some of the most marginalized and vulnerable children, within their communities and their family structures - CRY aims to address the root causes of why children are kept away from their basic rights and to find solutions that are sustainable.
The broad areas of CRY's work include:
Health and Nutrition
- CRY works to ensure that children get access to proper healthcare and facilities.
Education
- The project team not only works with children and their families to help them understand the crucial role education plays in breaking out of the circle of poverty but also works to activate schools and strengthen existing ones.
Protection
- This is one of the other areas that CRY takes on across its programmatic areas and this work is centered around child labour, child marriage, trafficking, and ensuring children are not exploited and vulnerable.
Participation
- CRY also works towards providing children with a platform where they can voice their concerns and issues and support each other.
Fundraisers
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Support STEM learning for underprivileged children today!
In a small village in Tamil Nadu, where children had never seen a computer or a microscope, a quiet transformation is taking place. A group of curious young minds now explore, experiment, and learn like never before at a mini science centre. This is the impact of CRY’s STEM Centres. STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics—isn’t just about school subjects. It’s about helping children think, question, and dream. It gives them the skills and confidence to build brighter futures. Thanks to your support, CRY has set up 62 STEM Centres across India, reaching over 18,000 children . These spaces are helping children from underserved communities unlock their potential, with access to tools, guidance, and a whole new way of learning. With your continued support, we can reach more children, build more centres, and give many more young minds the chance to explore and grow. Let’s spark more curiosity, one child at a time. Donate today.
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Protect Childhoods. Stop Child Labour.
Dear Supporter, Summer holidays bring joy to children across the country. But for many underprivileged children, this break can mark the beginning of something far more serious. What starts as “just a holiday job” often turns into a permanent dropout, costing them their childhood and future. Like it almost did for Bavishya. She loved school so much that every year, before leaving for the holidays, she would say goodbye to her school and was always excited to come back as it reopened. But one summer, everything changed. Her school was shut down for highway construction, and her parents, who were the daily wage earners, were struggling. With no school to return to, she had to help earn for the family, and just like that, her dreams were almost lost. Thankfully, CRY stepped in, and the partners reached out, counselled her parents, connected them to government schemes, and brought Bavishya to CRY's support classes. Soon, she was back in school. She studied hard, completed her education, and today, she’s a lab technician, supporting her family and inspiring others as a CRY volunteer. This World Day Against Child Labour, let’s rewrite more stories like Bavishya. Because it’s education, not labour, that shapes a child’s future. Together, we can end child labour—one child, one classroom at a time 💛 With gratitude,
Team CRY
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