CRY PUNE IN Action

“When I grow up, I want to be a doctor.. a scientist.. an astronaut” ..

At least these were the lines murmured by us, “the privileged ones” on the journey to life. Ever thought of someone who could never even think of this?

Since I have got your attention now, let’s talk about us. We are CRY (Child Rights and You), the Pune ones. All we buzz is one mantra; let’s make someone’s dream a unseen reality.

After teaching at a government school for almost half a year, we realized there are many of us who don’t get education. They work in peoples houses and hotels and where not to earn some food for themselves.

Situations are not so bad for all, but steadily, we volunteers realized that the children who live in slums are no so equipped with resources as much as we have. So what now?

The team of CRY Pune volunteers has been continuously involved in doing whatever we can to build this up in the community. It all started by getting a team of trustworthy members in place, with a common vision, and planning to uplift someone else’s future, the future of little children living on rock bottom.

We entered school and took classes. Attendance increased swiftly and the kids started interacting with us, on the most personal level possible.

Our interaction was in various ways, classes, sports, winter camps, rewards and many more.

The kids loved us and most importantly we loved them. Ever Saturday they would wait for us to come and take their class. They grasped their little hands tightly and pulled us to their class, murmuring, “bhaiya, aaj humari class”(Brother, today take your class). This motivated us to dig more into their lives and enhance their dreams. We taught them the value of culture, etiquettes, manners and many more blissful life values. They taught us the meaning of togetherness, for everyone little child cared for each other.

CRY Pune volunteers are now looking to do some more campaigns, including, diet, health, medical checkups and various other enrollment drives.

We are also looking into getting these kids equipped with the modern technology, teaching them the value of education and making them understand their rights.

Hope all moves as planned! So if you also are interested to be part of this amazing change then do volunteer with us. We are always looking for people like you. Please contact vol.mum@crymail.org or post on CRY FB pages - https://www.facebook.com/CRY.Pune

Volunteers Feedback on Summer Camp

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“   When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things."

This is exactly what happened when the North Mumbai group came together for a summer camp. It was super fun with kids and a very memorable experience. Every child seemed to be so happy and excited, learning many new things. No one wanted to leave. We conducted many sessions to teach them how to get a better and safe life and more importantly helped them cope with such circumstances, turning everything negative into something positive that they can look forward to. These fun filled sessions enabled them to look at life positively and enjoy life to its best. Dance, Fancy dress, Music, theatre workshop and a session on child sexual abuse were among the things that the volunteers conducted. A memorable experience to gather knowledge, the camp was a very good platform to maintain the enthusiasm and recall the fun which a child can have with education.”

-Malvika Saini

Senior motion graphic artist

Volunteer since 2014.

Ø  “The summer camp was a pretty good experience for the volunteers as well as for the kids. I think the parents should also be invited to such events, as they drive their children into the future. The camp was a fun-filled experience and more such camps should be held for the children.”

Dewang Kamdar

Internal audit head at Parekh Integrated Services pvt. ltd.

Volunteer since 2015.

Ø  “The CRY summer camp gave me a chance to peek in my own childhood. It taught me to be humble and sincere for what life has given me. I see a lot of them growing up to achieve greater heights. I wish the best of life to kids and appreciate CRY for accepting me into their wonderful world.”

Kush Sharma

Research Scientist at Reliance Industries,

Volunteer since 2014.

Ø  “It was my privilege to be a part of the CRY summer camp. It was a fantastic experience where we got to know about kids and their dreams. Video clips were shown to the children on informative topics like cleanliness and child sexual abuse which will help kids to improve and stay alert. I look forward to participating more in CRY events.”

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Vijay Singh,

Manager, Chola MS general insurance
Volunteer since 2015.

Summer Fun 2015

200 children, 30 volunteers, 6 interns, 2 locations and 3 weekends

From last year CRY west VA started conducting summer camp for children. Last year it was one location and 80 children and this year we expanded, with help of volunteers and interns we were not able to just have fun activities but talk about some serious issues like child sexual abuse ,  health and hygiene; mad science experiments ,  child labour and education also touch base on motivational activities for children.

It was amazing to see how volunteers from different PAGS came together to help each other reach out to their friends and family to arrange for resource people to conduct sessions, we had professional dancers and their team , musicians , counsellors and theatre artists to help us

Philips supported us again this year to distribute bottle and Tiffin packs ; also sponsored food and stationary material for the summer camp. There 10 employees and senior officials also volunteered.

We conducted camp in Aeroli government school –  80 children were regular participants and on last day we had 120 children join us .

Jogeshwari with Aakar children – 80 children 

Modern Melody helped get professional musicians and singers to conduct sessions

Paper dance helped them understand if you work as a team you can always win 

Children understanding safe and unsafe touch 

We had coordinator from Child Line ( Anupama ) come and talk about good touch and bad touch and what to do in the difficult situation. Volunteers were divided among the children to make sure children understand the whole session. 

 Art and Craft workshop children learnt to make pen stand , quilling etc

Philips senior officials dressed as warrior by children in fashion show workshop 

Little dance and little exercise can make you healthy wealthy and wise ( North Mumbai PAG summer camp 

Theater workshop by Amey ( New Mumbai PAG)

Thank You to all volunteers , interns and CRY team it was not possible without their support


Volunteers                                              Interns
Suraj                                                      komal
Amey                                                    Prinson
Ajay                                                      Amrit
Suman                                                   Prithvi
Kush                                                      Ishita
Mohit
Ashish                                                    Maria
Rahul                                                    
Rahul
Suchi
Rashid
Bhakti
Pavitra
Surbhi
Madiha
chandani
Vijay
Anupama
Fatema
Nilesh
Hitakshi
Shweta
Neha
Malvika