CRY... will you wipe my tears?

Imagine having to pull your son out of school to send him to work in a dim-lit, dusty sweatshop, just because you are unable to find a job that pays enough to support your family. Imagine your daughter having to drop out of school just because it has no toilets. Imagine your new-born baby dying because your village has no doctors to treat her fever. Imagine your children growing up stunted because of lack of adequate nutrition. Imagine entire generations of your family being born into bonded labor, with no hope of breaking free. Well, you are fortunate and thank god that it doesn’t happen to you. But all are not as lucky as we are. So when they cry, CRY tries to wipe their tears, at least of some, if not all...

CRY stands for Child Relief and You, a movement for the rights of every child. It is a leading Indian non-government organisation (NGO) that works towards restoring basic rights to children in India. CRY believes that children – ALL children, everywhere - are individuals… NOT possessions of their parents or the state, NOT objects of charity, however well-intentioned. CRY believes that they are citizens in their own right, the future of their countries and the world, entitled to the full spectrum of human rights. Our focus is on the 4 basic rights of children. These were defined in 1989, by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty to which 191 countries, including India, are signatories.

• the right to survival - to life, health, nutrition, name and nationality
• the right to development - to education, care, leisure, recreation
• the right to protection - from exploitation, abuse, neglect
• the right to participation - to expression, information, thought and religion

CRY was started by seven young people in December 1978. CRY has learned over 26 years that ensuring these in a long-term and sustainable manner is only possible when we empower communities to address the root causes of illiteracy, poverty, discrimination and exploitation. CRY has realised that child rights cannot be ensured unless families have their livelihoods assured.

Join CRY in creating a world in which child rights for ALL children are not negotiable. Perhaps you can wipe the tears of an innocent little girl for an year with the money you spent on burgers and movies for a couple of days. You may sponsor a child, or at least his/her education or perhaps buy some merchandise, and light someone's face with a smile, than tears. Someone said "Everything you give out, comes back to you, some day, some way".

Read me: http://www.cry.org/