CRY America
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| Child Rights and You America | |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 850948 Braintree, MA 02185-0948 |
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| Key people | Rippan Kapur Shefali Sunderlal Aprajita Rathore Ingrid Srinath Ila Dikshit Hukku |
| Area served | World wide |
| Slogan | Stand Up for Child Rights |
| Website | http://www.america.cry.org |
Child Rights and You America (formerly Child Relief and You) is an independent, non-religious, non-political, 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization in the United States. It works towards restoring basic rights to underprivileged children, especially from India. It is affiliated with Child Rights and You, a non-profit organization in India. CRY focuses mainly on 4 basic rights which were defined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child(CRC), an international human rights treaty which has been ratified by 192 countries including India.
The CRC is built on certain "foundation principles" that underpin all other children's rights. The CRC confers the following basic rights on all children across the world, without discrimination:
- 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 America works to ensure these rights to all categories of underprivileged children, who could be street children, children bonded in labor, children of commercial sex workers, physically and mentally challenged children and children in juvenile institutions.
CRY America has action centers in various U.S. cities. The San Francisco Bay Area Action Center is one of them. The Bay Area Action Center raises funds and awareness through events, such as, CRY Walk 2007, Dhamaka - a musical song and dance event and the Holiday Donation Drive 2007. The following link provides more information on the Bay Area Action Center and its upcoming fund raising events.
http://community.america.cry.org/bayarea
CRY America has action centers in various U.S. cities. The Connecticut Action Center is one of them. This Action Center raises funds and awareness through events, such as, CRY Char rang Yaaron ke Sang - Holi 2008. The following link provides more information on the CRY Connecticut Acion Center and its upcoming fund raising events.
http://community.america.cry.org/connecticut-ac
[edit] Projects
CRY America's role is not limited to funding. Drawing on the management services of CRY, their partner in India, CRY America attempts to ensure optimal utilization of funds for the enhancement and quality of the supported initiative.
| Project Name | State | Country | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of America | All 50 States | USA | 35,000 |
| Children Welfare Society (CWS) | Uttar Pradesh | India | 33,737 |
| Collective Action for Rural Development (CAFORD) | Andhra Pradesh | India | 34,437 |
| Disha | Orissa | India | 16,695 |
| Don Bosco Anbu Illam Social Service Society | Tamilnadu | India | 19,725 |
| JAGRUTHI (Tsunami Support) | Andhra Pradesh | India | 14,489 |
| Kalapandhari Magasvargiya & Adivasi Gramin Vikas | Maharashtra | India | 51,044 |
| Mahan Seva Sansthan | Rajasthan | India | 22,986 |
| Mahila Mandal Barmer Agor (MMBA) | Rajasthan | India | 8,599 |
| PARYAVARAN CHETNA KENDRA (PCK) | Jharkhand | India | 17,285 |
| SATHEE - Society for Advancement in Tribes, Health, Education, Environment | Jharkhand | India | 17,853 |
| Save the Children (Hurricane Katrina Support) | 3 States | USA | 20,000 |
| Shramika Vikas Kendram (SVK) | Andhra Pradesh | India | 25,280 |
| Society for Help Entire Lower and Rural People (Tsunami Support) | Andhra Pradesh | India | 16,044 |
| SPREAD - Society for Promotion of Rural Education and Development | Orissa | India | 13,869 |
| The Community Services Guild (Tsunami Support) | Tamil Nadu | India | 50,969 |
| Vatsalya | Rajasthan | India | 22,594 |
| Vikramshila Education Resource Society (VERS) | West Bengal | India | 60,000 |
| Youth Council for Development Alternatives (YCDA) | Orissa | India | 23,056 |
| CRY (Grant Management Services for 9 projects in India) | 34,819 | ||
| CRY (Tsunami Grant Management Services) | 8,133 |
