17 years of enabling brighter futures!
17 years of enabling brighter futures!

Our Vision

A happy, healthy and creative child whose rights are protected and honored in a society that is built on respect for dignity, justice and equity for all.

Our Mission

Taking Responsibility
Taking Responsibility

To enable people to take responsibility for the situation of underprivileged children, especially Indian, and so motivate them to seek resolution through individual and collective action thereby enabling children to realise their full potential.

Taking Responsibility
Mobilizing Potential
Mobilizing Potential

To make people discover their potential for action and change

Mobilizing Potential
Inspiring Collective Action

To enable peoples’ collectives and movements encompassing diverse segments, to pledge their particular strengths, working in partnership to secure, protect and honour the rights of India’s children

Inspiring Collective Action

Taking Responsibility

To enable people to take responsibility for the situation of underprivileged children, especially Indian, and so motivate them to seek resolution through individual and collective action thereby enabling children to realise their full potential.

Mobilizing Potential

To make people discover their potential for action and change

Inspiring Collective Action

To enable peoples’ collectives and movements encompassing diverse segments, to pledge their particular strengths, working in partnership to secure, protect and honour the rights of India’s children

The Importance Of Children’s Rights

According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), all children have fundamental rights which must be
recognized by governments and citizens alike.

And yet, children continue to battle some of the worst circumstances in the world.

46 Million

children in India, between 6-18 years of age, do not go to school

(UDISE 2016-17)

33 Million

child labourers in India go to work instead of school

(Census 2011)

1 of 3

child brides in the world is from India

(Unicef 2014)

2 of 3

child deaths in India, below the age of 5, are caused by malnutrition

(Unicef 2019)

2 of 5

children in India do not receive complete immunization

(NFHS 4 2016)

500%

increase in crimes against children in India between 2008-2018

(NCRB 2018)

15 Million

children live in poverty in the U.S.

(U.S. Census Bureau 2018)

11 Million

children in the U.S. live in food insecure households

(USDA 2018)

2.9 Million

cases of child abuse are reported every year in the U.S.

(Safe Horizons 2015)

CRY America works to ensure that underserved children are able to access and exercise their fundamental rights and so, we work on 4 key focus areas:

We believe that every child should be able to go to school and complete their education without any discrimination based on gender, caste or socio-economic status. To this end, our education programs focus on:

Early Childhood Education: Helping children between 0 to 3 years develop their learning abilities to aid their intellectual and cognitive development.

School Readiness: Enabling children between 3 to 6 years get access to pre-schooling through Anganwadis to help develop the knowledge and skills that will equip them to complete their schooling.

Learning Outcomes: Ensuring that children between 6 to 18 years go to school and complete their education in an age appropriate manner to influence positive learning outcomes.

We believe that no child should suffer from malnutrition or poor health irrespective of their socio-economic background. To this end, our health and nutrition programs adopt a preventative and a responsive approach towards reducing malnourishment by focusing on:

Prenatal And Postnatal Care: Ensuring that expectant and lactating mothers receive proper care and encouraging breastfeeding practices to help reduce maternal/infant mortality and improve children’s health in the first 1000 days of life.

Growth Monitoring: Enabling children aged 3 to 6 years to have access to pre-schooling through Anganwadis helps develop the knowledge and skills that will enable them to complete their schooling.

Growth Monitoring: Regularly monitoring children’s growth till the age of 6 years, ensuring completion of immunization schedules and enabling equitable access to primary healthcare to address malnutrition and manage preventable diseases.

Adolescent Intervention: Influencing adolescent behaviour on the issues of health & nutrition and engaging them on topics like reproductive child health to bring about lasting generational change.

We believe that all children, till the age of 18 years, should have a safe environment to grow up in and stay protected from abuse, neglect and exploitation. To this end, our safety & protection programs focus on:

Child Labor: Millions of children are forced to work; often under hazardous conditions, for long hours and extremely low wages. Working with communities at the grassroots level to end this practice helps enable children to go to school instead of becoming victims of this severe form of exploitation.

Child Marriage: Child marriage is another form of exploitation and sexual abuse, particularly for girls under the age of 18. Ensuring that girls are not forced to become child brides and young mothers helps them go to school instead and empowers them to chase their dreams.

Child Trafficking: Children from underprivileged sections are often trafficked as a form of modern slavery, forced labour and even commercial sexual exploitation. Working with child protection committees across villages helps prevent children from becoming victims of child trafficking.

We believe that all children have the potential to be agents of change and the ability to hold dialogue on the things that matter to them.

To this end, our child participation programs focus on building children’s collectives, engaging with them to build an understanding around child rights issues and enabling them to speak up on the same.

Fundamental Right

Our Newsletters

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Online Newsletter, Volume 59

December 2023

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Online Newsletter, Volume 58

October 2023

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Online Booklet 2022

2022

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Online Newsletter, Volume 57

June 2023

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Online Newsletter, Volume 56

April 2023

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Online Newsletter, Volume 55

October 2022

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Online Newsletter, Volume 54

September 2022

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Online Newsletter, Volume 53

Jul 2022

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Online Newsletter, Volume 52

Oct 2021

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Online Newsletter, Volume 51

Aug 2021

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Online Newsletter, Volume 50

July 2021

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Online Newsletter, Volume 49

June 2021

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Online Newsletter, Volume 48

Feb 2021

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In The Media

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CRY America Galas- Over $1 million raised to support underprivileged children in India and US/ The Indian Eye

May 2023

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$1 Million Netted at CRY America’s Fundraising Series/ India West

May 2023

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Bollywood Star Neelam Kothari Soni to Headline CRY America Benefit Gala/ India West

April 2023

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Colorful Holi Celebration Hosted At Castaic Lake/ KHTS

March 2023

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CRY America Joins IPA for India Giving Day/ News India

February 2023

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India Giving Day /Yahoo News

February 2023

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CRY Houston Gala Celebrates Heroes For Life | Indo American News

June 2022

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Vivek Oberoi Interview – CRY Gala | Hindi Media

May 2022

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Focus Live with Vivek Oberoi | TV Asia

May 2022

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CRY America’s “Heroes for Life” Gala Raises $1 Million | The Indian Panorama

May 2022

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CRY America’s “Heroes For Life” Gala Raises $1 Million | India West

May 2022

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Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi hosted CRY America NYC Gala to Benefit Children in India | ITV Gold

May 2022

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Santa Clarita Kite Festival To Benefit Children In Need | Hometown Station

Jan 2019

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Bolsa Chica State Beach gets splash of color at Holi by the Sea festival | LA Times – Daily Pilot

March 2019

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Celebrating Ambassadors of Change for Children’s Rights (pg. 4) | South Asian Insider

March 2019

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CRY Gala Raises $125,000 for Children’s Rights (pg. 5) | India Herald

March 2019

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Actress Konkana Sharma Headlines CRY America Spring Fiesta in San Diego, Palo Alto | India West

May 2019

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Honor Roll

You’ve been our superheroes! Thank YOU for enabling brighter futures for vulnerable children!

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CORPORATES & FOUNDATIONS
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Our Team

Shefali Sunderlal

President & Program Director

Yamini Kapoor

Honorary Trustee

Puja Marwaha

Honorary Trustee

Ravi Krovidi

Honorary Trustee & Treasurer

PERCY PRESSWALLA

Honorary Trustee, Board Secretary & National Volunteer Representative

Apoorv Agarwal

Jacksonville, Florida

Dharam Bali

Houston, Texas

Arti Kulkarni

Bay Area, California

Sonal Soni

San Diego, California

Juuhi Ahuja

Houston, Texas

Edward Remias

San Diego, California

Murali Narayanan

Seattle, Washington

CRY America Staff

Shefali Sunderlal

President & Program Director

Patrick Bocco

Fundraising Director

Nidhi Saraogi

Staff Accountant

Fundraising Manager (Texas)

Position Vacant

Fundraising Manager[West Coast]

Position Vacant

Volunteer Manager position

Position Vacant

Aravind Ramamurthy

IT4NGO’s | Bangalore Back Office

CRY India Support Staff

Lipika Sharma

General Manager, Global Operations (CRY India)

Supritha Shetty

Manager, Global Operations (CRY India)

Tabita Fernandes

Senior Manager, Communications (CRY India)

Naina Sharma

Assistant Manager, Communications (CRY India)

The CRY America Pledge

The CRY America Pledge

Before anything else, I am a human being. As are these little children. The rights I enjoy are theirs too. They have a right to a home and family, education, healthcare, play time and protection from being exploited. Most of all, they have the right to be children.

A right they are denied, for no fault of theirs.

And so, I pledge to do whatever I can, in my own way, to fight for their right to have a childhood. With my skills, with my resources, with my heart, I will fight for them because I can and they can’t.

TAKE PLEDGE