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TS 248,323 children impacted CT 35,447 children JE by the projects O mainstreamed into formal R government schools 487 children’s P 1 groups/clubs 4 1,376 villages, slums formed and S and tribal communities S 355 government stengthened O covered by the projects R schools C 991 Community A 14,631 pregnant women activated and villages and slums provided ante natal health Based Organizations 355 29,875 birth care and nutrition support (CBO’s) active on made 100% free from registrations ensured 370 villages and anti child labor child labor 191 Panchayats with slums with 100% 91,006 children active Health Committees enrollment of 7240 children removed from immunized children in schools the labor workforce 139 Primary Health Centers 36,663 children (PHC's) & Sub Centers covered through activated and retained health check up programs 164 Integrated Child 326 government 57 child marriages stopped Development Service schools with 100% (ICDS) centers activated retention of children and retained 1016 community based 16,003 children organizations active in provided non formal education education support

2 The Volunteer Appreciation Awards Program was initiated in 2008 through a democratic process of N O

finalizing the award categories, I

criteria and process. The aim of this T In 2008, our 500 active and committed In 2008 we saw the emergence of new Action initiative is to enable volunteers to C volunteers across 21 Action Centers organized Centers in Alabama, Houston, New York and

A over 47 Events across the U.S. to create Connecticut. Action Centers such as Houston, appreciate each other's efforts and awareness about the situation of Connecticut, Pittsburgh & Detroit reached out to for the organization to recognize & the outstanding work of volunteers. underprivileged children and raised $613,000 in student and university groups in their areas. We are thrilled to announce the N revenues. Several Action Centers such as Pittsburgh, O winners of the 2008 Volunteer I Detroit, Connecticut, Houston, Minneapolis and

Awards in this Annual Report: T Volunteers across 21 Action Centers were busy New York reached out to the local media to

A through the year, creating awareness about promote their events. Volunteers from Seattle, Z

Event Innovation of 2008 Award I underprivileged children, organizing events in Bay Area, Detroit and Connecticut interacted

L their local communities and promoting CRY with Dr. Niraj, the head of SATHEE Project

Award Winner - Bay Area AC's CRY I America at their work places. 47 events were during his visit to the USA in May, which was Walk 2008 Event B organized across the country, ranging from found to be very informative and inspiring.

First Runner Ups (tie) - Pittsburgh O AC's CRY Festival in the Park 2008 sporting events such as volleyball and cricket M Event & Houston AC's Indian Ocean matches to cultural events such as Festivals and The Action Center Leaders Collective held Concert 2008 Event R Concerts. CRY Walk for Child Rights, our national regular monthly meetings to review activities, E annual event covered 8 cities. CRY Dinner events resolve issues and discuss plans. Action Center E were organized in Seattle and Detroit. CRY growth and sustainability guidelines were

Action Center of 2008 Award T America Booths/Stalls were set up at many local developed and shared across AC’s. A common

Detroit AC N events to recruit volunteers, promote local banking platform for Action Centers was U

Action Center Sustainability of L events & promote child rights. Regular volunteer established with the Bank of America.

2008 Award Pittsburgh AC O meetings at the local and national level kept

V volunteers engaged with each other and at the New Action Center of 2008 Award center of the planning-review process. Award Winner - Houston AC Documentation of key events such as the CRY First Runner Up - Connecticut AC Walk & CRY Dinners served as guidelines for newer Action Centers. Over 500 active and committed volunteers across 21 Action Centers organized over 47 Events across the U.S. to create awareness about the situation of underprivileged children and raised $613,000 in revenues. Given below are examples of events organized by volunteer groups in 2008. 3 CRY Walk for Child Rights 2008 together thousands of people from different If life is a race, some children start last. walks of life for one common cause - to restore Underprivileged and marginalized, millions of to children their basic rights to education, children are deprived of their basic human rights health care and protection from abuse. The – to food, water, shelter, healthcare and CRY Walk series was launched at the Shoreline education. CRY Walk for Child Rights 2008 was Park in the Bay Area, California on June 15 and organized in multiple cities across the US from concluded at the Wikham Park in Manchester, June 14 through October 5, which brought Connecticut on October 5.

ACTION CENTER EVENT DATE VENUE LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Bay Area June 15 Shoreline Park Mountain View, CA 5k Walk + Run

Minneapolis July 18 Como Lake Saint Paul, MN 5k Walk + Run

Rochester Municipal Park Detroit Aug 23, 2008 Rochester, MI 5k Walk & Paint Creek Trail

Boston August 23 Thorndike Field Cambridge, MA 5k Walk

Pittsburgh September 13 Schenley Park Pittsburgh, PA 5k Walk

South California October 4 Crescent Bay Park Santa Monika, CA 5k Walk

Connecticut October 5 Wikham Park Manchester, CT 5k Walk

Deer Grove Forest Chicago October 4th Cook County, IL 5k Walk Preserve Park

VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION & ACTION 4 A substantial portion of the CRY Walk revenues were raised through online pledges, with volunteers reaching out personally to their friends, families and colleagues. We take this opportunity to thank all our donors and sponsors for supporting CRY Walk 2008. To all our volunteers who put in countless hours and resources into making CRY Walk 2008 a success, our deepest gratitude.

Here are excerpts from Mansi Trivedi’s blog soon after she participated in the Detroit Walk. She wrote, “At the spur of dawn, dozens of volunteers dressed in white and love for humanity ran around with sheets of papers, posters and tables, to make sure they welcomed the honorary walkers like they deserved. One by one, the hope bearers came, in colors, in smiles, in strength, in unity. They registered while the volunteers greeted them with smiles on behalf of every single child who was being helped today. Today as everyone walked, watching the light grow in their eyes, seeds were sown. Seeds of hope, of a better tomorrow, of a better life for millions of children who sang in unanimity, “mera bhi toh adhikaar hai, jivan ki har khushi par, zindagi par (lt is my birth right, to be happy, to live)”. Read the full blog.

VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION & ACTION 5 Pledge 2008 Dinner at Detroit Uphaar 2008 Dinner at Seattle CRY Detroit Action center held its 4th Sponsored by Anu and Naveen Jain and Intelius, annual fundraising dinner on CRY America's Seattle Action Center organized 22nd November at St Lucy Church in its annual benefit dinner “Uphaar 2008” on Troy, MI attended by 200 guests and Saturday, May 17 at The Golf Club at Newcastle, raising $9100. WA. With 200 attendees of the western Washington community, it is an affirmation of Highlights of the event included CRY their commitment to standing up for children's presentations, Child rights related rights. It raised over $150,000 through the dance performances, sumptuous Indian generous pledges received from the guests, dinner, musical performances and a facilitated by entrepreneur Sunil Shah. silent auction. Our thanks to Neil King Physical Therapy, Flex Physical The funds raised supported several grassroots Therapy, Paul Singh and family and initiatives in India that ensure irreversible Comerica Bank for their generous change in the lives of marginalized children. Our donations and support. gratitude goes out to all the donors and volunteers who made Uphaar 2008 a great success with a special thank you to Anu and Naveen Jain, Vijay Vashee and Sunil Shah for their ongoing support.

VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION & ACTION 6 Sur Taal 2008 300 youngsters grooved to the music of DJ CRY America Detroit Action Center organized a Ramsy at the Firehouse Lounge which raised music and dance performance by children, on $1700. As a follow up to “Bhangra O.D.”, 8th March with Bharatnatyam, Bhangra, Firehouse Lounge hosted “CRY in July”, where Classical music, as well as Bollywood songs. 300 CRY was the featured charity and every person people attended. Our thanks to the 80 who walked into the lounge on Saturday nights performers who worked hard to make this show donated $1 to the cause of children, resulting in a success and to show organizer- Sabeena Arora collections of $1300 over 4 weeks. Thanks to along with teachers, Rujuta Joshi, Vani, Manisha Firehouse lounge... and Madhavi.

Festival in the Park Indian Ocean Concerts Pittsburgh Action Center organized its popular The Indian Ocean Concert was organized in Festival in the Park 2008 event on 22nd June at Connecticut on 9th August, in Seattle on 17th Schenley Park. The event was attended by 250 August and Houston on 29th August. The CT people. Highlights of the event included the concert was held at Wethersfield, attended by Indian cuisine catered by Namaste India, the 400 people and raised $8,300. The Seattle classical/fusion music performances by Machete concert was attended by over 350 people, raised and Akshay-Hari and the contemporary dance over $11,000 and enabled multiple event performances by Arya Dance Academy and sponsorships. The Houston concert was held at Carnatic dance performances by Nandanik the Cullen Performance Hall at the University of Dance Academy. The event culminated with the Houston, was attended by 600 people and the screening of the popular kid's movie “Shrek 3” event costs were sponsored by Shangrila Art on the park grounds under a starry night and Gallery. The concerts resulted in media publicity also featured yoga demonstrations from and new volunteer sign ups across cities. The Schoolhouse Yoga, a raffle and silent auction, a attendees enjoyed the music. caricature artist, Indian garment and jewelry vendors, and a mehndi (henna tattoo) booth. The 2008 Festival raised $4504. Our thanks to Bhangra event at Pittsburgh all participants, donors, sponsors and “Bhangra O.D.” was Pittsburgh AC's idea to kick volunteers for making this event a success. start the summer with a dose of Bhangra.

VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION & ACTION 7 Char Rang Yaaron Ke Sang, CRY AMERICA ACTION CENTERS 8. Connecticut Action Center Holi 2008 AT A GLANCE IN 2008 9. Detroit Action Center CRY America's Connecticut Action CRY America Volunteers come from all walks of 10. Houston Action Center Center organized its first big fund- life students, professionals, housewives etc. 11. Lexington Action Center raising event on March 22 Char Rang Each contributes in whichever way they can to 12. Minneapolis Action Center Yaaron Ke Sang, Holi 2008. The change the situation of underprivileged children. 13. New Jersey Action Center evening started with a presentation 14. New York Action Center on CRY followed by the CRY song 1. Alabama Action Center 15. Phoenix Action Center composed by Javed Akhtar. The Vande 2. Arkansas Action Center 16. Pittsburgh Action Center Matra group from University of 3. Atlanta Action Center 17. Raleigh-Durham Action Center Connecticut held the audience's 4. Bay Area Center 18. Richmond Action Center attention with 'Mera Jahaan' from the 5. Boston Action Center 19. San Diego Action Center movie Taare Zameen Par followed by 6. Chicago Action Center 20. Seattle Action Center dance performances by the University 7. College Station Action Center 21. South California Action Center of Connecticut Fusion Dance Group and Raunak Bhangra from Mount Holyoke. Food was catered by the Indian restaurant Curry King. CRY volunteers clocked in several hours to make this event a success.

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“It isthr esidence inNe wnhouse ofF g small,cost wnturn, w v ed thev ening. Inherinspirin ters. Onesuchev werin ough such , CSRI,United g thecommunities alue ofrights w Y irst LadyEleanor Y thattr e initiatedanew -ef ork fectiv en , the a Gandhi, ansform ”. ent w e - g as e 11 She also asserted that it is imperative that the ongoing investments in ensuring children's rights continue despite the current economic downturn. The evening raised close to $5000 and was attended by Indians and Americans who came together to celebrate the successes that CRY America has had in impacting the lives of underprivileged children this far and to make future achievements a reality. The event got significant publicity in ethnic media TV channels and publications.

Two additional dinners were organized: one in San Francisco on 22nd May and another in New York, hosted by John Jacob and Shawn Jones on 14th November.

The 2008 small events enabled CRY America to gain the support of over 160 prominent members of the New York and the Bay Area communities.

In honor of individuals who make a difference, The Lavender Fund 2 with the Community Foundation of Louisville made a Challenge grant to CRY America. Every dollar raised by CRY Our donor management software was upgraded America through individuals was matched by to enable more efficient processing of financial them dollar for dollar up to $25,000. and non-financial contributions received by CRY America. We would also like to acknowledge Gil and Barbara Kemp for their generous donation of The geographic focus in 2008 was on building 3 $25,000 in 2008, their third year of support to key markets New York, Chicago and the Bay CRY America. Area. CRY America set up corporate office representation in New York with the transfer of our Marketing Head from Boston to New York.

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Our annual Media Conference was held in New An animated video on the impact of CRY York on 28th May. The conference focused on America's work on children was created and India's dichotomy of unprecedented economic shared with donors and volunteers with an growth and success on one hand, and deep appeal to spread the word on child rights. A deprivation and discrimination on the other. project photo-essay was created as a more India is yet to attain the most basic social engaging means of reporting on the work of development indicators for nearly 240 million of supported projects. its children, such as quality education and health care. With the dichotomy theme, a Google continued to provide CRY America with booklet titled 'Chakraview' (unbreakable cycle) Ad word support which increased traffic to our was published and released at the conference. website. Through the Google grant partnership, The conference was attended by 12 journalists CRY America received a budget for search and covered by 23 TV, print and online channels. engine marketing.

13 Media relationship building efforts continued through the year across New York, Bay Area, Chicago, Boston, Connecticut, Pittsburgh and Detroit through news pitches, newsletters, press releases, bylined articles and event announcements. Two TV commercials on the issue of child labor and education aired on Zee TV and Aaj Tak.

COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA 14 8 The 2008 Annual Volunteer Conference held in

0 Boston on 7th & 8th November was attended by

0 30 leaders, including the board, staff and 2

volunteer leaders to review activities, resolve

N issues and set direction for 2009. New initiatives I

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T The CRY America Board met six times in 2008 to C monitor activities, resolve issues and set A direction. Kreeanne Rabadi represented CRY America at

R the Council of Foundations National Summit in E Shefali Sunderlal, President of CRY America gave Maryland in May 2008. H talks at the Google and CISCO offices in T California in May 2008. View the talk delivered Dr. Niraj, the head of Project SATHEE visited the O at Google. USA in May 2008 to meet with CRY America donors, volunteers and the media. Volunteers Shefali also gave a talk at the NETIP National from Seattle, Bay Area, Detroit, Connecticut and Conference and to the Asian Students Pittsburgh were inspired by their interactions Association of Harvard in Boston. with Dr. Niraj. Projects visits were organized for volunteers and donors visiting India during their winter and summer vacations.

Our thanks to Adam MacGregor for interning with CRY America during the 2008 summer which enabled us to create Media lists and provide ongoing support to Action Centers for the CRY Walk event.

15 INDIVIDUAL DONA INS PRODUCT SALES=0 EVENT TITUTIONS =6 S =4 7 .5 % % TIONS =46 .5 % %

WHERE DID EACH DOLLAR IN 2008 COME FROM? PRODUCT SALES EVENTS INS TITUTIONS DONA INDIVIDUAL TIONS 16 ADMINIS CAPIT AD RIGHT T RIGHT T RIGHT T RIGHT T V OCA AL EXPENSES O P O PRO O SUR O DEVEL CY TRA AR TION TICIP VIV TE OPMENT CTION AL A TION

SECTORAL DISBURSALS IN 2008 Right toP Capital Expenses-0 A dministr A ar dv ticipation -6 ocac ation -25 y -2. .3% 4 . 9% % . 0% Right toPr otection -20% Administr C Adv Right toP Right toPr Right toSur Right toDe BUDGET HEAD apital Expenses ocacy ar ation otection v viv ticipation elopment al Right toDe Right toSur SE CT 20 2 25 21. 6 0 2. 4 . ORAL% .3% 4 0% . . . 4 9% 0% 0% % % v elopment -2 viv al -21. 4 % 4 . 0% 17 GRANTS & PROJECTS SUPPORTED IN 2008 Rur Medical R OMRAH -OrissaInstitute for SPREAD- Disha -Bihar Pr SP Deenbandhu SamajikSanstha Himala A IM Children W Jai BheemV L Mahila MandalBarmerAgor V Mahan Sev NAME OFPRO Alternativ ok K atsaly aajak De AN al E alyan San yan Societyfor ducation andDe a Societ esearch andHealthSer e De a Sansthan elfare Society v elopment Society ikas ShikshanSansthan JE v y forPr than elopment CT omotion of v elopment vices India -Madh India -UttarPr India -UttarPr India -Uttar India –W India –W India - India -Rajasthan India -Rajasthan India -Rajasthan India -Orissa India -Orissa India -Bihar India -Bihar RE GION est Beng est Beng ya Pr akhand adesh adesh adesh al al 2008 GRANT 36 22 22 2 42 2 20 12, 17 18 15 53 8 3,508 4 6 , , ,200 , , 02 , , ,2 ,22 ,5 ,516 042 ,211 02 160 042 961 617 4 9 8 4 4 7 3 18 NAME OF PROJECT REGION 2008 GRANT

SATHEE - Society for Advancement in India - 41,184 Tribes Health, Education, Environment

Centre for Social Development India - Manipur 34,077

Wide Angle India - Manipur 18,634

Avehi - Abacus (2007 balance c/f) India - 13,577

Kalapandhari Magasvargiya & Adivasi India - Maharashtra 41,384 Gramin Vikas Sansthan

Shramik Vikas Kendram India - 45,934

Vikramshila Education India - National 49,689 Resource Society

Grant to CRY for Capacity Building India - National 31,587

CRY Grant Management Services India - National 56,685

Voices for America's Children USA - National 25,000

Child Rights Inc USA - New York 25,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of America USA - National 25,000

Child Welfare League of America USA - National 25,000

GRANTS & PROJECTS SUPPORTED IN 2008 19 572 Gener 14 Children impactedbysuppor V illages/ 1,223 al Indic slums co ators v er ed bysuppor ted pr ted pr ojects ojects

CRY AMERICA’S IMPACT IN 2008 schools enr 100% slums with V r activated or Sub Cen Cen Primar Children pr 5, suppor with education illages or etained 78 Health Co gr village leadership Pancha 097 olment in oups) withactive ters (PHC r C Dev Integr activated based gro Com etained enters activatedand y Health 1 t (non-formal) ters yats (local 91 90 elopment Ser munity mmittees o ated Child vided ’ s)& 133 218 ups DEVEL vice (ICDS) Bir RIGHT T th reg OPMENT SUR RIGHT T istr O ations ensur VIV AL O formal go mainstr Children schools 8, health check Children co 100% reten Go 725 v ernment schoolswith eamed into ed 7 ,275 v or r schools activated Go 9,280 ernment vernm etained ve tion - up progr red thr 3,9 nutrition suppor health careand with antenatal Preg immunized Children 10 ent 10 20 ,28 nant women 133 3 ough 7 ams

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stopped marriages Child 1 workfor Children r acro formed orstr Children’s gr fr V illages/ ee fr P PRO AR RIGHT T ss pr RIGHT T om childlabor TICIP ce TECTION emo slums 100% 6 ojects 20 A O oups/ v TION engthened O ed from 275 clubs Co based gr labor active onchild organizations 50 the mmunity 68 oups/ 20 8 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

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ASSETS

S Current Assets L Cash $ 651,630 A

I Accounts receivable 92,945

C Prepaid expenses 24,220 N

A Total Current Assets 768,795 N I

F Property and Equipment Office equipment 5,109 D Less accumulated depreciation (2,576) E T I

D Total Property and Equipment 1,400 U

A Security Deposit 1,400

Total Assets 772,728

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Current Liabilities Accounts payable 101,664 Accrued expenses - Grant payable -

Total Current Liabilities 101,664

Unrestricted Net Assets 671,064

Total Liabilities and $ 772,728 Net Assets

21 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES For the Year Ending December 31,2008

Revenue and Support Contributions $ 683,568

Fundraising Events Revenue raised 619,096 Expenses incurred (126,247)

Net Fundraising Event Revenue 492,849

Interest income 2,967

Total Revenue and Support 1,179,384

Expenses Program/grant expenses 755,123 Fundraising expenses 203,507 Administrative expenses 216,776

Total Expenses 1,175,406

Increase in Net Assets 3,978

TNet Assets as of 667,086 Beginning of Year

Net Assets as of End of Year $ 671,064

AUDITED FINANCIALS 2008 22 STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSE December 31,2008

Program/Grant Expenses: India projects $ 655,123 US projects 100,000

Total Program/Grant Expenses $ 755,123

Fundraising Expenses

Professional fees $ 27,412 Postage 22,247 Marketing 153,848

Total Fundraising Expenses $ 203,507

Administrative Expenses Payroll $ 95,243 Professional services 47,144 Service Charges 23,065 Travel and transportation 14,328 Rent 7,330 License and registration fees 7,833 Insurance 9,911 Telephone 4,469 Postage 4,317 Depreciation 889 Electricity 445 Office supplies 803 Dues 1,000

Total Administrative Expenses $ 216,777

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PROJECT CASE STORY state r con pr its leaseperiode for r eng the fruitbearingstage tribals ev with thepr go ga these villages,thesoilconser As incomegener plantations. dev C fr to theCashewC K displacing twelv implemented c Communities GetTheirRigh to thehills.How displaced thetribalc L In theearlysev United (SPREAD) Af tribal identity faced ec ancestr emaining, allot ef onser or om thehilltopandpr ofits fr ter theDamc v v cibly tak t vulner aput districtinOrissa,India. e amajorpor ernment handedo tinued tooccup eloped thelandforpr aged thetribalstomaintainplan ev v al land,thetribalsofthisr ation depar onomic depriv enue depar om thegar entually able andmarginaliz omise ofr en bytheCashewC . onstruction oftheMachkunddam enties, theGo onstruction, thegov orpor ted tothetribals,wer e villagesinLamantapur ev ation forthetribalslivin tion oftheplantationsonlease xpir . Butwhentheplantsr er inordertostopsoil y thesamegar tment, whichinturn dens withoutr tment. ed, theCashewC ommunity fromtheplains eturning thelandto ation. Thefe v , ther ation, butalsoalossof otect thedam, er thehilltoptoState oduction ofc ev v v ts WhenTheyGet ernment ofOrissa orpor ation depar ed fr enue depar dens andenjo w gar egion notonly epor om their ernment ation Af e also orpor ashew ting tothe dens eached tations , g in tment tment osion ation ter y injustice D education. to r con People's Mo formed theD initiated communitylev community educating tribalsonthego childr tak pr change toc (SPREAD) understoodthatforan to r The childr dif dependent onnon-tribalsf society andontheirchildrenther ef facilitation tomainstr CR the plantations,doin out ofschool.AndtheGo Pr husbandr them forw plantations, thetribalsbecamedependenton As non-tribalclassesstar enjo E Language barriers,sur economic pr ducational facilitiesdidnotmeettribalneeds. AS spurr fect ontheeconomicstructur omote thetribalcultur omoting R Y Americasuppor ficult tofeedtheirchildr e intoac aise theirv eturn. tr ying theirchildhood. ol oflandrights,liv en wer . y insteadofgoingtoschooland en wer ed thepeopleinLamantapur ar ages andliv . Thr ome about,theymustpr coun v essur e malnourished. ur ement cr ang oices ag al E ough workshops,SPREAD t theknowledgeandskillof e alsousedasbondedlaboron ar A e for ducation andDev ted pr g agricultur dhikar Samti(D eam themiftheyw eated tor ced man ainst e elihood ha viv el discussionanddebate elihood, health,and al identityandalso v ted managingthe al vulner ernment hadno oject -Societ or wages,madeit v en. 45 ernment s xploitation and y childr e ofthetribal e-establish e and y lasting ving anadv % oftribal e upon.Being ability and elopment eser AS), a ystem and en todr y for v anted e, erse ea op 2 4 By putting pressure on Government officials, DAS income of nearly 44 lakhs (88,000 USD) at was able to push their concerns. DAS retained its community level. political identity at Block and district level by regaining control of the cashew plantation. To encourage children towards school, a 'go to Undeterred by threats from the local police, school' campaign was organized in 12 villages. state government administration and the 656 children from these villages participated in Cashew Corporation, the tribals regained their the campaign, which moved from street to rights to the cashew plantations and restored street convincing reluctant parents to send their their means to a livelihood generating the children to school.

SPREAD impact CRY America along with SPREAD helped: Operating in 75 villages, SPREAD achieved the Build a critical mass around issues of their following impact in 2007-08: interest which was the first step to influence 6 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) them towards advocacy for Child Rights . centers were activated and opened to provide Encourage collective action through alliance children supplementary food and health building as an effective means to pressurize the services. . State . Malnutrition amongst tribal children decreased Analyze macro policies . 34%. . Provide political perspective that is required for Equal wages enforced for male and female the sustained involvement of the reference workers 64 families got the job. under the group in the larger movement for Child Rights National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Guide the leadership movement along with the (NREGS). . alliances to emerge from the affected In 4 villages the child panchayat (parliamanent) communities . has presented problems related to school before Bring to the table the fact that children are the village meeting. . effective actors in and for issues concerning 215 children participated in organized Children’s their development. Convention to garner interest in school, to encourage cultural pride and to form a Children’s forum at the regional level. Encouraged dialogue with youth/tribal college students to become aware and sensitized on the issues of the tribal people and organized a Youth camp which 150 youths participated in.

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