e just do not have to look at the symptoms but realise the root causes. And rather than just applying external solutions, there is a need to work with the community," says Ingrid Srinath, chief executive officer, CRY explaining why the NGO recently started calling itself Child Rights and You instead of Child Relief and You.

CRY focuses on four basic rights of children - right to survival (to life, health, nutrition, name and nationality), right to development (to education, care, leisure, recreation), right to protection (from exploitation, abuse, neglect), and the right to participation (expression, information, thought and religion). ... more