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Child Rights and You commonly abbreviated as CRY is a non-profit organisation in India that aims to restore children's rights in India. The organisation was established in 1979. The organisation partners with grass-roots Non-governmental organisations to uplift thousands of Indian children denied basic children's rights.〔(CRY to focus on child rights ) The Hindu, Apr 10, 2006.〕〔(20 years old and still going strong, CRY celebrates b'day ) Indian Express, February 1, 1999.〕 It works towards restoring basic rights to children, especially from India and works across levels from direct action to advocacy, mobilizing public opinion and policy change. It was started by Rippan Kapur in 1979 with Rs 50, he died in 1994 at the age of 40. However by then, the organisation has grown, in 1993 the organisation had spent Rs.1.75 crore on 58 projects in rural, urban and tribal areas.〔(CRY changed its name from Child Relief and You to Child Rights and You.... ) Rediff.com, October 20, 2006.〕 It focuses mainly on the 4 basic rights of survival, development, protection and participation 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.〔(Treaties ) un.org.〕 ==Basic principles(Children's Rights)== 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 including nationality, *the right to development of education, care, leisure, and recreation, *the right to protection from exploitation, abuse and neglect, *the right to participation in expression, information, thought and religion. CRY works to ensure these rights to all categories of 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, or even children in privileged homes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Child Rights and You」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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