Poori Padhai Desh Ki Bhalai Campaign:
CRY’s seven-week campaign aims to raise awareness and increase girls’ school participation.
- Only 60% of girls are enrolled in higher secondary education, per the Union Education Ministry. Only three out of every five girls in India reach 11th and 12th standards.
- Child Rights and You is an Indian non-governmental organization that works towards ensuring children’s rights.
- The organization was started in 1979 by Rippan Kapur, an Air India purser. CRY works with 99 grassroots projects across 19 states in India and has impacted the lives of over three million children.