The opportunity before us is ever-present and, through over two decades of imparting citizenship education to young people, we have only gotten more hopeful that the India we dream of is achievable.
We have had an impact on our young citizens in the form of encouraging them to carry out acts of active citizenship (enthusiastic, proactive deeds that help society and citizens as a whole), develop key life skills, and change their attitudes towards important democratic citizenship values.
80,000+
children and youth reached across 15+ cities and 1100+ villages in 2022-23
500+
campaigns conducted by young citizens in 2022-2023
500+
Together for Change action projects carried out by students, where children came together to make a difference in their communities
150+
documented social change and community-building actions taken by children
The acts demonstrate the impact our programmes have on the young in understanding of democratic values and acting on them, or facing a civic problem and taking action
Arundhati* and Arunima*, Navy Children School, Mumbai, got an open manhole in their neighbourhood fixed by reporting the issue to the relevant authorities.
Learn MoreThe CMCA club members from Bengaluru, rescued their classmates Shankar* and Ramu* who stopped school to work as labourers. The children spoke to the parents of Shankar and Ramu and got their classmates back in school.
Learn MoreThe CMCA club members, Government Girls High School, Kelamangalam, took proactive steps when they noticed issues with their school toilets. They approached the Headmaster, who promptly reported it to the Panchayat. The girls now have a new set of functioning toilets.
Learn MoreCMCA’s citizenship education equips students from all backgrounds with critical life skills such as empathy, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, assertiveness, problem-solving, and communication among others thereby enabling them with skills to engage and collaborate with authorities and communities for the common good.
Learn MoreThrough our surveys pre and post intervention, we have been able to see a marked improvement in the attitudes of young people towards values like justice, equality, abiding by the law, sustainability, and more. Citizens with more positive beliefs make for a better country.
Learn MoreCMCA has been accredited by Credibility Alliance under the category “Desirability Norms” – for good governance, accountability, transparency and continuous improvements. Credibility Alliance is a consortium of voluntary organisations committed to enhancing accountability and transparency in the voluntary sector through good governance.