We are a local Christian charity, that works mainly overseas to help children and young people to fulfil their God-given potential.
The work that CRY carries out worldwide falls into 5 key areas: Enable Education, Empower Girls, Support Refugees, Provide Aid and Improve Mental Health. You can find out more about the projects that our work supports by visiting our projects page here.
We are independent from Care & Relief for the Young( CRY UK) but fundraise for them, and see them as our parent charity. We have our Trustees in Jersey, who meet regularly to plan for and support our work. The majority of our fundraising is carried out by our 2 successful charity shops, but we also hold events throughout the year to increase awareness locally of the valuable projects we are supporting worldwide and raise funds to support these.
At Cry Jersey, all of the projects we support (40 projects in 30 countries, supporting more than 9000 children and young people) aim to Enable Education, Empower Girls, Provide Aid, Support Refugees and Improve Mental Health. Funds we receive go towards projects such as building schools, providing meals, giving refuge to the displaced or providing vocational training – we work with organisations on the ground to ensure we provide the support that is most needed for marginalised and disadvantaged children.
We believe that by changing just one life we begin a process of wider change. Every child we support has the potential to become an agent of change in their community; driving further action to lift even more vulnerable children and families out of danger, poverty and hardship.