In a country as vast and diverse as India, ensuring every child grows up healthy, safe, and supported is an extraordinary mission. CRY (Child Rights and You) has been doing this work for over 40 years — enabling happier and healthier childhoods for more than 3 million children.

But with 140+ implementation partners, 40+ programs, and multiple thematic areas spanning education, health, nutrition, protection, and participation, one challenge grew louder with time:

How do you turn scattered, distributed data into meaningful, real-time insights?

Every day, thousands of field workers, partner organisations, and program teams generated data — beneficiary records, activity logs, facility information, intervention outcomes, village-level reports.
 Yet, without a unified system, this information remained distributed across formats, locations, and devices.

CRY needed a solution that could:

• Bring together beneficiary and program data in one place
• Work seamlessly in some of the most remote field contexts
• Enable leadership to make decisions rooted in real-time information
• Offer a reliable Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) framework at scale

The Challenge

CRY’s vast program footprint required:

• A centralised MIS that integrates beneficiary data, partner information, facilities, and thematic indicators
• A system that works for 178+ partners with different capacities and field environments
• The ability to collect data offline in remote villages
• Clean, validated, structured data to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Real-time dashboards that convert raw data into clear insights
• Secure role-based access across multiple levels of the organisation
• A scalable architecture that grows with programs, geographies, and needs

The need was clear:
One platform that brings clarity, consistency, and confidence to CRY’s Monitoring & Evaluation ecosystem.

The Solution

Together with CRY, Socialbytes designed and developed a comprehensive, scalable MIS platform tailor-made for the realities of the social sector.

Key Features

1. Mobile-Based Data Capture (Fully Offline Capable)

Field teams can collect data anywhere — even in low-network regions — ensuring no child or activity goes unrecorded.

2. Custom Forms With Skip Logic & Validations

Smart forms ensure cleaner, standardised data and reduce reporting errors.

3. A Unified Data Hub

Beneficiary, facility, partner, and program information feed into one central MIS for seamless visibility.

4. Automated Dashboards & Reporting

Real-time insights allow leadership to monitor:

• Inputs, Outputs and Outcomes
• Comparative performance
• Red flags across geographies

5. Seamless Integration With Existing Systems

The MIS plugs into CRY’s existing tech stack and BI tools for unified reporting.

6. Role-Based Access & Strong Data Security

Sensitive child and community data is protected through secure, tiered access controls.

7. Scalability Built In

The architecture supports constant program evolution, new thematics, and new partners without disruption.

The Impact

Since the system went live in April 2018, it has become CRY’s central nerve centre for monitoring and evaluation.

What the MIS enables today

• Manages data for ~0.75 million children across multiple development areas
• Supports 178+ implementation partners across India
• Provides real-time visibility into field activities and program outcomes
• Helps teams identify gaps and opportunities early
• Standardises reporting for donors, internal teams, and leadership
• Strengthens CRY’s ability to measure and demonstrate impact clearly

When data is reliable, understandable, and accessible, decision-making becomes stronger — and programs become more effective.

Why This Matters

Children deserve the strongest possible systems supporting their wellbeing.
This MIS is a step toward that — bringing clarity to complexity, bringing insight to scale, and bringing every child’s story into focus.

Because when data is clear, impact becomes clearer.

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