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INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, HARYANA STATE BRANCH
YOUTH RED CROSS (YRC)
1. YOUTH
Youths are the pillars & future leaders of the Country. Today’s youth is tomorrow’s India. In our country the age group between 15 to 35 is considered as Youth. More than half of our total population is youth. To achieve national developments,efforts are to develop youth resources, which is of vital importance in this century of advancing technology. It is feeling of youths that the educational, social and political systems do not take care of their welfare and developments sufficiently and utilize their energy resources fully for national development. Motivating youths, instilling in them a sense of volunteering service, enhancing self-confidence, self-esteem and self-identity and developing like skills among youths constitute and enable to achieve national development. Education is required to develop multi-skills among youths to face and overcome the challenges in this competitive life. To attain a conducive environment for healthy physical, moral and intellectual growth of the youth, extracurricular activities have been introduced in the form of N.S.S., N.C.C. and Youth Red Cross (YRC). The youths in the Universities and Colleges are moulded with a view to developing their thoughts and deeds through attitudinal and behavioural changes on the lines of self/personal development. The Extra-Curricular activities under the banners ofN.S.S., N.C.C. and YRC develop the ideology of national character and thus help build up our Nation. The youths in the colleges and universities should be fully involved in rehabilitative activities through Youth Red Cross. It is a group movement organized for all students within the Colleges/Institutions and Universities.
2. AN INTRODUCTION - YOUTH RED CROSS
The Youth Red Cross, the youngest wing of Indian Red Cross Society, Haryana State Branch is working in all colleges of Haryana. As the name implies, the youth power, when committed to the service in Indian Red Cross Society, can attain spectacular achievements. The Youth Red Cross has a Counsellor nominated by the Principal who promotes Youth Red Cross activities endeavours to create in students a genuineenthusiasm and thus students are trained and encouraged to implement the activities of Youth Red Cross. The students of the Colleges/Universities/Institutions join the Youth Red Cross voluntarily. Though no hard and fast rules are laid down regarding Youth Red Cross activities, the programmes as far as possible, include each of the following heads: -
1. Promotion of health and hygiene.
2. Service to others such as First Aid and Home Nursing.
3. National Integration.
4. World friendliness.
5. Relief work during emergencies like floods, fire, earthquake and other natural calamities.
6. Eradication of social evils such as Drug De-addiction, HIV/ AIDS awareness,
Female Foeticide, Dowry, Illiteracy etc.
7. Promotion of Voluntary Blood Donation movement.
8. Protection of environment to combat climatic changes and energy conservation.
9. Promotion of Eye & Organ donation.
Keeping the above areas in views the Youth Red Cross in Colleges/Institutions and Universities implement a number of activities by involving the Youth Red Cross volunteers. For more than a decade the YRC volunteers have been in the forefront of several humanitarian activities. All arts & science colleges, Engineering, Medical and Paramedical institutions, Agricultural and Law Colleges are to ensure the much needed increase in the enrolment of Youth Red Cross volunteers and encourage the momentum for theestablishment of YRC.
COME TOGETHER FOR THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY
General Note
Moto of the Red Cross is Health Service Friendship. Youths are the pillars & future leaders of the Country. Today’s youth is tomorrow’s India. In our country the age group between 15 to 35 is considered as Youth. More than half of our total population is youth. To achieve national developments,efforts are to develop youth resources, which is of vital importance in this century of advancing technology. It is feeling of youths that the educational, social and political systems do not take care of their welfare and developments sufficiently and utilize their energy resources fully for national development. Motivating youths, instilling in them a sense of volunteering service, enhancing self-confidence, self-esteem and self-identity and developing like skills among youths constitute and enable to achieve national development. Education is required to develop multi-skills among youths to face and overcome the challenges in this competitive life.