Youth Red Cross (YRC)

OVERVIEW:

The international Red Cross movement is the well-known and worldwide humanitarian organization, present in almost all the countries.The motto of Youth Red Cross (YRC) is "to serve". The Youth Red Cross is the most important constituent of its mother organization, Indian Red Cross Society. It is a group movement organized at the initial stages for students between 18 and 25 years of age within the colleges. Under the guidance of Programme Officer, the students are trained and encouraged to manage various programmes.

The fundamental principles of Red Cross movement are :

• Humanity
• Impartiality
• Neutrality
• Independence
• Voluntary service
• Unity
• Universality
• Red Cross society function with the one and only aim of serving people under distress without any consideration of caste, religion, language and nationality.

Youth Red Cross has the following three principles :

• Protection of health and life
• Service to the sick and suffering
• Promotion of national and international friendship to develop the mental and moral capacities of the youth.

Activities :

• Promotion of health and hygiene.
• Service to the needy people
• Relief work during emergencies like flood, fire and other natural calamities.
• National integration
• World friendliness.

YRC PROGRAMME OFFICERS

1. Smt.S.Shankari

2. Smt.M.Rajalakshmi

Period	Programme	Nature of Programme	Participation
20-12-2017 to 20-12-2017	BLOOD DONATION / IDENTIFICATION CAMP	DR.POOMANI, GOVT. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE, REDDIYARPATTI	13 STUDENTS DONATED BLOOD, 582 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED THEIR BLOOD GROUP
15-09-2017 to 15-09-2017	CANCER SCREENING TEST	DR. PREMA & DR. ABIRAMI,NELLAI CANCER CARE CENTRE	20 TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING FACULTY MEMBERS
15-09-2017 to 15-09-2017	LEGAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME	SMT. SEETHA, ADVOCATE, TIRUNELVELI	350 STUDENTS
14-09-2017 to 14-09-2017	CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMME	DR.ABIRAMI, NELLAI CANCER CARE CENTRE	FINAL YEAR UG STUDENTS
04-02-2017 to 04-02-2017	AWARENESS OF CANCER	NELLAI CANCER CARE CENTRE, PALAYAMKOTTAI	NSS STUDENTS
14-09-2016 to 14-09-2016	BLOOD DONATION / IDENTIFICATION	DOCTORS FROM GOVT. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE, PALAYAMKOTTAI	36 BLOOD DONORS DONATED THEIR BLOOD,591 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED THEIR BLOOD
27-07-2016 to 27-07-2016	AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON HEPATITIS	DR.T.K.SOUNDARA RAJAN,GOVT. SIDDHA MEDICAL COLLEGE,PALAYAMKOTTAI	450 STUDENTS
21-07-2016 to 21-07-2016	AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON ROAD SAFETY	MR.JUDSON, TAMILNADU TRAFFIC POLICE WARDEN -SPEECH	600 STUDENTS