Youth Red Cross Wing
"Youth Red Cross" is one of the wings of Indian Red Cross Society. The Red Cross Society is a worldwide, well join, universally accepted, admired and internationally identified humanitarian service organisation. It is the biggest, independent non-religious, non-political, non-sectarian and voluntary relief organisation treating people equally all over the world without any discrimination as to their nationality, race and religious beliefs.
Indian Red Cross Society
Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) was established in 1920 under the Indian Red Cross Society Act and incorporated under Parliament Act XV of 1920. The act was last amended in 1992 and rules were formed in 1994. IRCS has 35 State / Union Territory Branches with more than 700 districts and sub-district branches. Honourable President of India is the President and Honourable Union Health Minister is the Chairman of the Society. The Indian Red Cross's programmes are grouped into four main core areas: Promoting humanitarian principles and values; Disaster response; Disaster preparedness; and Health and Care in the Community.
The Red Cross promotes Humanitarian values, which encourage respect for other human beings and a willingness to work together to find solutions to problems. From the seven fundamental principles, the movement aims to influence the behaviour of people.
Objectives of the Youth Red Cross
As a movement of the youth, YRC seeks to:
- To make them understand and accept civic responsibilities, and act accordingly with humanitarian concern.
- To enable the growth and development of a spirit of service and sense of duty with dedication and devotion in the minds of the youth.
- To foster friendly relationship with all without any discrimination.
- Encourage community service through training and education
Aims of the Youth Red Cross
- Having a work-shop for YRC volunteers to enhance their knowledge regarding first-aid and rescue steps in emergency.
- Plan to organize blood donation camps.
- Conduct awareness programme for AIDS, Non-communicable diseases like diabetes, COPD, etc.,
Fundamental Principles of the Youth Red Cross
- Humanity: The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, born of a desire to bring assistance without discrimination to the wounded on the battlefield, endeavors, in its international and national capacity, to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it is found. Its purpose is to protect life and health and to ensure respect for human beings. It promotes mutual understanding, friendship, cooperation and lasting peace amongst all people,
- Impartiality: It makes no discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. It endeavors to relieve the suffering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress.
- Neutrality: In order to continue to enjoy the confidence of all, the Movement may not take sides in hostilities or engage at any time in controversies a political, racial, religious or ideological nature.
- Independence: The Movement is independent. The National Societies, while auxiliaries in the humanitarian services of their governments and subject to the laws of their respective countries, must always maintain their autonomy so that they may be able at all times to act in accordance with the principles of the Movement.
- Voluntary Service: It is a voluntary relief movement not prompted in any manner by desire for gain.
- Unity: There can be only one Red Cross or one Red Crescent society in any one country. It must be open to all. It must carry on its humanitarian work throughout its territory.
- Universality: The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, in which all societies have equal status and share equal responsibilities and duties in helping each other, is worldwide.
Youth Red Cross at PESIAMS
Based on the above Objectives and Principles, the Youth Red Cross Wing of PESIAMS was established in the academic year 2013-14 as per the order of Kuvempu University. By default, all students will be volunteers of this wing. Youth Red Cross helps the students to inculcate discipline in them and to understand their responsibility towards the county and society.
Youth Red Cross wing of the institution organises special invited talks, training programmes, workshops to its own students as well as to the students of other colleges to enhance their civic sense and responsibility.
Advisory Committee of the Youth Red Cross Wing for the AY 2020-21:
Sl.
No. |
Name |
Designation |
| 1. |
Dr. Aruna A, Principal |
Chairperson |
| 2. |
Mr. Pradeep Shetty |
Programme officer |
| 3. |
Mr. Kantharaj H D |
Member |
| 4. |
Mr. Praveen B |
Member |
| 5. |
Mr. Ashwini A R |
Member |
Responsibility:
- Programme Officer conducts the meeting for the composition of the Advisory Committee.
- Chairperson, Programme Officer and members of the forum select the student members.
- Programme Officer will prepare the action plan for the year and convey the Advisory committee meeting to decide the activities to be conducted.
- Programme officer identifies the guest and resource persons for the special invited talks and training programme.
- Maintains the YRC wing records, reports, documents and submits the Annual activity report to the University Nodal Officer.
Standard Operating procedure (SOP):
- Programme officer, Members of Advisory Committee and students’ members will plan the list of the activities to be conducted in an academic year.
- Programme officer will take formal permission to execute the plan of activities.
- Programme officer will notify the activities to the students through the circular and encourages maximum participation in all the activities.
- Programme officer ensures all the activities should be executed as decided and incorporated in calendar of event of the institution/as decided in the meeting.
- Programme Officer will take feedback of each activity organized by the wing to know the quality of the activity organized and if required, to enhance the quality of the programmes organized under the wing.
