Youth Red Cross – Best Engineering College in Tamilnadu -KCET

ABOUT YRC

Youth represent a substantial part of the membership of Red Cross for its humanitarian commitment. Young volunteers can make a significant contribution to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people within their local communities through Red Cross youth programme. This has been designed to involve young people as much as possible in the movement and its activities not only as workers and beneficiaries, but as partners in management.

OBJECTIVES

To serve as an information center to the college community about any features of the Red Cross
To enable the college community to obtain Red Cross services available to students
To serve as a focal point to which incoming Red Cross services can be coordinated
To serve as an outlet for the College Youth Red Cross volunteer services in the community
To provide an atmosphere towards the all round development of its members

YRC@KCET

Since its inception in 2006, the Youth Red Cross Unit of KCET has carried out wide range of activities and training programmes- Blood Donations, First Aid and Fire Safety training, Awareness programmes on Environment preservation, AIDS, Drug abuse and Anti-corruption, Awareness Rallies, Village Camps, Visit to poor homes and NGOS, Volunteering for organizing college programmes and so on.

ACTIVITIES

Blood Donation camp: Blood Donation camps are conducted once in a semester. About 100 units of blood is donated in each camp.
Awareness Programmes and seminars: Awareness programmes on HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Drug Abuse, Anti Corruption are conducted in association with various organizations and NGOs
First Aid Training: First Aid and Fire Safety training conducted by Usha Fire Safety Pvt Ltd.
Village Camp: Village camp focuses on the welfare of residents of the particular village through medical camps, cleaning, survey and by teaching principles of red cross to school children.