Junior Red Cross- Youth Red Cross is a lifeline of the Red Cross, which works in schools & colleges. The IRCS, J&K-UT is doing yeomen service for humanity under the president-ship of Lt. Governor Shri Manoj Sinha.
To provide the Juniors and their Counselors of J&K-UT an opportunity to inculcate the spirit of selfless service, to understand the objective of Red Cross & Junior Red Cross amongst the students, recently a contingent of 24 students in two groups of 12 i.e. 6 Girls and 6 Boys each escorted by a Male and Female counselor of Jammu and Kathua District resp. participated in one week National Youth Exchange cum-Inter State Junior Red Cross Training Camps at Gita Gyan Sansthanam, Near Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra (Haryana) and at Sacred Heart School, Moga (Punjab) respectively. The camps were fully funded by the Indian Red Cross Society.
The students participated in various exchange programmes, had an opportunity to represent their culture, gained insights into diverse cultures from teams representing various states, discussed various topics and exchanged information about the activities of Red Cross and Junior Red Cross. In order to inculcate the spirit of humanitarianism among youth of the state, various competitions like quiz, painting, dance, folk songs, skit, extempore speech, exhibition, rangoli competition along with indoor games were organized. The students participated to imbibe and depict the selfless doings of Red Cross Society.
