The RCYC mission is "to build a community of young leaders who are achievers, socially responsible and who embrace humanitarian values."
The activities of the RCYC will focus on the following:
Besides acquiring first aid skills, the RCHN members will assist to heighten first aid awareness among the student body. This will be done through assisting the SRC to conduct a 3-hour first aid awareness talk for the student body. The goal is to have every member of their student body to be exposed to first aid knowledge.
RCYC members will have ample opportunities to put their First Aid/CPR skills into practice through in-campus First Aid duties or public duties for national and/or community events.
Members will also be trained in Psychosocial Support through courses arranged by the Secretariat. External speakers will also be invited to give talks for the RCHN members, who will then be equipped with the basic skills to help the community through the SRC in times of crisis.
The RCYC members will play an integral role in encouraging youth to be blood donors. Members will be the blood donor recruiters in their schools, aiming to recruit at least 20% of the student body as blood donors.
Members will co-ordinate in-campus blood drives with the Secretariat from the Blood Donor Recruitment Programme and spearhead the Red Challenge, a yearly nation-wide blood donation challenge involving companies, other clubs and societies.
Through the Community Involvement Programme (CIP) of the RCYC, members will be working with identified partner, Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs) in identifying avenues for a continued and meaningful involvement for both parties.
RCYC members will also be involved in the fund raising activities of the SRC like the Flag Day and Charity Draw. Members can also organize their own chapter-based fund raising projects (a maximum of 1 per year) for the SRC and/or other partner organisations that they work with in the CIP component of their activities.
As part of nurturing RCYC members and cultivating their skills, various training activities will be conducted for them. These include seminars on Red Cross Knowledge, Humanitarian Values, and motivational seminars.
RCYC members will be involved in the organisation of international mission trips. These would be development-based missions, where the SRC will be working hand-in-hand with sister National Societies on projects which are aimed at providing assistance or enhancing the well being of the less fortunate in neighbouring countries.
Members may also propose their own mission trips if they are able to identify the country and the type of activities to be conducted, along with the proposed budget and details of the mission.
"Didn't you see the man seeing tissue paper the last time you walk down town? I did, and I wish I could do more to help then giving a dollar. I can't believe people could actually ignore these elderly people, it's an awful way to live compared to the lavish life I have. I decided to do something about it and signed-up with the Red Cross Youth (Chapters)."
Alison Rhee, 21, Business Student
She didn't think she would be learning organisational, people, management and leadership skills when she signed up to help out in community service. But she did and at no cost at all. Through various community service activities she learnt to handle people and understand their needs as well as brain storm and organise fund raising activities to help the community. It allowed her to learn more about how organisations work and she gained much experience, putting her ideas and skills into play while gaining the business experience that she needs as a business student.
Let’s give back to the community! RCYC members will partake in blood donor recruitment, international projects, adoption of the Red Cross Home for the Disabled (RCHD) and innovative community projects. To top it off, members will participate in an annual Community Service Seminar, where they can display their finesse in serving the community in various ways Each Chapter can choose any Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWO) to adopt and they are required to propose a novel community project for their adopted VWO.
Members participate in at least two Society-based fund raising activities, where they play an integral role in raising funds for the provision of local humanitarian services to more than 50,000 individuals. RCHN members will also be given a chance to display their flair for creativity, where each chapter will be brainstorming and proposing an interesting and meaningful fund raising project, which will serve the community . The best proposal will then be adopted and executed with the involvement of all RCHN chapters.
Each RCHN member must be willing to participate in an overseas mission, organised during school holidays, where members will have the opportunity to contribute towards improving the lives of the less fortunate in neighbouring countries. RCHN members will play integral roles in conceptualising and planning the overseas international projects. A selection process by the SRC will help identify participants for these projects.
When disasters strike and people get affected mentally and emotionally, who can lend them a helping hand, a listening ear and a strong shoulder to lean on? RCHN members now have a chance to be all of those and more, providing victims and their families with the support they need. This can be achieved through psychological support awareness training and other similar courses organised by the Secretariat for RCHN members. Sometimes, being there is just all it takes. With so many ways that you can help, get yourself equipped with First Aid knowledge and sign-up now!
"I watched the old man dying before my eyes. I hated the feeling of helplessness! I wanted so much to help the man. It was terrible to see the man dying, I can't imagine if that was my girlfriend, my sister or my mum and I could do nothing to help. So I signed up with Red Cross to learn first aid. I'm not going to let that happen to me again!"
Ron Phua, 23, IT Engineer
Nine year old Jia Le had just learnt how to swim. In a bid to impress his mother, he jumped into the adult pool and tried to swim, without realizing the danger. When Mrs Tan realized that Jia Le was soon gasping for breath and struggling to stay afloat, she was at her wit’s end. A non-swimmer herself, she cried herself hoarse trying to get attention and help to save her drowning child. Luckily for Jia Le, her cries alerted a young man who rushed to Jia Le’s aid. Pulling him out of the pool, Mrs Tan realized to her horror that Jia Le had lost consciousness. Just at that crucial moment, a man in his thirties checked Jia Le’s pulse and performed CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitation) on him. After several attempts, Jia Le started to sputter water and regain consciousness. Mrs Tan was so relieved that she forgot to thank the man who saved Jia Le’s life. Until today, she is indebted to this stranger who revived her son with CPR skills. If it were not for this Samaritan Jia Le would have died.
When disasters strike and people get affected mentally and emotionally, who can lend them a helping hand, a listening ear and a strong shoulder to lean on? RCYC members now have a chance to be all of those and more, providing victims and their families with the support they need. This can be achieved through psychological support awareness training and other similar courses organized by the Secretariat for RCHN members. Sometimes, being there is just all it takes.
When a life is at stake and every second counts, First Aid could be the determining factor between life and death. Every member of the RCHN is encouraged to be trained in Standard First Aid, and to attend an Ambulance orientation Programme organized by the SRC. RCYC members may be attached to the Ambulance Services Division or the Adult Volunteer Division of the SRC to perform public duties. Equipped with a life saving skill, each chapter will help raise First Aid awareness amongst the student body of their institution through First Aid Awareness Programmes.
Members can also be trained as Instructors where they have to earn their Basic Cardiac Life Support Certificate and Method of Instruction Certificate.
With so many ways that you can help, get yourself equipped with First Aid knowledge and sign-up now!
"When they brought in the elderly man, the nurses all thought he was going to die because he was losing so much blood, I was highly concerned, we need blood to help these people, but we are lacking in blood donors. Not many are willing to donate their blood. Strange rumours about how donating blood makes people thinner, and nonsense like that keep people away from donating blood. It really doesn't hurt, it's only a pinch or a prick and that's all it takes for you to save a life!"
Dr. Lim, 30, Surgeon
Gopal, the zookeeper who was gored by an elephant that he has spent years looking after, needed a lot of blood transfusions to save his life. The story of the man who was attacked by his ‘pet’ elephant made national headlines. Thanks to blood donors, Gopal is now back at the Zoo and continues his work with the elephants. It was unknown what triggered the attack, but Gopal remained steadfast on his love and concern for the big mammals.
It is what flows in you that makes you alive. That is why blood donation should be the social responsibility of all those who are eligible to donate. Every member is strongly encouraged to donate blood, and in turn become ‘Blood Ambassadors’ to recruit blood donors and encourage their family, friends and fellow students to donate blood. Each chapter will organize blood drives on campus with each drive aiming to collect 200 units of blood, and recruiting 20% of the student population to be blood donors over three years. With so many ways that you can help, get yourself equipped with First Aid knowledge and sign-up now!