August 08, 2023

Health, Education, Economic Empowerment, Social Inclusion and Equity, Peace-Building and Security, Governance, Active Citizenship, Environment, Global Mobility

Red Cross Youth (RCY) is one of the Philippine Red Cross' Major Services, alongside Safety, Health, Blood, Welfare, and Disaster Management. Each of these services serves a distinct but interconnected and complex purpose in the service of the most vulnerable. Its mission and purpose are to educate and empower children and youth in the Red Cross spirit through constructive training and effective leadership, as well as to provide opportunities for channeling and harnessing their energy and idealism into worthy humanitarian actions. The RCY has four (4) major objectives: instilling humanitarian values, practicing a healthy lifestyle, developing youth leadership skills through service delivery, and advocating national/international friendship. It caters to and develops children and youth aged 7 to 30 years old in order for them to become effective humanitarian leaders of tomorrow while also being a peer educator of today, taking into account the age range of various levels of education, those who are out of school, and young professionals. We, the Red Cross Youth Council Sto. Tomas Community has the objectives to work with the Philippine Red Cross - Batangas Chapter, through the Chapter Youth Council, in policy influence and in the management and implementation of programs for children and the youth, to organize Red Cross Youth Councils, and to guide inter-council coordination to foster solidarity and collaborations and to implement programs and projects in the school and communities in line with the Red Cross Youth objectives and the Philippine Red Cross Services. A goal that aims to instill in Youth the values of humanitarianism, leadership, and service by providing opportunities for them to participate in relevant Red Cross activities within the framework of the organization.