Red Ribbon clubs are envisaged to instill among all the students in the educational institutions values of service, develop healthy life styles, and increase access to safe and adequate quantities of blood to all the needy by promotion of Regular voluntary blood donation. Apart from this, RRC aims at harnessing the potential of the youth by equipping them with correct information on Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Nutrition and Reproductive & Sexual Health and building their capacities as peer educators in spreading messages on positive health behaviour in an enabling environment. The Red Ribbon Cross (YRC) in Government Arts and Science College, Thiruthuraipoondi was started in 2011.

Objectives of RRC

The specific objectives of the programme are as under.

• To instill life skills into youths to live better and healthier life.
• Increasing the capacity of the education system in teaching, training of various basic health aspects and helping the adolescents and youths for achieving positive health.
• To ensure that every college going youth in the state is equipped with conceptual knowledge about various basic health aspects which he may possibly encounter during his life.
• To motivate our students and build their capacity as peer educators and change agents by developing their skills on leadership, negotiation, and team building.
• To promote voluntary non-remunerated blood donation among our students.
• Promote Regular voluntary blood donation by our students and increase access to safe and adequate quantities of blood.