Part of NIA Educational Institution

YRC & RRC CLUB

YRC & RRC Clubs:

The Youth Red Cross (YRC) at Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi (Autonomous) is one of the paths available to students under the Personality and Character Development Programme, along with NCC and NSS. YRC is a non-partisan international humanitarian organisation dedicated to serving humanity.A law passed by the Indian government in 1920 created the Red Cross Association in India, with the three goals of enhancing health, preventing sickness, and lessening suffering.

OBJECTIVES OF YRC:

To organise emergency relief services and to prepare the students for managing crises and disasters.
To conduct social and health awareness programmes.
Awareness on the care of their own health and that of others.
To encourage the students to extend their humanitarian services to the society.
To offer First Aid Training to all the YRC volunteers.
To develop leadership quality among the students.
The understanding and acceptance of civic responsibilities and acting accordingly with humanitarian concern, to fulfil the same.
To recruit, train and develop volunteers/personnel as necessary for undertaking humanitarian responsibilities.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES OF YRC:

Blood Donation Camp
Vaccination camp
Organize training session on disaster management: First aid.
Practice of Health habits.
Exhibition of film shows, cultural programmes and prevention of diseases.
Swachh Bharath Abhiyan: Cleanliness and rallies
Tree plantation
MCET-YRC motivates young minds to serve society and nation