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Affiliated to Karnatak University, Dharwad

MGC CollegeSiddapur · since 1969

Student life

Youth Red Cross & Red Ribbon Club

The Youth Red Cross (YRC) builds humanitarian values, health awareness and a spirit of service in young people. The Red Ribbon Club (RRC) works alongside it to fight HIV/AIDS through awareness, peer education and voluntary blood donation.

Youth Red Cross: goals

  • Humanitarian service: reduce suffering through health care, disaster relief and care for the vulnerable.
  • Health and safety: promote hygiene, sanitation and disease prevention, including AIDS awareness, and train volunteers in first aid.
  • Leadership and responsibility: build leadership, civic duty and a spirit of service.
  • Peace and understanding: foster national integration and friendship without discrimination, in line with the Red Cross principles of humanity and impartiality.
  • Volunteerism: encourage blood donation, literacy and community development.

Youth Red Cross: activities

  • Social and health awareness programmes
  • Blood donation camps and AIDS awareness campaigns
  • First-aid and disaster-management training for volunteers
  • Literacy drives and youth exchange programmes
  • Promoting the ideals of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

Youth Red Cross: outcomes

  • Life skills: first aid, hygiene, disaster response and healthy living.
  • Leadership and employability: teamwork and civic responsibility that add value to a résumé.
  • Community impact: blood drives, health campaigns and disaster relief.
  • Humanitarian values: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, compassion and service.
  • Networking and global citizenship: friendships through camps and an understanding of humanitarian issues.

Red Ribbon Club: goals

  • Awareness and prevention: accurate information on HIV/AIDS, STIs, sexuality and drug abuse.
  • Peer education: train students as peer educators and agents of change.
  • Voluntary blood donation: organise camps and increase youth participation.
  • Stigma reduction: sensitise youth to care for and support people living with HIV.
  • Life skills: leadership, teamwork, communication and negotiation for healthy choices.
  • Access to services: connect youth with health services on HIV/AIDS and sexual health.

Red Ribbon Club: focus areas and outcomes

The club focuses on HIV/AIDS and STIs, substance abuse and drunk driving, nutrition and mental health, and positive lifestyles.

  • Better awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention, transmission, care and treatment.
  • Less stigma and more support for people living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Peer educators with leadership, negotiation and teamwork skills.
  • Safer behaviour and healthier lifestyles.
  • More voluntary blood donation and access to safe blood.

Recent activities

  • 17 Apr 2026 — Blood donation camp with the Taluk Hospital, Siddapur; donors received certificates.
  • 28 Oct 2025 — AIDS awareness talk by Shri Jagadeesh Naik, Counsellor, Taluk Hospital, Siddapur.
  • 2025-26 — Youth Red Cross inaugurated along with Freshers’ Day by Dr. Shashibhushan Hegde.
  • 24 Mar 2025 — Prize distribution for the Taluk Hospital essay competition “Awareness of AIDS disease and its prevention”. Of seven entries from the college, Prateeksha Dodmane (1st), Nirmala Madival (2nd) and Deepika Naik (3rd), all of B.A. III, won cash prizes of ₹600, ₹500 and ₹400.
  • 2 Dec 2024 — World AIDS Day: talk by Dr. Laxmikant Naik, Taluka Health Officer, Siddapur, and an awareness procession in Siddapur town with the NSS.
  • 10 Oct 2024 — Youth Red Cross wing inaugurated with NSS daily activities.
  • 2023-24 — Blood donation camp on campus.

People

  • SSDr. Sulochana SukhasareYRC Coordinator

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