Red Cross Youth (RCY) is young volunteer members organization acting in the frames of the Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS), founded on 3 November, 1992. It acts in all ARCS regional and territorial branches and works in the following spheres:
Social care
Implementing psychosocial support programs for lonely elderly people living in dormitories, orphans, refugee children
from vulnerable families.
Health care
Implementing HIV prevention programs
Organizing different public events and training sessions on healthy life-style in educational institutions
Launching “SMS informational line” on HIV/AIDS
Fund raising
Implementing Fund Raising programs
Organizing campaigns, donations, fund raising and charity dinners
Making post cards, jewellery and other goods for charity events
International cooperation
In the frames of the “European Voluntary Service” is implementing exchange of young volunteers with British and German Red Crosses
Organizing and participating in international meetings, camps, seminars and training sessions
Dissemination of Red Cross humanitarian values
Organizing the dissemination of Red Cross principles in educational institutions
Promoting the activation of voluntary movement, recruiting of volunteers and their integration into the activities of ARCS
Publishing newsletters on RCY activities.
