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{{Infobox organization
|name = Singapore Red Cross Youth (RCY) <br> 新加坡青少年红十字会
|image = Singapore Red Cross Youth Logo.png
|size = 300px
|caption = Singapore Red Cross Youth Logo
|abbreviation = RCY
|motto = Serve One Another
|formation = 1952
|type = Uniformed Group
|headquarters = Red Cross House
|location = 15 Penang Lane [[Singapore]] 238486
|leader_title = Director
|leader_name = Mr. Ling Khoon Chow
|affiliations = [[Singapore Red Cross Society]]
|website = http://www.redcross.org.sg/articles/management-team
}}

The '''Red Cross Youth''' is a [[youth organisation]] for adolescents and young members interested in the organization.

==Singapore==
[[File:SRCY 60th Anniversary Logo.jpg|thumb|Singapore Red Cross Youth 60th Anniversary Logo]]
[[File:RCY Video.theora.ogv|thumb|A flashback through time on how Singapore Red Cross Youth became what it is today. Created by TheUNIChannel. Watch the higher resolution video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bAbRAie7ZA&lr=1&feature=results_video]]
In Singapore, Red Cross Youth (RCY) is one of the Uniformed Groups for [[Primary School]] and [[Secondary School]] students. With a membership of 231 Teacher Officers, 1231 Links in 45 Primary School, 2624 Cadets in 48 Secondary School as of 31 December 2009. It is one of the active divisions besides the Adult Volunteer Division (AVD) under the [[Singapore Red Cross]]. It finances its own operations and activities. 

The Red Cross Youth was formed in 1952, with Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) having its first cadet unit. The Red Cross runs school-based youth programmes and is a Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) recognized by the Ministry of Education. The Red Cross Youth has two programmes – one for the Primary school children (Link programme) and another for secondary school youths (Cadet Programme). The organization of youth activities under this system has produced good results with both the Link units and Cadet Units, enthusiastically pursuing a series of activities ranging from social/recreational to community programmes.

The Singapore Red Cross Youth seeks to:
* Promote and encourage the participation of children and young persons in the work of the Red Cross.
* Inculcate healthy living habits.
* Strengthen the band of international friendship existing between Red Cross Youth members throughout the world.

Red Cross Youth Chapters (RCYC or RCY Chapters), previously known as the Red Cross Humanitarian Network (RCHN) was incorporated into Red Cross Youth from 1 July 2011.<ref>http://www.redcross.org.sg/news/notice-of-change</ref>

List of RCY Chapters in Singapore
* National University of Singapore
* Nanyang Technological University
* Singapore Management University
* Ngee Ann Polytechnic
* Singapore Polytechnic
* Republic Polytechnic
* Anderson Junior College
* Raffles Junior College
* ITE East

===Structure===
The Singapore Red Cross Youth comes under the command of Singapore Red Cross Society with the following appointments:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Appointment
! Incumbent
|-
| Patron
| President of the Republic of Singapore
|-
| Chairman
| Mr Tee Tua Ba
|-
|}

The Singapore Red Cross Youth is also organised in a National Headquarters level with the following appointments:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Appointment
! Incumbent
|-
| Director
| Mr Ling Khoon Chow
|-
| Deputy Director
| Mrs Tan Sin Yen
|-
|}

The Red Cross Youth management is also organised into Committee's which consists of the following:
* The RCY Steering Committee (SteerComm) deals with major staffing, policy or strategic issues which cut across all units and resources.
They develop and endorse major policies for RCY.
* The Policy Division is accountable to the SteerComm for the various implemented RCY policies and conducts reviews as tasked by SteerComm.
* The Schools Division is accountable to the SteerComm for the efficient and effective operations of the respective school units.
* The HQ Operations Division is accountable to the SteerComm for the efficient and effective operations of the respective Operation Teams and events that deal with tactical, operational decisions within immediate areas of responsibility.

'''Direction of RCY:''' 
Headquarters train Volunteer Instructors (VIs), and VIs will in turn, train Cadets.
Red Cross Youth is a ranked organisation, and members fall into a hierarchical structure of command.
Red Cross Youth ranks run from members through Link, Cadet, Cadet Officers, Youth Officers and Divisional Officers. 
However,it is difficult to equate the rank structure to equivalent ranks in other military/paramilitary organisations.

===Cadet Movement===
The Red Cross Youth seeks to:
* promote and encourage the participation of children and young persons in the work of the [[Red Cross]].
* inculcate healthy living habits.
* develop a sense of social responsibility.
* strengthen the band of international friendship existing between [[Red Cross]] [[Youth]] members throughout the world.

====Red Cross Youth Promise====
[[File:SRC Campsite.JPG|thumb|Singapore Red Cross Campsite]]
We,

as members of the [[Singapore Red Cross Society]],

promise to serve our country,

and to join with others

all over the world to

help the sick and the suffering.

====Red Cross Youth Song====
[[File:Singapore Red Cross Flag.jpg|thumb|upright=0.56|SRC Flag]]
Come let us pledge again,

Each heart and hand,

To thee the flag we serve,

Friends in every land.

Come let us give anew,

Each though and mind,

To be a light to shine

Over all mankind.

So may our emblem be proudly unfurled,

To link the chain of youth for service through the world

Oh give us strength to prove,

Sure and sublime,

To make the cause we serve,

Shine over the hills of time.

===Specialisation Creed===
'''Foot Drill'''
[[File:GDL RCY March.jpg|thumb|Foot Drill-Cadets marching]]
We, as Footdrill Instructors of the Singapore Red Cross Youth,

Pledge that we will uphold the discipline

in both bearing and standards.

We command with confidence and execute with precision

We persevere and overcome adversity as one.

We will instruct and inspire!

'''Outdoor Activities'''
[[File:Outdoor Cooking.jpg|thumb|Outdoor Activities-Cadets doing Outdoor Cooking(Silver Level)-using dried leaves and twigs]]
In the face of challenges,

We dare to set new directions and forge new trails into the unknown.

With our thirst for adventure,

We endeavor to expand our horizons and strive to bring our team to brave all odds.

We, the Outdoor Activities Instructors, will embody the spirit of tenacity and discovery.

Always ready to share!

'''Casualty Evacuation''' 

We, as Casualty Evacuation Instructors,

Will always be ready to face any obstacle with dedication and steadfastness.

As a team, we save lives and uphold our duties.

With unyielding determination, we instill the values of safety and readiness in our teaching.

With strength and wits,

We perform to the best of our abilities;

With speed and steadiness! HOOHAA!!

'''Red Cross Knowledge'''

Through Knowledge, We design our identity.

With Identity, we establish our pride.

With Pride, we share the strive for humanity 

With our families, our friends and the world.

Thereupon promised, 

We, the Red Cross Knowledge Instructors, will be the light to shine over all mankind.

Always for humanity!

'''First Aid'''

With impartiality and diligence,

We serve humanity with confidence and pride.

With dedication and compassion,

We guide our learners to be steadfast in both knowledge and skills.

We, the First Aid Instructors,

will ignite the passion to help the sick and the suffering,

with Kindness, Firmness and Patience!

===Incentive Badges Scheme===
The objective of the Incentive Badge Scheme is to encourage Link and Cadet members to take an interest in subjects outside their normal academic curriculum and to widen their interests by carrying out these activities during trainings.  Such activities may also be organized by their respective Districts. Certain activities are also organized by Red Cross Headquarters.

The different badges are as follows:

<br>
'''CADET MEMBERS'''

'''Proficiency badges'''
* Youth Ambassadors' Blood Programme (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Exploring Humanitarian Law (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* First Aid (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Evacuation (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Red Cross Knowledge (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Foot-Drill (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Outdoor Activities (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Red Cross Service (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Fund Raising (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Link-Cadet

'''National Education badges'''[[File:International Exchange Programme.jpg|thumb|International Exchange Programme to Japanese Red Cross, Hyogo. Visit to one of a Red Cross Hospital in Hyogo]]
* National Heritage
* National Day Parade
* Total Defence (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
* Singapore Youth Festival
* National Youth Achievement Award (Bronze, Silver, Gold)

'''Enrichment badges'''
* International Friendship

'''Director's Award Badge'''

<br>
'''LINK MEMBERS'''

'''Proficiency badges'''
* Basic First Aid (Foundation, Formative)
* Basic Red Cross Knowledge (Foundation, Formative)
* Basic Foot-Drill (Foundation, Formative)
* Basic Outdoor Activities (Foundation, Formative)
* Red Cross Service (Foundation, Formative)
* Youth Ambassadors' Blood Programme (Foundation, Formative)

'''Enrichment badges'''
* International Friendship
* Environment Education (Foundation, Formative)
* Health Education (Foundation, Formative)
* Performing Arts (Foundation, Formative)
* Sports Education (Foundation, Formative)

'''Director's Award Badge'''

===Annual Events===

Red Cross Youth hosts a variety of major events, performances, competitions and programmes. The events are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type
! Programme/Event
|-
| Competitions
| First Aid Competition, Footdrill Competition, Current Affairs Competition
|-
| Training
| Modular Workshops, Unit Instructors' Programme, Unit Leaders' Programme, Volunteer Instructors' Programme, Unit Officers' Programme, Volunteer Officers' Programme
|-
| Celebration/Recognition
| Red Cross Youth Recognition Day, Awards and Promotions Ceremony, World Red Cross Day cum Enrolment Ceremony
|-
| Others
| Red Cross Youth Challenge(4D3N Camp), Linkamania (Links), Youth Officer Sharing Session
|}

===Uniform===
[[File:HQ Cap Badge.jpg|thumb|HQ VI Cap Badge]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Uniform Type
! Description
|-
| Cadet (Male)
|The Female cadet uniform consist of a beret with cadet cap badge. short-sleeved tuck-in shirt with black buttons with long pants, belt and boots. Shoulder flashes bearing "Cadet" and the Singapore Red Cross on both sleeves. Epaulettes bearing the Cadet's rank are worn on the shoulders.
|-
| Cadet (Female)
| The Female cadet uniform consist of a beret with cadet cap badge and hairnet, a short-sleeved one piece dress with black buttons and boots. Shoulder flashes bearing "cadet" and the Singapore Red Cross are worn on both sleeves. Epaulettes bearing the Cadet's rank are worn on the shoulders.
|-
| Volunteer Instructors (Male)
| The Male VI uniform consists of a beret with adult cap badge, a white bush jacket with 4 big brass buttons in front, white pants and black leather shoes. Shoulder flashes bearing "Headquarters" and the Singapore Red Cross are worn on both sleeves. Epaulettes bearing the Instructor's rank are worn on the shoulders.
|-
| Volunteer Instructors (Female)
| The Female VI uniform consists of a cap with the adult cap badge at the front, a long-sleeved top with flat collars and with brass buttons in front, white blouse and black court shoes. Shoulder flashes bearing "Headquarters" and the Singapore Red Cross are worn on both sleeves. Epaulettes bearing the Instructor's rank are worn on the shoulders. For Muslim female instructors, a white long skirt and white/navy blue scarf is worn.
|-
| HQ Youth officers (Male)
| The Male YO uniform is the same as that to the male VI's but with a peak cap
|-
| HQ Youth officers (Female)
| The Female YO uniform is the same as that to the female VI's
|-
| Youth (Teacher) Officers (Male)
| The Male teacher officer uniform consists of a peak cap with adult cap badge, a white tuck-in shirt with brass buttons and blue pants.
|-
| Youth (Teacher) Officers (Female)
| The Female Teacher officer uniform consists of a cap with adult cap badge, a white blouse with brass buttons and blue skirt.
|}

===Rank structure===
[[File:RCY - Rank Structures.png|thumb|right|Rank structure with illustrations]]

All listed ranks are in order of hierarchy, from top to bottom, left to right.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Link !! Cadet !! Volunteer Instructors !! Youth Officers !! Divisional Officers !! Appointment Ranks
|-
| Bronze Star || Private || Assistant Cadet Officer<sup>2</sup> || Assistant Youth Officer<sup>3</sup> || Assistant Divisional Officer || Deputy Director<sup>6</sup>
|-
| Silver Star || Lance Corporal|| Cadet Officer || Youth Officer<sup>4</sup> || Divisional Officer || Director<sup>6</sup>
|-
| Gold Star || Corporal || Senior Cadet Officer || Senior Youth Officer || Senior Divisional Officer<sup>5</sup> ||
|-
| || Sergeant || Principal Cadet Officer || || ||
|-
| || Staff Sergeant|| || || ||
|-
| || Warrant Officer || || || ||
|-
| || Senior Warrant Officer<sup>1</sup> || || || ||
|}

<sup>1</sup>Granted to outstanding cadets who have passed the Unit Leaders' Programme (ULP).

<sup>2</sup>Granted to Volunteer Instructors who have passed the Volunteer Instructors' Programme (VIP).

<sup>3</sup>Granted to Volunteer Instructors, aged 21 and above in the year of promotion, who have completed the Volunteer Officers' Programme (VOP).

<sup>4</sup>Granted to teachers who have completed the Unit Officers' Programme (UOP), or Assistant Youth Officers who have shown continued service.

<sup>5</sup>This is the highest possible rank an Officer can be promoted to.

<sup>6</sup>These are Appointment Ranks appointed by The Council.

====Links and Cadets====

Links and cadets are members of the Red Cross Youth units in primary and secondary school respectively.  Unit trainings are held regularly and RCY is recognised as a Co-Curricular Activity, with support from the Ministry of Education, Character and Citizenship Education for Singapore schools.

====Volunteer Instructors (VI) ====
[[File:Volunteer Instructor of Singapore Red Cross Youth.jpg|thumb|Volunteer Instructors]]
Volunteer Instructors (VIs) are typically graduated cadets of various RCY units who wish to continue service to the organization, at the school and/or headquarters level. Volunteer Instructors are required to undergo Volunteer Instructors' Programme (VIP) organised by Red Cross Youth Headquarters. Trainees will undergo a series of training to equip them with knowledge and skills to be an instructor. All Instructors are required to obtain Standard First Aid Certificate. When trainees successfully pass out from VIP, they will be appointed to the rank of Assistant Cadet Officer.

Duties of a VI includes:
* Assisting Youth Officer (YO) in preparing the unit's training work plan.
* Assisting in conducting training and organising of activities within the core curriculum of the RCY.
* Assisting in the organisation of activities for the respective district.
* Providing proper guidance, counselling and welfare of the cadets.
* Attending meetings at unit committees as a co-opted member to provide advice and expertise.[[Image:Lanyard of a Red Cross Youth (Singapore) cadet - 20090403.jpg|thumb|right|A Cadet's Lanyard]]

===Awards and Commendations===
'''Lanyards'''

Lanyard are awarded to cadets with outstanding performance in the following programme/event. Lanyards are worn on the left shoulder, however if a cadet attain more than one lanyard, he/she could still only don one.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Programme !! Duration !! % of cohort
|-
| Unit Instructors' Programme  || Nov-Dec || 10
|-
| Unit Leaders' Programme || May–June || 10
|-
| Red Cross Youth Challenge  || Dec || 10
|}

'''Long Service Awards'''[[File:Long Service Medals.png|thumb|Long Service Medals]]

Long Service Medals are awarded to Red Cross Volunteers as an appreciation for their active contributions in Singapore Red Cross.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Length of Service !! Award
|-
| 5 || Red Cross Bronze Star (Phased Out)
|-
| 10 || Red Cross Silver Star
|-
| 15 || Red Cross Gold Star
|-
| 20 || Red Cross Platinum Star
|-
| 25 || Red Cross Diamond Star
|}

===The UnI Channel===

In order to allow the cadets to stay connect with Red Cross Youth and interact with other cadets. In 2009, Red Cross Youth publicity team launched a Facebook group and blog named [http://www.theunichannel.blogspot.com/ The UnI Channel]. The blog provides regular updates on Red Cross related issues such as work of ICRC and IFRC to broaden the cadets mind, unit management, competition photos and also teengage-related issues. The blog has achieved high readership since is launch in 2009, as of March 2012, it has over 140,000 views.

The UnI Channel also include a [http://www.youtube.com/user/theUNIchannel?feature=mhee UnI Youtube Channel] and a [https://www.facebook.com/theunichannel Facebook] account which contains photographs of various event of Red Cross Youth.

===School Units===

There are a total of four districts schools are categorised under:

====List of Units====
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|+'''North District'''
|-bgcolor=#FFFFFF
!<font color=black>School
!<font color=black>EUA Award
!<font color=black>CSA Award
|-
|Ang Mo Kio Primary School|||||
|-
|Compassvale Primary School|||||
|-
|Greendale Primary School|||||
|-
|Mayflower Primary School|||||
|-
|Naval Base Primary School|||||
|-
|Northland Primary School|||||
|-
|Pei Xin Primary School|||||
|-
|Peiying Primary School|||||
|-
|Rivervale Primary School|||||
|-
|Sembawang Primary School|||||
|-
|Admiralty Secondary School|||||
|-
|Chong Boon Seondary School|||||
|-
|Compassvale Secondary School|||||
|-
|Evergreen Secondary School|||||
|-
|Greendale Secondary School|||Gold||Gold
|-
|Hougang Secondary School|||||
|-
|Marsiling Secondary School|||||
|-
|Nan Chiau High School|||||
|-
|Northbrooks Secondary School|||||
|-
|Punggol Secondary School|||||
|-
|Sembawang Secondary School|||||
|-
|Seng Kang Secondary School|||||
|-
|Serangoon Garden Secondary School|||||
|-
|Woodgrove Secondary School|||||
|-
|Yio Chu Kang Secondary School|||||
|}
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{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+'''South District'''
|-bgcolor=#FFFFFF
!<font color=black>School
!<font color=black>EUA Award
!<font color=black>CSA Award
|-
|Ai Tong School|||||
|-
|Blangah Rise Primary School|||||
|-
|Cedar Primary School|||||
|-
| Fairfield Methodist Primary School |||||
|-
| Holy Innocent Primary School |||||
|-
| Jing Shan Primary |||||
|-
| Kheng Cheng School |||||
|-
| Queenstown Primary School |||||
|-
| River Valley Primary School |||||
|-
| South View Primary School |||||
|-
| Ang Mo Kio Secondary School |||||
|-
| Bartley Secondary School |||||
|-
| Bendemeer Secondary School |||||
|-
| Cedar Girls' Secondary School |||||
|-
| CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)|||||
|-
| Crescent Girls' School |||||
|-
| Fairfield Methodist Secondary School |||||
|-
| Guangyang Secondary School |||||
|-
| Queenstown Secondary School |||||
|-
| Raffles Girls' School |||||
|-
| Raffles Institution |||||
|-
| Singapore Chinese Girls' School |||||
|-
| St. Gabriel's Secondary School |||||
|-
| St. Margaret's Secondary School |||||
|}
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{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+'''East District'''
|-bgcolor=#FFFFFF
!<font color=black>School
!<font color=black>EUA Award
!<font color=black>CSA Award
|-
| Bedok West Primary School |||||
|-
| Casuarina Primary School |||||
|-
| Chongzheng Primary School |||||
|-
| Coral Primary School |||||
|-
| East View Primary School |||||
|-
| Eunos Primary School |||||
|-
| Fengshan Primary School |||||
|-
| Griffith's Primary School |||||
|-
| Haig Girls' School |||||
|-
| Meridian Primary School |||||
|-
| St. Stephen Primary School |||||
|-
| Temasek Primary School |||||
|-
| Xinghua Primary School |||||
|-
| Broadrick Secondary School |||||
|-
| Coral Secondary School |||||
|-
| Dunman Secondary School |||||
|-
| Pasir Ris Secondary School |||||
|-
| Siglap Secondary School |||||
|-
| Tanjong Katong Girls' School |||||
|-
| Tanjong Katong Secondary School |||||
|}
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{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+'''West District'''
|-bgcolor=#FFFFFF
!<font color=black>School
!<font color=black>EUA Award
!<font color=black>CSA Award
|-
| Boon Lay Garden Primary School |||||
|-
| Bukit Panjang Primary School |||||
|-
| Bukit Timah Primary School |||||
|-
| Bukit View Primary School |||||
|-
| Choa Chu Kang Primary School |||||
|-
| Concord Primary School |||||
|-
| De La Salle Primary School |||||
|-
| Fuhua Primary School]]|||||
|-
| Grace Orchard School |||||
|-
| Pei Tong Primary School |||||
|-
| Pioneer Primary School |||||
|-
| Princess Elizabeth Primary School |||||
|-
| Saint Anthony's Primary School|St. Anthony's Primary School |||||
|-
| Yuhua Primary School |||||
|-
| Zhenghua Primary School |||||
|-
| Assumption English School |||||
|-
| Commonwealth Secondary School |||||
|-
| Fuhua Secondary School |||||
|-
| Hua Yi Secondary School |||||
|-
| Jurong Secondary School |||||
|-
| Jurong West Secondary School |||||
|-
| Regent Secondary School |||||
|-
| Unity Secondary School |||||
|-
| Zhenghua Secondary School |||||
|}
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[[File:SGD 100 Paper b.jpg|thumb|SGD 100 Bank Note]]

===Trivia/Interesting Facts ===
* On the flip side of SGD 100 note, a youth member of Singapore Red Cross is featured. It represented by the young woman wearing the Red Cross Uniform, symbolising our nation's youth who are engaged in community service.<ref>http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/portrait_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Portrait_Series__100.html</ref>

==Korea, Republic of==
The Red Cross Youth(RCY) in Republic of Korea was established in 1953, in the middle of Korea War. The first activity of RCY was to plant 10 thousands trees in the land devastated by the war. Now, RCY in South Korea has about 200,000 members in 4,200 clubs and is composed of students from elementary schools to universities.

1. About Activities

The world’s RCY campaign started from donations and comfort goods sent from youths in Canada, the United States and Australia to help children affected by the war in Europe. This generous spirit continues today according to the resolution of the national Red Cross Societies which called for Red Cross Youth activities at the 2nd General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in 1992.
A Red Cross workshop, a Korean RCY campaign, was held in December 1952 in Busan, which was then the temporary capital of Korea. The workshop targeted 200 middle and high school students and in March 1953 the approval of the President and the Ministry of Education for the RCY spelled the beginning of its initial activity, the planting of 10,000 trees.

2. The Four great Activitiy goals

# Health
# Social Service
# Amity
# Ideological Objectives of Red Cross

3. RCY specialized Program

1) Making gift boxes of friendship

The activity is designed to reward friendships demonstrated by the Junior Red Cross Youth members of foreign countries during the Korean war. In this program, participants make up boxes of friendship (worth about 10,000 won per box) containing school supplies such as pencils, notebooks and daily necessities, and send them to the underprivileged children of neighboring countries.
A total of 163,207 boxes was produced from 1991 to 2006 and about 180,000 boxes were sent to developing countries including Russia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Some 15,000 boxes were sent to North Korea in 2002, with 6,144 in 2003 and 8,930 in 2004.

2) Voluntary service Post.

Voluntary Service Posting refers to a specific location where regular and continuous voluntary service takes place through setting a specific period of service for each RCY member school.
The RCY project department of the Korean Red Cross has promoted this campaign from 1999 and at the end of each year awards schools that demonstrate excellent performance and provide support expenses for activities. A casebook focusing on the activities of the Voluntary Service Post was published in 2004, and on the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of the Korean Red Cross in 2005 selected a King of Voluntary Service from among schools which have shown excellent volunteerism.
The Korean Red Cross produced and distributed a Voluntary Service Post manual in 2008 for leaders and members participating in the Post, and about 400,000 people participate every year drawn from around 940 RCY schools nationwide and in 1,300 Voluntary Service Posts.

3) A celebration for Teacher’s Day instituted by RCY

Members of the RCY have been visiting sick and retired teachers since 1958, and the National Student Coalition of the RCY has attended Institute Teachers’ Day since 1963. With donations from members and leaders, a monument commemorating Teachers’ Day was constructed at the Kangkyung Middle and High School campus in 2000. To honor the occasion, a ceremony and composition contest for the RCY is held nationwide every year under the supervision of the Korean Red Cross Dajeon chapters office in Chungnam. Each school holds various events such as writing letters of appreciation to teachers, flower presentations, visiting sick and retired teachers, and giving concerts or tea parties. Various commemorative events have been actively carried out for many years.

4) Korean Red Cross Overseas Voluntary Service

Every year since 1993 the Korean Red Cross has selected an overseas volunteer group comprising college students, and dispatched them to Red Cross branches in emerging and disaster-affected countries. The Korean Red Cross also recruits members and ordinary college students during the summer and winter vacation periods and sends them out to promote voluntary service, including lectures and 10-15 day international amity periods in target regions, giving them valuable cultural experiences.

5) RCY IFC (International Friendship Club)

A lodging program, organized in 1999, is intended to cement international ties and friendship and promote international interchange activities among leaders and RCY members through sharing activities with Red Cross sister group RCY. The program comprises lodging, Red Cross and Red Crescent visits, camp participation, historical site exploration and tourism. If desired a member who has provided lodging will get the chance to visit the country of his/her lodging member under the program’s one-on-one reciprocal principle.

6) Red Cross Global Leadership project

The Red Cross Global Leader Initiative is a project designed to cultivate the next generation of Red Cross global leaders. It focuses on instilling the humanitarian spirit in RCY members, in the presence of UN Secretary-General and former RCY member Ban Ki-moon. RCY members who participated in the first project implemented in 2007, Have visited the UN headquarters and taken part in interviews with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Every year the project selects and dispatches representatives from among the RCY membership group. The program consists of various overseas cultural experience opportunities, including field trips to the UN headquarters, the American Red Cross, the Korean Embassy in the USA, the White House, the National Assembly building and Columbia University. The purpose of the project is to cultivate youths’ capabilities as future global leaders and to foster a challenging spirit through new cultural experiences.

==Hong Kong==
[[Image:RedcrossyouthHongKong2006.jpg|thumb|right|Hong Kong Red Cross Youth marching]]
Most of the [[Hong Kong Red Cross]] Youth units are established in secondary schools, although some are ”open units” that are targeted to adolescents whose school does not have such unit. As of 2006 there are 252 Red Cross Youth units.

==Philippines==
The Red Cross Youth is one of the Service of the Red Cross Movement. Every individual whose age ranges from 7 – 25 years old may join this Premiere Humanitarian Organization. In the Philippines where youth are actively taking part in changing the view of others, the Red Cross Youth is one of the medium in changing lives and making a big difference in each and every schools and communities. The Caloocan City Chapter was known to be the most active chapter among the chapters in said country, they were known for their continuous activities, concern to the youth, and effective leaderships. The [[Philippine Red Cross Youth]] is continuously serving the communities and the most needy. This Voluntary organization is one of the leading youth organization in the Philippines because it is also recommended by the country's Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education that there should be a Red Cross Youth Council in its respective areas. In the Whole country there is one supreme council in which they termed as the National Youth Council, and in every chapter there should be its supreme council in which will lead in every schools and communities and it is termed as the Chapter Youth Council.

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==See also==
*[[Singapore Red Cross]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://clubs.ntu.edu.sg/redcross/ RCY NTU Chapter]
* [http://sites.google.com/site/rchnnus/ RCY NUS Chapter]

[[Category:International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]]
[[Category:Youth organizations]]
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