MEMBERSHIP

Red Cross Youth Member
Any youth who has paid the annual membership dues for the Red Cross Youth.

Red Cross Youth Volunteer
A member of the Red Cross Youth who has undergone basic orientation about the Red Cross Youth and The Red Cross in general.

CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP

JUNIOR RED CROSS YOUTH (JRCY)

In other organizations, one maybe considered a member without paying any fee.  In the Red Cross, the PNRC considers as members those who contribute to the fund campaign and those who donate blood but their contribution are not considered membership fee.

However, in the PNRC Youth Program, one becomes a member after paying the membership fee (at present, general membership fee is P35.00).  A JRC member may become a volunteer at the same time but a volunteer can not become a member unless he pays his membership fee.

The youth arm of the Philippine National Red Cross has always been registered under a class enrolment concept. School authorities assist the Red Cross in the collection of membership fee in school, but proper coordination and series of meetings with DECS officials, teachers and even the parents are to be done in order to the local Red Cross chapters to have opportunities to explain the components of the membership fee and where this goes.

Junior Red Cross members are elementary students whose age ranges from 7 to 12. They are formed into school council with the active JRC Adviser as their guide and adult leader who facilitates and assist the council in recruiting, organizing and training JRC members in the school or institution.

SENIOR RED CROSS YOUTH (SRCY)

Originally, the Red Cross Youth High School belongs to the JRC category of the Red Cross Youth Program. There was no clear delineation of responsibilities nor with the activities. The program of the high school students were the same as that of the elementary students.

This caused a problem! The high school students are too old for program being offered to the elementary students and yet they are young for the activities being done by the college students. And so, the need to reclassify the high school students and create activities that suits their age level was identified and addressed by the PNRC.

In January 1995, the Board of Governor approved the separation of the high school students from the JRC category. With that, they would no longer be called JRC members but instead Senior Red Cross Youth, a step higher than the JRC and a step lower than the College RCYs.

COLLEGE RED CROSS YOUTH (CRCY)

The Red Cross Program for college students was approved by the Board on January 28, l969.  Its primary aim is to develop among the students the spirit of humanitarianism and social service through active and direct involvement in Red Cross activities.

According to information received by the Youth Bureau of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Red Cross program has grown much wider partly because new trends in educational methods favored participation of young people in action, i.e. “learning through action”, and recently also in planning and decision making and because young Red Cross members have gradually become more than just recipients of direct educational programs. 

The Youth have identified themselves more and more with the ideas of the Red Cross, through learning about its principles and tasks.  In view of this, they have become Red Cross volunteers of the same value as the adult members, for they come to the Red Cross not only to learn to get, but also to actively participate in the life of the Red Cross, to render services where needed.

COMMUNITY RED CROSS YOUTH (CommRCY)

Red Cross offers services not only to those in schools but also to the young professionals and community based youth.  The program for Community Red Cross Youth was approved by the Board on July 20, l969.  A Leadership Training Course was adopted and patterned after the LEAD (Leadership, Education, Ability, and Development) program of San Pablo City.  The aim is to train the youth to serve themselves and their families through the Red Cross and use their time by learning a trade for their livelihood.

This particular category of the youth program was known before as the Out-of-School Red Cross Youth (OS-RCY).  However, in a Board meeting held on 5 October l993, it was approved that there shall be a change in nomenclature:  from Out-of-School to Community Red Cross Youth.  The proposal to change came up due to the supposed negative connotation being given to the term “OS-RCY”.

Other Categories (by rank, specialization, or title)

• National Youth Council
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who are elected as coordinators of their respective areas during the biennial national gathering (National Youth Congress).
• Chapter Youth Council
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who are elected as coordinators of the school councils within their respective chapter’s areas of jurisdiction.
• School/Community RCY Council
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who are elected as officers of their respective school or community Red Cross Youth Councils.
• National Trainer
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who has undergone and successfully completed the Red Cross Youth National Trainers Training. They are authorized by the Red Cross Youth to conduct or facilitate the different Red Cross Youth Training Courses.
• Leadership Trainer
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who has undergone and successfully completed a Red Cross Youth Trainers Training on Leadership. They are authorized by the Red Cross Youth to conduct or facilitate the different Red Cross Youth Leadership Training Courses.
• HAPE Educator
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who has undergone and successfully completed an Educators Course for HIV – AIDS Prevention and Education. They are authorized by the Red Cross Youth to conduct a dissemination session on HIV – AIDS Prevention and Education (HAPE).
• DAPE Educator
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who has undergone and successfully completed an Educators Course for Drug Abuse Prevention and Education. They are authorized by the Red Cross Youth to conduct a dissemination session on Drug Abuse Prevention and Education (DAPE).
• RCY IHL Disseminator
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who has undergone and successfully completed the Training of Disseminators for IHL. They are authorized by the Red Cross Youth and the IHL Office to conduct a dissemination session on IHL in schools.
• RCY DRT Trainer
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who has undergone and successfully completed a DRT Trainers Course. They are authorized by the Red Cross Youth and the Disaster Management Services to conduct Disaster Management Trainings for the youth.
• RCY Debriefer
  Red Cross Youth Volunteers who has undergone and successfully completed a Critical Incidence Stress Debriefers Course. They are authorized by the Red Cross Youth and the Social Services to conduct Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing for the youth. (CISD)