The Red Ribbon Club was started in the year 2005. The Red Ribbon Clubs are envisaged to instill among all the students the values of service, develop healthy life styles, and increase access to safe and adequate quantities of blood to all the needy by promotion of regular voluntary blood donation. Apart from this RRC aims at harnessing the potential of youth by equipping them with correct information on mental health, substance abuse, nutrition and reproductive by sexual health and building their capacities as peer educators in spreading messages on positive health behavior in an enabling environment.

Objectives

1. To reduce new occurrence of HIV infection among youth by raising thier risk perception through awareness on HIV prevention methods
2. To induce the spirit among youth to help and support people living with HIV / AIDS ( PLWHA) thereby reducing stigma and discrimination against PLHWAS
3. To motivate youth and build their capacity as peer educators and change agents by developing their skills on leadership, negations and team building.
4. To promote voluntary blood donation among youth

Events and Activites by RRC

1. Training programme for the students on basics of HIV/AIDS
2. Competitions in colleges like essay writing, poster making, slogan writing
3. Conducting World AIDS Day in college
4. Conducting blood donation camps in the college
5. RRC club proposes to conduct the rural camps to create awareness on HIV / AIDS to rural community.