The Junior Red Cross is the Student’s Wing of the Red Cross.  It is a group movement organized within schools.  Pupils who take part in Junior Red Cross activities are known as ‘Juniors’.  The teacher, who guides the pupils in JRC activities, is called “COUNSELLOR”.
           
            Junior Red Cross groups were first organized in 1926 in Punjab followed by other states.

Principles         :           Health, Service, Friendship

Junior Red Cross is based on the three-fold programme:

Protection of health and life.
Service to others.
International Friendship.

   These activities help young people to develop their mental and moral capabilities to the fullest, the result being that they become good citizens.

The youth unit aims to have young people recognized by societies leadership as equal partners who address the vulnerable.