Red Ribbon Club is a movement started by the Government of India in schools and colleges through which students will spread awareness over HIV / AIDS. It envisages to instill a charitable mind among all the students to extend their able help towards developing healthy lifestyles, donating blood to all the needy by promotion of Regular voluntary blood donation. Red Ribbon is a global symbol created in 1991 in New York. The Red Ribbon Club of GDC Sugh Bhatoli was constituted on 20-2-2022. Since then Club has been making strenuous efforts to sensitize students and the society on various issues.

Objectives of the Red Ribbon Club :

- Educate youth with correct, concise and adequate information and heighten their level of awareness about HIV/AIDS/STI/sexuality and other related issues.
- Enable youth, especially the female students, to identify and understand situations of exploitation and abuse.
- Sensitize the youth regarding care and support needs of PLWHA and instill in them the spirit of helping and supporting the people living with HIV & AIDS (PLWHA) and reduce the stigma and discrimination against them.
- Increase youth's access to health care services related to STI / HIV/AIDS/drug use.
- Create linkages between youth and governmental, non - governmental agencies and CBOs to access safer and responsible healthy behavior.
- Organize and facilitate voluntary blood donation camps and mobilize the youth for voluntary blood donation.
- Create among the youth a cadre of peer educators for seeking and encouraging positive health behavior as well as ensuring sustainability of the club.

Four key areas of RRC

- Vibrancy of Youth
- Sex and Sexuality
- HIV/AIDS/STI
- Peer Education

Committee Members

Annual Report