Brave Hearts
Multiple Military Servicemen were injured during 30 Year Civil War in the country. They were not recognized after the war very much. As the Royal College Red Cross Society, we intend to show our gratitude towards them and to express the message they are not alone. “Brave Hearts” is a project where we do a donation programme to the Military Veterans who were injured during the Civil War. We hope to conduct a dinner night with the ex-military servicemen and to have a friendly discussion with them. Also, we are hoping to donate some dry rations and other supplies to the Centre as well as to the Individuals.
Forza Medica’22
As the world progresses further, there has been an increase in problems the youth of our society face that have very little to no awareness on. These problems plague countries like Sri Lanka and most often than not, children and teenagers all over our will have to face these issues without understanding their effects and how to overcome them.
The Royal College Red Cross Society plans on trying to minimize this issue by organizing “Forza Medica” to create awareness of these severe problems faced by the current generation that often get overlooked. For this project, we have planned to make four animation videos about the most common issues we could see among people in society.
Humanity
A project recurring for the second time, “Humanity 2022” will be organized this year by the grade 10 batch of the Leo Club of Royal College and the Red Cross Society of Royal College. The project will take place in the first two weeks of April and will be centred around the Avurudu festival.
Focusing on aiding those most in need, “Humanity 2022” is a community service project that will consist of two phases. The first phase is holding a miniature Avurudu festival celebration for the Hostellers of Royal College and the second phase is a donation distribution for beggars and daily wage workers in Colombo.
This project hopes to contribute towards the benefit of our society and bring a sense of holiday and celebration into the lives of others. As two large community service clubs in Royal College, we’re confident the combined resources and planning between the Leo Club and the Red Cross Society will conclude this initiative successfully.
PCU (Preliminary Care Unit)
Preliminary Care Unit is a well-trained unit of first aiders and leaders. By forming this unit, it will uphold the safety of the students at Royal College. The selected participants in 2021 will be sent to perform duties in every event at school to provide first aid coverage
43rd Blood Donation Campaign
The annual Blood Donation Campaign is one of the major events organized by the Royal College Red Cross Society and it has become our tradition since 1979. This massive fund-raising project is not for the school’s benefit alone, but in aid of the national blood bank and through it for the entire country. Royal College Red Cross Society held the Blood Donation Campaign consecutively for the 42nd time last year. As the 43rd installment of this major event we are planning to do a better and record breaking one this time as well. This year we are planning to organize 5 Blood Donation Campaigns in 5 different locations in the country to maximize the donor count.
Medical Checkup
The medical check up project will be a project done in collaboration with the Royal College Doctors Association. We together plan on organizing a medical check up in a rural area where there aren't enough facilities and where many people don't have a proper medical facilities.
Vision ’22
Vision ’22 is an online eye donation campaign conducted by the Royal College Red Cross Society in association with the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society intending to provide a maximum number of registered donors for the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society and thereby uplift the development process of Health care of the country by contributing to eradicate blindness.
With the prevailing situation with the Covid - 19 pandemic in the country, the Eye Donation Campaign which was famous as one of the best physical community servicing projects, in 2020 for the first time in the Club’s history it got a new face of conducting the campaign via online platforms.
As the Royal College Red Cross Society, we find ourselves obliged to organize these projects and create opportunities to increase the donor base of the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society as we have always done in the prestigious history of the Club. Being the major First Aid provider as well as a prominent social service club of the College, we find it our responsibility to contribute in every possible way for the betterment of the health sector of the country.
Transform’22
Transform ‘22 is a project organized by the grade 10 students of the Royal College Red Cross Society. Physical activities have the ability to improve people's health and reduce the risk of developing several non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cancer, heart attack and much more. Physical activity and exercise can have immediate and long-term health benefits.
We are conducting this project to improve physical fitness of the people in the society to lead a healthy and happy life free of diseases. The Transform held in the year 2021 was concluded successfully, it is still the most viewed video series up-to date within Instagram that had been released by Royal College with a 1000+ views per video. With the on-going fuel crisis, the Royal College Red Cross Society decided to encourage the use of bicycles as a mode of transport. The use of bicycles will also increase the physical fitness of students and people alike. We plan on making bicycles a viable mode of transport during these troubled times.
This year we're hoping to do the project bigger and better by holding it in 2 major phases. The first Phase will be a cycling track around Colombo in which anyone can join and cycle on the date, for the second phase of the project we will be constructing a bicycle shed in Royal College for students living near Colombo to come to school easier.
Alleviate'22
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Alleviate is a fundraising project done in collaboration with the United Nations Club of Visakha Vidyalaya. We're hoping to organize a carnival filled with games and food and other entertainment items to raise funds as a source of income for the community service projects of our respective clubs.
Beach Cleanup
Royal College Red Cross Society is organizing a beach cleanup to combat the issue of plastic waste harming nature and polluting the once proseperous beaches. We will be distributing tools and donations that will help clean the beaches. Sri Lanka being a tourist destincation due to its extraordinary beaches where people love to visit, it’s a shame to allow it to remain polluted.
Knowledge College
First Aid is an essential skill that enables one to assist people who are injured in an event or emergency or accident until help arrives. Knowledge on basic first aid is important as the medical emergencies and accidents that are increasing at an alarming rate in the present world. Personal Safety has also become a vital life skill nowadays due to the present global pandemic situation. “Knowledge College” is a health promotion campaign organized by the Red Cross Society of Royal College to raise awareness about First Aid and Personal Safety within the school premises through printed media.
Infusion
Infusion is a community service project organized by the Red Cross Society of Royal College. Infusion was done for the first time in 2020 at Vajira Sri Children's Development Center. This project is done as a community service project that is suitable given the situation. This year too we will be conducting a community service project under Infusion. It will be conducted by the Grade 8 batch of the Red Cross Society