Hong Kong Red Cross Youth League
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Hong Kong Red Cross Youth League (), is part of the
Red Cross The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and ...
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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Volunteers. The Red Cross Youth League has units usually located in secondary schools and youth centers. The district headquarters also have an open group for students who do not have a Red Cross Youth League Unit in their school. The units are coordinated by the five regional headquarters of the
Hong Kong Red Cross The Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC, ) is the national Red Cross society of Hong Kong as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Its head office is in West Kowloon. It was established officially on 12 July 1950 as a branch of ...
. Members are aged from 12 to 17 years old. The annual events organized by the Red Cross Youth League include competitions in the fields of first aid, nursing, and best service. They also host special days such as World Red Cross Day, community health promotion days, international social days, and award days for outstanding Red Cross youth members.


Youth League Structure

In general, each Youth League is composed of one Unit Officer (UO), one Head Section Leader (HSL), three Senior Section Leaders (SSL), and five Section Leaders (SL). The core team is responsible for leading and maintaining the entire team. Some Youth Leagues also have the positions of Assistant Unit Officer (AUO) and Youth Unit Trainer (YUT)
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