The four fields of activity of Junior/Youth Red Cross are:
	Protection of life and health
	Promoting international friendship and understanding
	Dissemination of Red Cross principles & International Humanitarian Law
	Service to the community.

The programs and projects of Junior/Youth Red Cross include:

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Nepal Junior/Youth Red Cross formed in 1965 as a youth wing of Nepal Red Cross Society. Junior Circles contain members from schools, while campuses and the general community make up Youth Circles.

In keeping with the Red Cross mandate of empowerment, each circle and district chapter sustains its own programs and activity agenda, based on community needs and local resources, for ongoing humanitarian benefits.

All Nepal Junior/Youth Red Cross activities place an emphasis on gender awareness. Active encouragement for girls to participate has led to a substantially higher ratio of female to male membership than in current NRCS adult membership.

Junior/Youth Red Cross is proud to have an organizational network of almost 3,500 circles and close to 800,000 Junior/Youth members throughout Nepal. They are aged between 5 and 25 years, and many adult Red Cross volunteers have previously been involved at Junior/Youth level.

Through Junior/Youth Red Cross, the young people of Nepal are provided with opportunities for dynamic leadership and personal development. In exchange, our youth volunteers are dedicated foremost to humanitarian activities, with the motto "I serve".

A Junior/Youth National Seminar is an opportunity for young people across Nepal to communicate their ideas, as well as their unique culture, to their peers.

Background:
The majority of identified people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH/A) falls into the 14 to 29 year age category. 45% of Nepal's population is composed of youth below 15 years, with an additional 19% aged between 15 to 24 years. Peer education has proven to be the most effective method to impart knowledge and skills among adolescents and youths of such a sensitive issue.

Junior/Youth Red Cross HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme has reached 40 districts and brought education and awareness to over 500,000 people in Nepal.

	General Objectives:
	Young people are informed about HIVAIDS, STIs ARH, drug abuse, human trafficking, and their causes, consequences and Method of prevention.
	Practice of life skills is improved among young people.
	Youth have access to friendly ARH information and service availability is improved.
	Supportive environment is created for young people to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.
	Service delivery system of J/Y circle, Sub Chapter and District Chapter is strengthened.

TAREGET GROUPS
Adolescents and youths of the age group 12 - 25 years, both at schools and in the community and community women. Programs will be delivered on a priority basis in districts that are considered particularly vulnerable, with criteria including a high rate of migration, girl trafficking, movement to India and existing prevalence of STDs

	Activities of HIV/AIDS PROGRAM:
	IEC materials increase access to information among youth people regarding HIV/AIDS
	Planning and orientation meetings for staff and teacher-sponsors
	Headmaster's workshop
	Training of trainers
	Talk Program
	Training of peer-educators
	Youth orientation at mass level
	Community mobilization, day events(Street drama, Video-show, condom day, World AIDS day etc.)
	Dissemination of project information through indigenous skills like traditional singers (Gaine) and street performances
	Co-ordination meetings for peer-educators
	Library support
	Project cycle management training
	Participatory monitoring
	Competitions such as essay writing, oratory, poster drawing
	Skills development training with a focus on marginalized groups within the community

For further information on any of these activities, contact Junior/Youth Red Cross at hivaids@nrcs.org