The International Red cross Society : Serve Humanity.

“ If you cannot give a life,you can save a life.” says the International  Red Cross society which is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health.

This organisation is based on the fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.

In an interaction with one of the members, a trained psycho specialist and a vocal person for North east state, Tanya , we got to know about human psychology. She told us that every human being accumulates stress  due to daily life activities  and this level goes on increasing with time. The only solution to overcome this is to ‘know yourself’. Once you start learning about your strengths and weaknesses ,you can easily find a solution to any problem you face.

Another member of the organisation who is a doctor discussed about the steps involved to fight an emergency situation.  The first step is Don’t panic followed by team work and co-ordination

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This session with the members of the IRCS at the Indian Mountaineering Foundation was extremely informative and made us aware of what all we can do as an individual to serve the society.