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Friday, March 12, 2010

The Red Cross also has goals of reaching the worlds youth, not only in times of need, but to empower them and provide knowledge and opportunities to grow. Currently, about 50% of the Red Cross's volunteers, consists of young people. Therefore, they have created their own section for youth, the four areas they are focused on developing are:
-Youth voices for stronger societies,
-Healthy youth make a healthy world,
-Adapting to climate change and addressing catastrophes, and
-Live our principles, celebrate our diversity, change our community.
Another sect within the Youth section of the Red Cross is the Raid Cross, who's aims at using the International Humanitarian law (IHL) for encouraging more extensive thought about human behaviour. They believe that respect for the IHL can help contain the escalation of violence, as well the destruction and suffering armed conflict creates. The law can also promote the return to using peaceful means in solving conflict, that do not include suffering and preserve human dignity. The Raid Cross is aware that youth our surrounded by violence almost daily through political or historic terms, or through the context of entertainment. The Raid Cross hopes to make adolescents aware of armed conflict and humanitarian action, thus, giving them the tools for interpreting events, news and violence in general. Though like any other program in the Red Cross that promotes disseminating international humanitarian law and creating awareness of humanitarian problems, Raid does not address the political and ideological roots of any conflict.

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