The involvement and contribution of young people to the work of the Red Cross has an interesting history. This genesis of their engagement originated in the province of Quebec, Canada in 1914, when school children first participated in the humanitarian work of the Red Cross work by making bandages, dressings and other comforts for soldiers. The idea soon spread to other Canadian provinces. By 1915, this idea had spread to Europe while in the United States, eleven million school children were engaged in similar activities.
The Indian Red Cross Society first engaged young people in its work in 1925, with the first unit being set up in Punjab in 1926, soon followed by similar units in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, and Uttar Pradesh.
