Serv Programme

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Serv Programme

The Social and Emergency Response Volunteer (SERV) Programme is designed to build community resilience through training of the target group by Master trainers, Instructors and SERV volunteer on a pan India basis. It is envisaged that, on an average, 1000 trained SERV volunteers and 2 trained SERV instructors will be available in each district of the country and at least one Master trainer will be available in each state Red Cross branch.

These SERV volunteers will in turn impart health and disaster related messages apart from leading social campaigns in the community. They will be at the fore front as first community responders in case of any disaster etc. The Programme will be jointly funded by National headquarters (NHQ) and the concerned State branch in the ratio of 80:20 of the fund for each activity.

Concept of SERV:      

  1. The concept of SERV is premised upon the principles of Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR). It recognizes that:   
  2.   Communities understands their problems and opportunities than anyone else,
  3. Community is more interested to understand their problems than anyone else,
  4. Community is the key stakeholder for development of the country, hence it has to participate for their own development,
  5. Local communities are capable of initiating and sustaining their own community development.
To contribute to this aim, SERV Volunteers will:  
  1. Provide immediate relief and response to the affected communities before additional support from the government and other agencies arrives,
  2. Reduce vulnerabilities of the communities by training the communities on first-aid, hygiene promotion, etc.,
  3. Conduct vulnerability and capacity assessment of their own communities,
  4. Support any other identified social issues that contribute to the development of the communities.       
It is envisaged that the SERVs will be trained as per prescribed modules pertaining to deliver the following:  
  • Act as First Responders in times of emergencies, (participate in providing effective humanitarian services to affected population to prevent and alleviate their sufferings on behalf of the IRCS). 
  • Sensitize the community to make them more resilient to disasters to which the community is vulnerable. 
  • Facilitate linkages between the community and the Government programmes.

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