• Is motivated by the free will of the person volunteering, and not by a desire for material or financial gain or by external social, economic or political pressure;

• Is intended to benefit vulnerable people and their communities in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent;

• Is organized by recognized representatives of a national Red Cross or Red Crescent Society
  
  "A Red Cross and Red Crescent Volunteer is a person who carries out volunteering activities for a National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society, occasionally or regularly".

• Policy Making and Monitoring (for example: board members and delegates to General Assemblies)

• Management and Administration (Planning, Accounting, Office work and membership derives)

• Organizing and Delivering Services/Programs (Service Volunteers, team leaders and trainers)

• Fund Raising (Collecting money, organizing bazaars)

• Advocacy (Campaigning and dissemination)

• Giving advice and solving problems (Expert or advisory volunteers)
  
  All these volunteers serving vulnerable people in their own communities are the main work force of a National Society.

All Red Cross and Red Crescent Volunteers are expected to:

• Act in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and promote their dissemination;

• Respect the Regulations on the use of the emblem and to prevent its misuse;

• Strive and work for the highest standards of quality;

• Sign, and behave in accordance with, the National Society's code of conduct for volunteers, rules and/or the Federation's code of Ethics and Fundamentals of Voluntary Services;

• Be available in an emergency, as agreed with the National Society, and according to their skills and abilities;

• Responds to the needs of the beneficiaries and strengthen their capacity for self-help and active volunteering.

1. To render social service which shall include the following:

2. To render immediate and medical assistance in case of natural & man made disasters.
3. To provide assistance to the affected people in case of man made calamity and assist civil defense agency.
4. To give immediate First Aid to the persons involved in all the accidents.
5. To inculcate and develop characters qualities in the Youth.
6. To provide health care in far flung areas by holding free medical camps.
7. To serve the suffering humanity and people in distress irrespective if caste, colour, creed, religious beliefs or political affiliations.

All Volunteers are entitled to:

Note: Red Cross or Red Crescent Volunteers may or may not be Members of their National Society.

A Red Cross or Red Crescent Member is a person who has formally agreed to the conditions of membership as required under the National Society's constitution or rules, and is usually entitled to elect representatives on governing bodies, and stand for election.

Categories of Membership at PRCS with their membership fees are as under:
 

PRCS has a volunteer base of over 49251 individuals, from all walks of life and representing all provinces of Pakistan. The magnitude of this number reflects  a modest achievement, despite the absence of a National Volunteering Policy.