How a bloody battlefield inspired a pacifist to create the Red Cross
Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...
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The beginning of the Red Cross
Our belief in the power of kindness can be traced back to the creation of the Red Cross Movement. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement started in 1863 and was inspired by Swiss ...
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10 things you might not know about the Red Cross
On his journey to meet Napoleon III in 1859, the businessman Henry Dunant witnessed ... in the world has a Red Cross National Society. When crisis strikes, volunteers in the affected country are the ...
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International Committee of the Red Cross
the forcibly displaced and other non-combatants. Founded in 1863 by Swiss philanthropist Henry Dunant, it is the oldest organization within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and ...