WE SERVE
ABOUT JRC
Children and adolescent also represent a substantial part of the
membership of Red Cross for its humanitarian commitment. Young
volunteers can make a significant contribution to meeting the needs of
the most vulnerable people within their local communities through Red
Cross programme. This has been designed to involve young people as much
as possible in the movement and its activities not only as workers but
also as beneficiaries, and as partners in management. The programme
focuses on the following areas:
* Promote life and health through training and education on safety, primary health care and healthy living,
Encourage community service through training and education.
* Disseminate the seven fundamental principles of Red Cross and Red
Crescent movement through activities that encourage the Red Cross
ideals.
* Promote international friendship with activities that cultivate a humanitarian spirit.
* Technical support in the development of youth programmes, fund-raising, identification of material and human resources.
Children and adolescent also represent a substantial part of the
membership of Red Cross for its humanitarian commitment. Young
volunteers can make a significant contribution to meeting the needs of
the most vulnerable people within their local communities through Red
Cross programme. This has been designed to involve young people as much
as possible in the movement and its activities not only as workers but
also as beneficiaries, and as partners in management. The programme
focuses on the following areas:
* Promote life and health through training and education on safety, primary health care and healthy living,
Encourage community service through training and education.
* Disseminate the seven fundamental principles of Red Cross and Red
Crescent movement through activities that encourage the Red Cross
ideals.
* Promote international friendship with activities that cultivate a humanitarian spirit.
* Technical support in the development of youth programmes, fund-raising, identification of material and human resources.
History of Movement
Solferino, Jean-Henri Dunant and the foundation of the ICRC
Until the middle of the 19th century, there were no organized and/or
well-established army nursing systems for casualties and no safe and
protected institutions to accommodate and treat those who were wounded
on the battlefield. In June 1859, the Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant traveled to Italy to meet French emperor Napoléon III
with the intention of discussing difficulties in conducting business in
Algeria, at that time occupied by France. When he arrived in the small
town of Solferino on the evening of June 24, he witnessed the Battle of Solferino, an engagement in the Austro-Sardinian War.
In a single day, about 40,000 soldiers on both sides died or were left
wounded on the field. Jean-Henri Dunant was a shocked by the terrible
aftermath of the battle, the suffering of the wounded soldiers, and the
near-total lack of medical attendance and basic care. He completely
abandoned the original intent of his trip and for several days he
devoted himself to helping with the treatment and care for the wounded.
He succeeded in organizing an overwhelming level of relief assistance by
motivating the local villagers to aid without discrimination.
Back in his home in Geneva, he decided to write a book entitled A Memory of Solferino
which he published with his own money in 1862. He sent copies of the
book to leading political and military figures throughout Europe. In
addition to penning a vivid description of his experiences in Solferino
in 1859, he explicitly advocated the formation of national voluntary
relief organizations to help nurse wounded soldiers in the case of war.
In addition, he called for the development of international treaties to
guarantee the protection of neutral medics and field hospitals for
soldiers wounded on the battlefield.
On February 9, 1863, in Geneva, Jean-Henri Dunant founded the "Committee of the Five" (together with four other leading figures from well-known Geneva families) as an investigatory commission of the Geneva Society for Public Welfare. Their aim was to examine the feasibility of Dunant's ideas and to organize an international conference about their possible implementation. The members of this committee, aside from Dunant himself, were Gustave Moynier, lawyer and chairman of the Geneva Society for Public Welfare; physician Louis Appia, who had significant experience working as a field surgeon; Appia's friend and colleague Théodore Maunoir, from the Geneva Hygiene and Health Commission; and Guillaume-Henri Dufour, a Swiss Army general of great renown. Eight days later, the five men decided to rename the committee to the "International Committee for Relief to the Wounded". In October (26–29) 1863, the international conference organized by the committee was held in Geneva to develop possible measures to improve medical services on the battlefield. The conference was attended by 36 individuals: eighteen official delegates from national governments, six delegates from other non-governmental organizations, seven non-official foreign delegates, and the five members of the International Committee.
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