What is it - Red Cross?

Red Cross is a global voluntary network, helping people in crisis, responding to local conflicts, organization humanitarian mission and preparing communities for emergencies and so keep people safer.

Red Cross in Wikipedia

Accoding to Wikipedia: "The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide which started to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering, without any discrimination based on nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions."

Red Cross History

Red Cross organization was founded over 135 years ago, in February of 1863 in Geneva by Henri Dunant, a 31 year old Swiss businessman and some others Swiss citizens. Today the Red Cross has more than 130 national societies and about 250 million members.