Do you know when and how the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) started?
In 1859，during the war time，a Swiss man named Henry Dunant passed a town in Italy where many soldiers had been wounded. Dunant thought they should be cared for. A Swiss organization used his idea in 1863.When the organization became international, it was named the International Committee of the Red Cross.
ICRC'semblemis a red cross on a white ground(衬底). People use it as a sign for army doctors. There are ICRC offices in many countries around the world now.12，000 ICRC workers are helping people in more than 80 countries.
In China, there is an organization named the China Red Cross Society (CRCS). It is a part of ICRC .It started in 1904.Most of the people in CRCS are either fulltime workers or volunteers. CRCS also has organizations in many schools. Student members learn to look up to the elderly and to help the weak. They are also taught to give medical care to people who are in danger.
