Who is the founder of the Red Cross?

On June 24, 1859, Henry Dunant, a Swiss-born, was watching the Battle of Solvarino in northern Italy. A large number of men were killed and more than forty thousand people were wounded, and these wounded did not find anyone to help or care for them.

Henry Dunant was astonished by what he saw and tried, with the help of some volunteers, to rescue the sick and wounded without any distinction between their nationalities.

Henry was greatly influenced and sought to establish volunteer groups to aid the wounded in wars and battles.

In 1862, he published a book under the name (Memorial of Solvarino), in which he wrote down his experience in two proposals:

- Establishing voluntary associations in every country concerned with helping the war wound.

- Get countries to protect these paramedics.

- This book was a great success and the idea of the International Committee of the Red Cross was born.