INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL RED CROSSRED CROSS

HISTORY/PRINCIPLES/SERVICES/TIPS

HISTORY

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement

On February 9, 1863 in Geneva, Henry Dunant founded the "Committee of the Five“

The official mission of the ICRC independent organization is to stand for the protection of the life and dignity of victims of international and internal armed conflicts

PRINCIPLES• The seven

fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent are humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

HUMANITY IMPARTIALITY

NEUTRALITY INDEPENDENCE

VOLUNTARY SERVICE

• It is a voluntary relief movement not prompted in any manner by desire for gain.

UNITY• There can be only

one Red Cross or one Red Crescent Society in any one country. It must be open to all. It must carry its humanitarian work throughout its territory.

UNIVERSALITY

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. In which all Societies have equal status and share equal responsibilities and duties in helping each other, is worldwide.

DONATING BLOOD

PATIENTS NEED YUOR GIFT OF LIFE

This is one of the few things you can do to directly save another person's life.

Frequent small transfusions of Red Cells are needed to provide life-sustaining oxygen for the immature lungs of tiny babies like this one.

DID YOU KNOW?– Every 10 seconds , someone

in the United States receives a blood transfusion

– If you began donating blood at age 17 and donated every 56 days until you reached 76, you would have donated 48 gallons of blood

– For every 2.8 gallons of blood someone has donated, they have supported the entire nation's blood needs for 1 minute

– One out of every 10 people entering a hospital needs blood

– Females receive 57% of blood transfused; males receive 47%

– A newborn baby has about one cup of blood in his or her body

– An average adult has about 10 pints of blood in his or her body

– About 95% of people living to the age of 72 will need a blood transfusion at some time in their life, yet only 5% of the population donates blood

• China, a nation of over a billion people, uses approximately 2 million pints* of blood a year