
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and... Wikipedia
- Abbreviation: ICRC and IFRC
- Motto: Inter arma caritas, Per humanitatem ad pacem, (Latin)
- Founders: Henry Dunant, Gustave Moynier, Théodore Maunoir, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Louis Appia
- Type: NGO, NPO
- Focus: Humanitarianism
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland
- Origins: Geneva
- Method: Aid
- Membership: (United Nations General Assembly) CICR and FICR
- Key people: Peter Maurer
- Volunteers: c. 16.4 million
- Award(s): Nobel Peace Prize, (1917 ICRC, 1944 ICRC, 1963 ICRC & IFRC)
- Data Source: DuckDuckGo