Red Cross marks 150th anniversary

As it turns 150, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) yesterday said it faces unprecedented challenges in the complex age of modern warfare.
The movement currently employs 13,000 people working in 92 countries.
The movement was founded by a Geneva businessman, Henri Dunant, in 1863 in response to the suffering of injured soldiers abandoned on the battlefield of Solferino in northern Italy.
Today, the ICRC, together with the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, has become a worldwide movement with tens of thousands of workers and volunteers.