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 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
 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 UNITY
It is a There can be
only one Red
voluntary Cross or one Red
relief Crescent Society
in any one
movement country. It must
not be open to all. It
prompted in must carry its
humanitarian
any manner work throughout
by desire 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
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
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