The Red Cross

Red Cross

The Red Cross is a committee which helps hurt people because of accidents. People can call the Red Cross in a specific number 911 and then the paramedics would arrive to the place where the accident happened. In Costa Rica, there are many branches of the Red Cross in all provinces.

I did some research about the Red Cross and I found a page which describes all the purposes, the movement, the history and what the Red Cross does.

The history of the Red Cross started when it was founded in 1919 as the International Federation, composed by 186 members of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. It had a “Secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations strategically located to support activities around the world.” The Red Cross groups have grown a lot.

The Red Cross´s vision and mission say that they help people “without any kind of discrimination like nationality, race, religious beliefs, social class or political opinions.” It is important because societies need associations that help people no matter their skin color, religion or political opinions; especially into the war world.

The Red Cross and the Red Crescent have five zone offices around the world. The zone offices are located in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe and America. There is at least one Red Cross branch in each continent.

The Red Cross has seven principal values: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.

Humanity is the main value of the Red Cross because people who work to help other people need to feel the pain that other people feel. Impartiality and neutrality are similar to each other and they are important because the Red Cross does not care what kind of religion or skin color the hurt people have. Independence means that the Red Cross does not have to say anything to anybody or any association; the Red Cross only helps others. The Red Cross is characterized by their voluntary service because that is its main objective.

Although the Red Cross is independent they also have unity because there are many zone offices of the Red Cross around the world, and their objective is the same everywhere: to help hurt people.

For all these reasons, they have universality. First of all because they have many offices around the world, and besides because they help hurt people without looking at their appearance.