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is an organization that appears in every place where
there are injured people. It helps
people in need without discrimination. Can you guess what it is? Yes,
it is the Red Cross! Let me tell you the story about the founder of
the organization, Jean Henri Dunant. How and when did he found it?
Jean Henri Dunant was born in 1828 in Switzerland. His family was
wealthy. They lovingly raised
Henri. When he grew up, he worked at a company. He was such a great
worker that he became a supervisor of a local office in Algeria,
Africa.
 While
working there, he witnessed the devastating lives of the
natives in Africa. He immediately quit his job
to help them. He taught people about farming.
Meanwhile, he took a trip to Italy to meet the Emperor of France to
get help to solve the problem of a lack of drinking water. In Italy,
he was witness to soldiers dying cruelly on a battlefield. He treated all of them, no matter
which army they belonged to. The people of
the town were very upset at him. “Why do you help them? They are not
on our side,” they said. Dunant answered, “How would you feel if your
children couldn’t get treatment only because they are from the enemy army?” Then, people
voluntarily began to help
the wounded soldiers with Dunant.
 When he
finally came back to his country after 10 years of life on the battleground
in Italy, he published a book that tells a story about the tragedy of war. He also tried
to let the world know that there should be an organization that provides
care to the injured people on the battleground.
This is how the Red Cross started. Jean Henri Dunant won the first
Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 for his dedication. There is no doubt
that he deserved it! |
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