8th of May is celebrated as World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. It is celebrated as it marks the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The theme for World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2019 is “#love” or simply "love", which will focus on asking people about what they love about Red Cross and Red Crescent. On this special day, several blood donation camps will be organised around the world and this day also offers an opportunity to provide voluntary medical services to society.
The permission to make "World Red Cross Day" an annual event was by the International Federation of the Red Cross Societies (IFRC) General Assembly to League of the Red Cross Societies (LORCS). Two years later, the proposal was accepted and for the first time, it was celebrated on May 8, 1948. The official title for the day was changed many times, and it became "World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day" in 1984.
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