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International Youth Meeting 2019

Solferino, Italy

International Youth Meeting 2019

International Youth Meeting 2019

 4th International Youth Meeting
Date: 17-23 June 2019
Venue: Solferino, Italy
Organiser: Italian Red Cross
Representative: Mr. Chong Cheng Yang (MRC Johor) and Ms. Chew Shi Jie (MRC Pahang)
 
Fifteen thousand Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers and more than 250 young Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders have gathered in the historic Italian town of Solferino to debate pressing humanitarian concerns, and to celebrate the centenary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
The week-long “4th International Solferino Youth Meeting” has featured a series of workshops exploring issues as varied as climate change and violence, digitalization and the opportunities and threats posed by new technologies, protracted crises and the role that young people can play in shaping a safer and more humane world. The participants also contributed to the development of IFRC’s new Strategy 2030 that will guide the organization’s work for the coming decade.
The week culminated on 22 June with the annual Fiaccolata – a candle-lit march involving thousands of volunteers between Solferino and Castiglione delle Stiviere. Solferino is the town where in 1859, Swiss businessman, Henry Dunant, witnessed a bloody battle between French and Sardinian armies. Dunant organized local people to treat the soldiers’ wounds and to feed and comfort them. These actions led to the creation of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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