The Red Cross- geography topic

The red cross is present in nearly every country in the world. The red cross was set up to preserve human life and health and to stop human suffering. Jean-Henri Dunant set up what would become the red cross in 1836. During the first world war the red cross was involved with providing medical support to the European countries. The red cross protested against the use of chemical weaponry in this war. The red cross was also involved with the second world war. The red cross is active in Afghanistan. The 1965 conference in Vienna adopted seven basic principles to the league of red cross and red crescent societies which are Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity and Universality. In some countries the red cross takes blood donations and runs first aid courses first civilians. The red cross has won three Nobel Prizes. This is the official mission statement of the red cross
"The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organisation whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance''.
The Red cross Headquarters are in Geneva in Switzerland but it has about 80 offices called delegates all over the world. It has 15000 professional employees. The red cross trains people in first aid and I chose this as my geography project as I am a member of the red cross and have successfully completed the first two courses in first aid. Here is a link to the irish red cross website.
http://www.redcross.ie/home/ Here is my image source http://www.google.ie/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=806&tbm=isch&tbnid=DS3eTe10ahNVBM:&imgrefurl=http://clonmelonline.com/irish-red-cross-clonmel/&docid=GLyh7V5hZHqCSM&imgurl=http://clonmelonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/redcross.png&w=570&h=357&ei=hr20T_-bI4qphAfpxZiDDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1006&vpy=185&dur=654&hovh=178&hovw=284&tx=110&ty=99&sig=118443383053210374391&page=1&tbnh=102&tbnw=163&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:145

Glendalough retreat!

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We went on our retreat to Glendalough and I found it very spiritual and peaceful. As part of our post-retreat reflection Ms. Leahy asked us to put a picture on our blogs of one thing that stood out for us from the day. I picked this picture and message because I thought it was very true when Fr. Michael said that we are all important but we are all part something bigger and it is important to be aware of this. I picked this image because it shows all the history of Glendalough and everything that has gone on there in the past with Saint Kevin and it shows that the people who lived in the past are still present in the world today.