Nagaland celebrates Red Cross Day

KOHIMA: Nagaland celebrated the World Red Cross Day, the birth anniversary of Jean Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross Society on Tuesday with the rest of the world. The Indian Red Cross Society, Nagaland (IRCSN) celebrated the day with a tree plantation drive in Kohima with the theme 'Youth on the Move'.
Nagaland governor Nikhil Kumar, who is also the president of IRCSN said, "We celebrate the World Red Cross Day on May 8 by remembering Jean Henri Dunant, the Swiss national, who, deeply affected by the miseries and sufferings of both the combatants and civilians in the Austro-Sardinian War, began this great movement."
"The movement that began with the primary aim of providing relief and nursing care to those wounded in armed conflicts, has grown to be a worldwide phenomenon based on the principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence and voluntary service," he said.
The governor added, "The society has expanded its activities by providing relief to victims of natural disasters, educating populations in disaster preparedness, providing necessary equipment to aid disaster relief operations and supplementing local health care systems wherever possible."
"It believes in humanitarianism and conforms to the Geneva Convention; in all its activities today, it is paying tribute to its founder and all those persons who have worked to build this organization," he maintained.
The governor further said that the IRCSN has been doing commendable work in the state. "I congratulate the society for its humanitarian work, for its selfless devotion to providing relief to the needy, educating people about challenges to our society and ways and means to counter them and, above all, creating a society that is free of conflict and is committed to peace and harmony," he added.