Also
this year, from June 17 to June 23, Volunteers and Staff of
the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will find themselves in the
field where the battle of Solferino took place in 1859 when Henry
Dunant had the Idea which led to the largest existing Volunteer
Association.
This 2019 edition of the event will celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Solferino
2019 will be more than a celebration. It will be an opportunity for
training, to encounter and to experience the volunteer culture with thousands
of volunteers from National Societies of the entire world.
The event will end on Saturday 22nd
with our traditional Fiaccolata, from Solferino to Castiglione delle
Stiviere, along the path made by those who carried the wounded during the
battle. A unique and suggestive event illuminated by the light of thousands of
torches which together, with the enthusiasm of the Volunteers, will revive the
magic of that Story, of our Story.
11/06/2019More than 10,000 young Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders and volunteers from 140 countries will gather in northern Italy from 17-22 June to celebrate the centenary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
05/06/2019This year, the traditional gathering in the places that inspired Henry Dunant’s idea of the Red Cross, the reunion in Solferino of the Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers and operators from 17 to 23 June 2019, turns into a historical and symbolic celebration, on the occasion of the celebrations for the Centenary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Youth Meeting - gathering hundreds of young volunteers from all over the world.
29/05/2019On the occasion of Solferino 2019 celebrations, an exhibition will be opened at the historical Museum of Castiglione delle Stiviere on “The Role of Women in the Humanitarian Sector: from Castiglione Women to Present Days”.
11/05/2019Solferino 2019 will comply with the new regulations on safety and security as regulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the formal letter dated 28 July 2017, in which the organizational model to proceed in order to guarantee high levels of safety during public events is defined.
06/05/2019From 17th to 23rd June 2019 the traditional appointment of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is back.
Volunteers and operators will meet in the places where Henry Dunant had the idea of founding the Red Cross.The event, full of activity, will end on Saturday 22nd June with the traditional torchlight walk from Solferino to Castiglione delle Stiviere along the route taken by the rescuers who carried the wounded during the battle. A unique and evocative appointment, with an intense, interesting and engaging program.
04/05/2019There is an the historical building in Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN), a few kilometers from Garda’s lake, which tells one of the most important page of our country's history, a story of human solidarity and of Humanitarian law.