Henry Dunant, the Red Cross & YMCA
"… in October 1983 to the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and then in November 1991 to become the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Henry Dunant – the destiny of the Red Cross
Jean-Henry Dunant was born on 8 May 1828 in Geneva to a middle-class Calvinist family. His early initiatives included participating in the creation of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in 1852 and the World Alliance of YMCAs in 1855."
https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/who-we-are/history/