On the afternoon of June 23 (local time), the Red Cross Society of China donated 100 bikes to Italian Red Cross at the large-scale Torch Parade commemorative event in Solferino, Italy, for supporting the Italian Red Cross to carry out the humanitarian voluntary work. Mr. Francesco Rocca, Chairman of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and President of Italian Red Cross, Mr Elhadj As Sy, the Secretary General of the IFRC and Mr. Wang Rupeng, Vice President of RCSC attended this event. The delegations from over 60 countries and nearly 10,000 volunteers jointly witnessed the delivery of bikes.
On the inauguration ceremony of the "Torch Parade", Mr. Wang Rupeng donated 100 bikes to Mr. Rocca to support the Italian Red Cross to provide humanitarian voluntary services across the country. Mr. Rocca thanked for the donation by the RCSC. Among them, ten bikes were used for medical rescue for the event on the day. The rest 90 bikes would allocate to local volunteers across Italy upon their application for their humanitarian and voluntary services.
Voluntary service is one of seven basic principles of the IFRC. "Volunteers on Wheels" Global Voluntary Service Action, jointly initiated by the IFRC and RCSC, is a public welfare project implemented by the RCSC, aiming to provide travel convenience to global volunteers of Red Crescent Societies and Red Cross Societies. So far, the "Volunteers on Wheels" project has received the applications from 11 countries across the world. Donated 100 bikes are financially funded by China National Biotec Group Company Limited and manufactured by Tianjin Flying Pigeon Cycle Manufacture Co., Ltd. This is the first time for 鈥淰olunteers on Wheels Global Voluntary Service Action鈥?to land in Europe, attracting a large number of volunteers worldwide to ask about how to apply for bikes.
Around each June 24, Italian Red Cross will hold a series of commemorative activities in Solferino, the original place of Red Cross Movement, such as Red Cross youth forum, volunteer communication and commendation, health care popularization training and torch parade. This year鈥檚 torch parade attended by tens of thousands of Red Cross employees and volunteers from over 60 countries and the parade lasted for several hours with a length of 7km.
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