Cross and Crescent

The big question you need to answer.
What is the difference between the Red Cross and the Red 
Crescent?
J went to the Red Cross and Red Crescent museum. I have included her pics plus ones from wiki.
I have learnt a bit.
I didn't enjoy working with the organisation on my mission. 
They seemed heartless and militant in their approach.


I think its important to remember that its not what is done but how it is done that can have the greatest impact.

http://www.micr.ch/e/exhib/explore_current_e.html


Henry Dunant + Gustave Moynier :
Friends and Foes
From 22 September 2010 to 23 January 2011

As fate had it that these two fellow protagonists who played a decisive role in founding the Red Cross disappeared the same year, it seems appropriate to hold a commemorative exhibition to retrace the parallel and intertwined paths of these two historical figures.

If the name Henry Dunant is widely known in the whole world, his actions and his existence are not familiar to everyone. Therefore, it seems necessary to recall his memory. On the other hand, Gustave Moynier does not enjoy the same fame. His activity was nevertheless indispensable to the creation and durability of the Red Cross which seems inseparable from the present world; the exhibition will thus reveal the important role Gustave Moynier played as President of the ICRC for over forty years.

Although they shared the same cause, history very often opposed Dunant and Moynier. Allies during the early stages, the two men quickly confronted each other on the general orientation of their humanitarian action and then competed to obtain recognition. Motivated by his pragmatism and committed to build a solid structure for the institution, Moynier played an active role in isolating Dunant, the idealist, after his financial difficulties, and prevented him from returning to business to the point of jeopardizing his means of subsistence. This conflict lasted throughout their lives and they never reconciled. In fact, Moynier has a rather negative image as victimizer of Dunant, the martyr.

An exhibition by the Association Henry Dunant + Gustave Moynier, 1910-2010at the Interna-tional Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva.

 Gustave Moynier, 1863 

Henry Dunant, 1855

 1864 Conference