Swiss businessman Henri Dunant, who came up with the idea of the Red Cross Movement after witnessing the horrors on the battlefield during the Battle of Solferino in 1859 in Italy between the Austrian army and the Franco-Sardinian alliance. The Red Cross was officially established in the year 1863, which later became the International Committee of the Red Cross. Red Cross is an active participant in a wide number of programs and services, including emergency response, disaster preparedness, community-based health and care, first aid training and activities, restoring family contact for disaster victims, and youth and volunteer activities. The Red Cross flag looks like an inverted Swiss Flag.