The ICRC's Eugenio Vagni has been held hostage on the Philippine island of Sulu for over five months. Between 23 and 28 June, hundreds of Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers gathering in Solferino in northern Italy to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino, which led to the idea of the Red Cross/Red Crescent, showed their support for Eugenio – an Italian – and his family. On 1 July some 230 young Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers from around the world arrived in Geneva from Solferino. They gathered in the courtyard of the ICRC's Ecogia training centre to express their solidarity with Eugenio.