Reunion Island was spared from the worst of Belal. A purple alert – the rarely triggered highest level of danger – raised fears of a catastrophe, before being downgraded a few hours later to a red alert and then to a shelter phase. Nevertheless Tropical Cyclone Belal...
PIROI-French Red Cross and its partner, the Comoros Red Crescent, asked the consulting company Ramboll to analyse the feasibility of developing community-based early warning systems (CBEWS) in the Union of the Comoros. The analysis looked at how early warning systems...
From November 6 to 9, PIROI – French Red Cross organized a regional training course for team leaders on psychological first aid in epidemic situations. As part of the activities carried out by community workers and first-aid teams during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
PISSARO, a joint project between Reunion Island University’s Laboratory of Atmosphere and Cyclones (LACy) and Météo France weather service, studies atmospheric and oceanic forecasting at subseasonal scale, i.e. on a monthly level, for practical applications in the...
In Mozambique’s Luabo District, the community of Lupita faces periodic flooding caused by the waters of the Zambezi River. These floods are common throughout the rainy season, and cause considerable damage to agricultural crops and the vulnerable communities who...
Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement stakeholders meet to review the season In late May, PIROI/French Red Cross invited the region’s 6 National Societies (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania), as well as IFRC representatives (Indian Ocean...
