23 07 2020 | 2020, Comoros Red Crescent, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Disaster Risk Reduction, La Réunion, Madagascar, Malagasy Red Cross, Maurice, Mauritius, Mauritius Red Cross, PIROI, PIROI Center, Préparation aux catastrophes, Réponse aux catastrophes, Seychelles, Seychelles Red Cross, Show, Union of the Comoros
PIROI-member National Societies have received assistance with their disaster preparedness and response work for a number of years already. Until now most of this support has been provided at central level, with capacity-building focusing on Red Cross/Red Crescent head...
28 02 2020 | "Paré pas Paré" project, 2020, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction, Indian Ocean Region, La Réunion, PIROI, Reunion, Show
As part of projects such as Inondation, nout kartié lé paré (‘Our neighbourhood’s ready for flooding’) et Paré pas Paré (‘Ready or not?’), the Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform (PIROI) has been working to raise awareness of flood risks in Reunion Island. For...
3 01 2020 | 2019, 2019, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), Madagascar, Malagasy Red Cross, PIROI, PIROI Center, Préparation aux catastrophes, Réponse aux catastrophes, Show
After passing close to Mayotte, tropical cyclone Belna struck the west coast of Madagascar on 9 December 2019. Malagasy Red Cross (MRC) and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement quickly took action to meet the needs of communities affected by the...
16 12 2019 | 2019, 2019, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), Madagascar, Malagasy Red Cross, Mayotte, Mayotte, Préparation aux catastrophes, Réponse aux catastrophes, Show
Mayotte had not been struck by a cyclone since Kamisy in 1984, however in early December 2019 Belna posed a serious threat to the French island, prompting PIROI and its partners to take immediate measures. Mayotte On Friday 6 December, the weather system was...
6 12 2019 | 2019, 2019, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Formations, La Réunion, PIROI Center, Préparation aux catastrophes, Réponse aux catastrophes, Reunion, Risques sanitaires, Show
Climate change poses a threat to public health, in particular because it leads to an increase in deaths and illnesses related to natural and health disasters*. This is why the French Red Cross’s Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform has now adapted its approach...
2 12 2019 | 2019, 2019, Comoros Red Crescent, Disaster Preparedness, France, Show, Union of the Comoros
On Wednesday 20 November 2019, the French Red Cross delegation in the Comoros and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed an agreement strengthening their community healthcare partnership. Comoros Red Crescent (CoRC) works actively in the Union of the Comoros in...
