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...
16 07 2020 | 2020, Indian Ocean Region, PIROI, PIROI Center, Show
On 2 April 2000, at a ceremony attended by the IFRC and ICRC, PIROI was officially created when the Saint-Denis Reunion Island Agreement was signed, bringing together the Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies of the south-west Indian Ocean. Fast forward two...
25 06 2020 | 2020, Formations, Health Risks, La Réunion, PIROI, Reunion, Risques sanitaires, Show, Training
At the request of Reunion’s Department for Youth, Sports and Social Cohesion, PIROI recently trained staff who work with under-18s and their instructors about COVID-19 and how to protect against it. Ever since the COVID-19 crisis started, protection measures and...
16 06 2020 | 2020, Disaster Risk Reduction, PIROI, Seychelles, Seychelles Red Cross, Show
In early 2020 Seychelles Red Cross developed a new resource to help teachers raise awareness and inform pupils about disaster risks. With the support of its technical partners (Seychelles Department of Risks and Disaster Management, Seychelles...
18 05 2020 | 2020, Health Risks, La Réunion, PIROI, Reunion, Risques sanitaires, Show
As part of its auxiliary role to the public authorities and in support of populations, especially the most vulnerable, the French Red Cross has brought together all those who want to take action to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Prevention, support for health...
6 04 2020 | 2020, Formations, PIROI, PIROI Center, Préparation aux catastrophes, Risques sanitaires, Show
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause various illnesses in humans. The new coronavirus is called SARS-CoV-2. It is a new type of coronavirus that can affect people and it was detected for the first time in December 2019, in the city of Wuhan,...
