18 08 2022 | 2022, Disaster Response, Union of the Comoros, Comoros Red Crescent, PIROI, Show
Following the damage caused by the heavy rains last April in the Union of the Comoros, the emergency response teams of the Comorian Red Crescent (CRCo) provided material and financial assistance to 89 affected families with the support of PIROI. Last April, the...
5 08 2022 | Mozambique, Croix-Rouge du Mozambique, Changement climatique, Formations, Réduction des risques de catastrophes, 2022, Show
The training of humanitarian actors at the local level is essential to develop the resilience of vulnerable communities. This is one of the ambitions of the ECO-DRR project led by the French Red Cross, WWF and BIOFUND to address climate change in the Zambezi province...
29 07 2022 | 2022, Disaster Response, Madagascar, French Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), PIROI, Malagasy Red Cross, Show
Last April, PIROI/French Red Cross emergency response team member Céline White was deployed to Madagascar to help with the emergency operation being carried out there by Malagasy Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies....
22 07 2022 | 2022, Health Risks, Union of the Comoros, Comoros Red Crescent, French Red Cross
As part of the project “Capacity building for crisis response to COVID-19 in the Union of the Comoros”, hygiene kits as well as infection, prevention, and control (IPC) kits were recently donated to Grande Comore Regional Health Department (“DRS”) by the French Red...
10 06 2022 | 2022, Union of the Comoros, Comoros Red Crescent, French Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Show, Training
In order to familiarise the Comoros islands’ population with first aid, the French Red Cross and the Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC) organised training for Comorian Red Crescent...
5 05 2022 | 2022, 2021, Mauritius, Disaster Preparedness, Union of the Comoros, Madagascar, Comoros Red Crescent, PIROI, Malagasy Red Cross, Mauritius Red Cross
PIROI has developed since 2007 a strategy of pre-positioning emergency relief supplies in regional warehouses, making it much easier to send equipment to affected areas in the event of a disaster. These stocks are pooled at regional and national level, thereby helping...
