15 11 2019 | PIROI, Show, Uncategorized
In Reunion island, cyclone season is the time when there is a serious threat of floods. Loca’Terre’s program « Risque inondation, ou lé paré? » looked into PIROI’s ‘Behaviour to adopt in a flooded environment’ training course which was organised in octobre...
15 11 2019 | 2019, Mayotte, Union of the Comoros, PIROI, Show
Climate change is already having a visible impact on small islands states, as was recently demonstrated by cyclones . Given this state of affairs, the French Red Cross (FRC) – via PIROI and the Comoros Red Crescent (CoRC) – have launched a project to strengthen the...
15 11 2019 | 2019, PIROI, PIROI Center, Show
PIROI recently invited all of its programme members to review the past two years and define the goals for its upcoming programme. PIROI organised a meeting of all its partners on 29 and 30 October 2019 in Reunion Island. The Presidents and Secretaries-General of the...
23 10 2019 | 2019, Disaster Preparedness, Reunion, PIROI, Training, Uncategorized
As part of the ‘Inondation, Nout kartié lé paré’ flood awareness project, PIROI organised – ahead of the upcoming cyclone season – training on how to act in a flooded environment. Six one-day sessions were held from 16 to 22 October 2019. These 6 days of training...
10 10 2019 | PIROI, Show, Uncategorized
From 14 to 19 September, Mauritius Red Cross and its Rodrigues branch worked with the local community of Port-Sud-Est to increase its resilience to natural disasters. PIROI supports the Indian Ocean National Societies in implementing Vulnerability...