16 01 2024 | 2024, Mauritius, Disaster Response, Reunion, French Red Cross, PIROI, Mauritius Red Cross, Show
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...
23 11 2023 | 2023, Croissant-Rouge comorien, Union des Comores, Réduction des risques de catastrophes, Disaster Risk Reduction, Union of the Comoros, Comoros Red Crescent, PIROI, Show, Union des Comores
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...
16 11 2023 | 2023, Formations, Réponse aux catastrophes, La Réunion, Risques sanitaires, Disaster Response, Health Risks, Indian Ocean Region, French Red Cross, PIROI, Risques sanitaires, Show
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,...
30 10 2023 | 2023, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), PIROI, Show
The Global First Aid Reference Center (GFRC), hosted by the French Red Cross, in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, has launched a global first aid app accessible on all smartphones using Android and IOS...
19 09 2023 | 2023, Disaster Preparedness, Indian Ocean Region, PIROI, Show
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...
7 06 2023 | 2023, Mozambique, Madagascar, Disaster Response, Mozambique, Madagascar, Indian Ocean Region, French Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), PIROI, Malagasy Red Cross, Mozambique Red Cross, Show
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...
