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COVID-19 response – Indian Ocean

5 05 2020 | Show, Uncategorized

Click here to find out more about what has been done in Reunion Island, Mayotte and PIROI’s National Societies

PIROI: technical partner of the Master’s in Risk and Environment

6 04 2020 | PIROI, Show

Starting with the 2020-21 academic year, the University of Reunion Island will be teaching a new Master’s Degree in Risk and Environment. The Master’s in Risk and Environment is the first postgraduate degree of its kind to be offered in the Indian Ocean, and...

EMINI LEARNING – COVID-19

6 04 2020 | 2020, PIROI, 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,...

EMINI LEARNING – Waste Management

10 03 2020 | Show

Since March 2019, the French Red Cross has adopted a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, in which prevention and reduction of waste is one of the main thematic for the environmental and economic components. As a witness to the direct consequences of climate...

Saint-Benoît is flood-ready!

28 02 2020 | "Paré pas Paré" project, 2020, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction, Reunion, Indian Ocean Region, PIROI, 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...

Flooding in Madagascar: PIROI assists with relief operations

19 02 2020 | 2020, Madagascar, Indian Ocean Region, Malagasy Red Cross, Show

Between 19 and 23 January 2020 northern Madagascar was affected by a low pressure system (future tropical storm Diane) that brought extremely heavy rain. This rainfall caused widespread damage across the region, particularly in the 7 provinces of Sofia, Alaotro...