Reducing the environmental impact of humanitarian emergency operations: PIRAC unveils two inspiring studies at CDM13

The 13th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM13), organized by CDEMA,...

COP29: PIRAC committed to climate resilience in the Caribbean

COP29 was held in Baku from November 11 to 22. In collaboration with the Organization of Eastern...

Disaster risk reduction: a daily commitment at PIRAC

Each year, the United Nations' International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction provides an...

Hurricane Beryl: three months after the disaster

On July 1, Hurricane Beryl ravaged the south-east Caribbean, sweeping away everything in its path...

Construction of the regional humanitarian warehouse in pictures

Against a backdrop of intensifying and multiplying hazards and crises, since December 2023 PIRAC...

Hurricane Beryl: the French Red Cross mobilizes to help vulnerable populations in the Caribbean

Three days ago, the southern Caribbean felt the impact of the first hurricane of the season,...

Hurricane season 2024: forecasts predict high activity

Meteorologists* are unanimous: this year's hurricane activity, which runs from June 1 to November...

Pre-hurricane season: how can we be best prepared? Let’s take a look back at the “Pre-Hurricane Conference 2024”

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brings together every...

2023 key moments

Whether in schools, with the general public, or with actors involved in disaster preparedness,...

READY 360°: review of phase 1 and launch of phase 2｜For a greener, more risk-resilient Caribbean

On November 7, PIRAC organized a workshop for its partners to take stock of phase 1 of the READY...

PIRAC
French Red Cross Caribbean Regional Response Platform

The Caribbean region is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. It is mainly composed of states fragmented into isolated island archipelagos, which makes the delivery of humanitarian goods costly and more restricted. In this context, disaster risk preparedness and awareness are essential to increase the resilience of local populations. Indeed, in the face of global warming, the populations of the region must be prepared for the multiplication and intensification of hazards.

The French Red Cross operates in the Caribbean through the Regional Intervention Platform of the Americas-Caribbean (PIRAC), which allows us to concentrate our skills and means of response as close as possible to vulnerable populations. This increases the responsiveness and capacity to respond in the event of a disaster and allows for rapid action. PIRAC has been supporting the Red Cross in the region in the implementation of various actions since 2000.

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Caribe wave 2022: preparing for a tsunami in the Caribbean

by Sandra Imbault | Mar 20, 2022 | Actualités, Disaster Preparedness, Uncategorized

On March 11, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO held its annual tsunami preparedness exercise, Caribe Wave 2022. The purpose of this Caribbean-wide exercise is to validate warning protocols and advance tsunami preparedness efforts in the...

Psychological first aid training

by Sandra Imbault | Feb 7, 2022 | Actualités, Actualités, Disaster Preparedness, First Aid, Disaster Preparedness, Ready Together, Ready Together, Uncategorized

The Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean (PIRAC), through the READY Together program, trained 51 members of the field teams of the Territorial Delegation and the French Red Cross establishments in Guadeloupe in psychological first aid....

The OECS presents the READY Together Programme at COP26

by spix | Feb 4, 2022 | Actualités, Ready Together

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) presented the READY Together programme’s contribution to COP26 goals to the participating countries. Speaking on behalf of the OECS delegation at COP26, Mr. Crispin d’Auvergne, OECS Climate Change & Disaster Risk...

The PIRAC and GFARC hosts a Caribbean first aid workshop

by Laura Noegelen | Feb 4, 2022 | Actualités, First Aid, Ready Together

The Regional Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean (PIRAC), through the READY Together programme, joined forces with the Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC) to host a first aid workshop and training session, at Sint Maarten, from 2021 November 9-14, to...

Success Story of Lisa Peyre

by spix | Feb 4, 2022 | Actualités, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness, Ready Together

Lisa Peyre is the technical and operational referent for mental health, psychosocial support and protection at ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM. She led awareness-raising sessions on psychological first aid with the French Red Cross in French Guyana in July 2021 as part of the...