New online training on logistics for disaster preparedness and response
PIRAC is launching a new online training session on Logistics for Disaster Preparedness and Response for volunteers, logisticians and disaster managers within the Red Cross in the Caribbean region. Through this seven-course program, one can learn how to effectively...
Producing drinking water from sea water in case of disaster in the Caribbean: a special training organized in Guadeloupe
From June 20 to 24, the Regional Intervention Platform Americas Caribbean of the French Red Cross is organizing in partnership with Aquassistance and the City of Lamentin (Guadeloupe) a training to deploy a seawater purification plant in case of disaster.Providing...
2022 hurricane season: forecasts well above average
June marks the beginning of the hurricane season in the Caribbean. PIRAC is actively monitoring the hurricane season in order to anticipate the risks until November. Forecasts for the 2022 hurricane season predict activity levels higher than the average of the last 30...
A regional cooperation event on disaster management in the Caribbean from May 17 to 19, 2022
More than 40 participants from 12 Red Cross Societies and regional partners, including the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDMEA), will participate in a regionalworkshop on cooperation and disaster risk management from May 17-19, 2022, in Sint Maarten....
Webinar: Climate Change and Epidemic Risk in the Guiana Shield
On April 21, 2022 is held the webinar "Climate change and epidemic risk on the Guiana Shield, what impacts and courses of action mobilizing populations?" The objective of this webinar is to provide elements of expertise on predicted or already current climate changes...
Workshops to prepare businesses for climate change in Guadeloupe
The French Red Cross' Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean (PIRAC) organized two interactive workshops on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 to help businesses to better prepare for and respond to the effects of climate change, as part of the READY...
Caribe wave 2022: preparing for a tsunami in the Caribbean
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
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
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...
