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...
The PIRAC and GFARC hosts a Caribbean first aid workshop
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
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...
