PIROI and its partner National Societies together manage 11 emergency warehouses in the south-west Indian Ocean, ensuring the priority needs of 45,000 people can be met in the event of a disaster. Such warehouse management requires highly accurate region-wide...
In a context marked by ever-increasing humanitarian, climatic and health challenges, PIROI has set itself an ambitious target: that of reducing the impact of natural hazard-related disasters, health crises, and climate change for south-west Indian Ocean communities....
South-west Indian Ocean countries are extremely vulnerable to the risk of epidemics due to the relative development levels of their healthcare infrastructure. These regions have been or are affected by numerous tropical diseases (dengue, chikungunya, malaria,...
To support COVID-19 response by south-west Indian Ocean National Societies, PIROI has sent a new shipment of 1,200,000 COVID-19 protection masks (surgical and cloth), 10,000 pairs of gloves, and 250 litres of sanitiser gel thanks to a donation from the French...
During the 5th edition of the “Research Snapshot” webinar held by the French Red Cross Foundation, PIROI had the privilege of taking part in discussions with researchers in meteorology, anthropology, sociology, and psychology on the theme “Indian Ocean: a region of...
Illustration: Pau Gasol Valls – Red Social Innovation After two years of partnership with the Humanitarian Design Bureau, SOLLUNE phosphorescent tarpaulins are now part of PIROI’s pre-positioned stocks of equipment in Reunion Island. As the cyclone season...
