The PIROI Center advocates using ground-breaking methods and solutions to improve the quality of assistance to local populations. Its work in this field has included supporting the development and testing of Sollune phosphorescent shelters in a given community. ...
PIROI-member National Societies have received assistance with their disaster preparedness and response work for a number of years already. Until now most of this support has been provided at central level, with capacity-building focusing on Red Cross/Red Crescent head...
On 2 April 2000, at a ceremony attended by the IFRC and ICRC, PIROI was officially created when the Saint-Denis Reunion Island Agreement was signed, bringing together the Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies of the south-west Indian Ocean. Fast forward two...
At the request of Reunion’s Department for Youth, Sports and Social Cohesion, PIROI recently trained staff who work with under-18s and their instructors about COVID-19 and how to protect against it. Ever since the COVID-19 crisis started, protection measures and...
In early 2020 Seychelles Red Cross developed a new resource to help teachers raise awareness and inform pupils about disaster risks. With the support of its technical partners (Seychelles Department of Risks and Disaster Management, Seychelles...
As part of its auxiliary role to the public authorities and in support of populations, especially the most vulnerable, the French Red Cross has brought together all those who want to take action to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Prevention, support for health...
