The Red Cross provides support to those affected by Cyclone Freddy in Mozambique

The Red Cross provides support to those affected by Cyclone Freddy in Mozambique

​After travelling across the Indian Ocean for more than 35 days, FREDDY marked the 2022-2023 cyclone season with its exceptional longevity and major impact on the people of Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi. Since developing off southern Indonesia on 6 February 2023,...
The French Red Cross brings together PIROI-member partners in Reunion Island

The French Red Cross brings together PIROI-member partners in Reunion Island

On 8 and 9 November, PIROI–French Red Cross invited the members of its disaster risk management programme to Reunion Island. The Presidents and Secretaries-General of the Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies of the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique,...
PIROI delivers more than 1 million COVID-19 protection masks to the region’s National Societies

PIROI delivers more than 1 million COVID-19 protection masks to the region’s National Societies

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...
PIROI Regional Strategic Coordination Workshop

PIROI Regional Strategic Coordination Workshop

As part of its regional disaster risk management programme (DRM), PIROI organises an annual coordination workshop at the end of each cyclone season, inviting all PIROI-member National Societies (NSs) to share the preparedness and response activities they carried out...