Fighting inequalities for a resilient future Every year on October 13, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is held to highlight how people around the world are reducing their exposure to natural hazards. This year’s theme concerns the...
In Mozambique’s Luabo District, the community of Lupita faces periodic flooding caused by the waters of the Zambezi River. These floods are common throughout the rainy season, and cause considerable damage to agricultural crops and the vulnerable communities who...
Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement stakeholders meet to review the season In late May, PIROI/French Red Cross invited the region’s 6 National Societies (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania), as well as IFRC representatives (Indian Ocean...
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,...
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,...
Intense Tropical Cyclone Gombe hit Mozambique’s Nampula Province on 11 March 2022, causing considerable human and material damage. In response to the humanitarian need, PIROI – the French Red Cross’s Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform – has joined forces with...
