From 19 to 26 November, PIROI – in coordination with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – organised a training course for emergency response team members in order to strengthen the teams who are deployed when a crisis or...
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,...
During the 30th edition of the Grand Raid, the famous ultra-trail of Reunion Island, the volunteers of the French Red Cross were mobilized at the finish line of the race to raise awareness among runners and their supporters about the natural hazards present on the...
On 21 to 24 September 2022 a regional training course on the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) was held in Antananarivo (Madagascar). Organised by PIROI in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the course...
October 13, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, was an opportunity to learn more about the 3 Oceans project! Launched in 2019 by the French Red Cross with support from the French Development Agency (AFD), the 3 Oceans project helps reduce the impact of...
We cannot prevent natural hazard-related disasters from happening, but we can alleviate their impact. This is precisely what the French Red Cross believes, and since 2000 it has implemented a disaster risk management programme in the Indian Ocean via PIROI, its...
