Workshops on Disaster Law in Island States : Legislative Advocacy and Enhancing Climate Resilience

Workshops on Disaster Law in Island States : Legislative Advocacy and Enhancing Climate Resilience

In order to ensure that people and communities affected by disaster and climate risks receive appropriate support in a timely manner, effective legal and policy frameworks are required. This is even more relevant for small island states where the impact of climate...
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...
New project to strengthen local disaster preparedness and response capacities

New project to strengthen local disaster preparedness and response capacities

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...
Working together for a safer SW Indian Ocean rim: the new PIROI-Climate Centre partnership

Working together for a safer SW Indian Ocean rim: the new PIROI-Climate Centre partnership

The Red Cross Red Crescent Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform and the Climate Centre last month signed an agreement to work together to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate-related disaster. The Red Cross Red Crescent Indian Ocean Regional...