International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 |18 October 2025

Alana Commettant, winner in the teenage category

DRMD signs MoU with UniSey and RCSS

To commemorate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which falls on October 13, the Disaster Risk Management Division officially signed two memoranda of understanding with the University of Seychelles and the Red Cross Society of Seychelles respectively.

The event, held yesterday at the National Museum, also recognised the winners of the Kreolite Disaster Resilience Poem Competition. This year’s global theme, ‘Fund Resilience, Not Disasters’, calls on nations to invest in measures that reduce disaster risks, build preparedness, and strengthen resilience before crises strike.

When addressing the guests, Internal Affairs minister, Errol Fonseka, said “the global theme this year speaks powerfully to our times. Around the world, we see disasters becoming more frequent, more intense, and more expensive. And while Seychelles may not face disasters on the same scale as others, our small island geography makes us deeply vulnerable”. 

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