ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation

Okay kiddo, have you heard of a group of friends who work together to have fun and achieve things together? Well, countries can do that too! The Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) is like a group of countries who work together to help each other out.

So, countries around the Indian Ocean, like India, South Africa, Seychelles, and Indonesia, decided to come together to form this association. They wanted to help each other with things like trade, tourism, and security.

Think of it like a big club, where these countries can meet and discuss their problems and come up with solutions together. For example, they might talk about how to make it easier for people from one country to visit another country in the group. Or they might talk about how to protect the ocean from pollution.

By working together, these countries hope to make each other's lives better. Just like when kids in a group work together, everyone benefits!