3 09 2019 | "Paré pas Paré" project, 2019, 2019, Disaster Risk Reduction, La Réunion, PIROI, Reunion, Risques sanitaires, Show
As Reunion has been experiencing a dengue epidemic since early 2018, the island’s Prefecture asked PIROI to help raise awareness of the disease amongst the local population, hoping to avoid an acceleration of the outbreak. The Paré pas Paré project team thus decided...
9 08 2019 | 2019, Comoros Red Crescent, Disaster Response, Show, Union of the Comoros
Ngazidja is a volcanic island in the Comoros, an archipelago located in the Mozambique Canal. On the night of 24 April, this little-known island of the Indian Ocean was hit by Intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth: the cyclone’s eye passed only 50 km off the coast....
19 07 2019 | 2019, 2019, Comoros Red Crescent, Disaster Response, PIROI, Show, Union of the Comoros
On the night of Wednesday 24 to Thursday 25 April 2019, tropical cyclone Kenneth swept past the Comoros archipelago, mainly affecting the island of Grande Comore and to a lesser extent the neighbouring islands of Anjouan and Mohéli. Given the large number of people...
18 07 2019 | "Paré pas Paré" project, 2019, Disaster Risk Reduction, France, French Red Cross, Members, Show, Training
The Paré pas Paré project and its mascot Timoun the turtle have been raising awareness in Reunion about reducing vulnerability to natural disaster risks since 2011. PIROI aims to develop the educational resource ‘Island of a thousand dangers’ (known locally in Reunion...
14 06 2019 | 2019, 2019, Disaster Preparedness, Formations, La Réunion, PIROI, PIROI Center, PIROI Center, Reunion, Show, Training
As part of the regional Disaster Risk Management programme, the PIROI Center – in partnership with the Bioforce Institute – organised technical training on project cycle management in order to build Programme Managers’ capacities. The five-day course was held 3 to 7...
7 06 2019 | "Paré pas Paré" project, 2019, 2019, Disaster Risk Reduction, La Réunion, Reunion, Show
Starting in June 2019, PIROI will launch the second phase of the project Inondation, nout kartié lé paré (‘Our district is ready in the event of flooding’) which aims to strengthen the resilience of flood-prone neighbourhoods on the island of Reunion. This year-long...
