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...
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...
The Paré pas Paré (‘Ready or not?’) project aims to raise public awareness of natural hazards and climate change in Reunion Island. In order to deliver a clear and accurate message to locals, PIROI trains volunteers to run outreach stands at public events, and this is...
Against the backdrop of a dengue epidemic posing a threat to the entire island of Reunion, the Paré pas Paré project team decided to broaden its scope by setting up public awareness stands to involve the local population in mosquito control. On Wednesday, 6 February...
To support Indian Ocean National Red Cross Red Crescent societies’ projects at local level, to serve the most vulnerable, the French Red Cross, the Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform (PIROI) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent...
Launched in May 2017, the flooding preparedness programme ‘Our neighbourhood’s ready!’ came to an end on 14 March 2018. During the 10 months it was active, PIROI and its partners focused their efforts on increasing the resilience of the most flood-prone residents of...
