As part of the ‘Inondation, Nout kartié lé paré’ flood awareness project, PIROI organised – ahead of the upcoming cyclone season – training on how to act in a flooded environment. Six one-day sessions were held from 16 to 22 October 2019. These 6 days of training...
From 14 to 19 September, Mauritius Red Cross and its Rodrigues branch worked with the local community of Port-Sud-Est to increase its resilience to natural disasters. PIROI supports the Indian Ocean National Societies in implementing Vulnerability...
Distributing money in the form of cash or vouchers is now recognised as an effective tool to help affected populations recover from the aftermath of a natural disaster or in certain emergency situations. Local shops and markets often re-open promptly after a...
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...
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...
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...
