- Title: Reunion residents help with donations after cyclone devastates island
- Date: 18th December 2024
- Summary: SAINT-LEU, REUNION ISLAND, FRANCE (DECEMBER 18, 2024) (REUTERS) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT "EFUZIF" ENGINEERING OFFICE AND MEMBER OF "NOUT GAZON DE RIZ" HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION, DOCTOR KARIM JUHOOR, HELPING RESIDENT PARKING RESIDENT PARKING CAR RESIDENT SHAKING HANDS WITH VOLUNTEER FOR "LEU CONFINEMENT" ASSOCIATION, SHANMOUGAME MOUNY-LATCHIMY RESIDENT AND JUHOOR TALKING VARIOUS OF RESIDENT TAKING FOOD AND PACKAGES OUT OF CAR JUHOOR TAKING BAGS INSIDE BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (French) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT "EFUZIF" ENGINEERING OFFICE AND MEMBER OF "NOUT GAZON DE RIZ" HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION, DOCTOR KARIM JUHOOR, SAYING: "We're here in the storage area, which is quite simply my personal office, the storage area of the "Nout gazon riz" association. We have received a huge amount of donations that will be going to the association "Mayotte a soif" ("Mayotte is thirsty" in French), and to the Mahorese delegation, so what they've asked us for is that they'll need the essentials, hygiene packs with nappies, bandages, hydro-alcoholic gel." VARIOUS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES (SOUNDBITE) (French) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT "EFUZIF" ENGINEERING OFFICE AND MEMBER OF "NOUT GAZON DE RIZ" HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION, DOCTOR KARIM JUHOOR, SAYING: "We also have non-perishable items, such as rice, tinned food, oil, etc. We really do have the essentials to cope with the chaos in Mayotte." VARIOUS OF FOOD VARIOUS OF JUHOOR CHECKING PACKAGES MOUNY-LATCHIMY CARRYING BOTTLES OF WATER BOTTLES (SOUNDBITE) (French) VOLUNTEER FOR "LEU CONFINEMENT" ASSOCIATION, SHANMOUGAME MOUNY-LATCHIMY, SAYING: "(What happened in Mayotte today) is what my parents experienced in the 70s, with very strong cyclones and not very solid housing. When we saw the pictures, the state of the airport, or the shanty towns that had been completely razed to the ground, we said to ourselves, well, let's go!" MOUNY-LATCHIMY CARRYING BAGS
- Embargoed: 1st January 2025 16:38
- Keywords: CYCLONE FRANCE LEU CONFINEMENT MAYOTTE REUNION ISLAND STORM
- Location: SAINT-LEU, REUNION ISLAND, FRANCE
- City: SAINT-LEU, REUNION ISLAND, FRANCE
- Country: Reunion
- Topics: Africa,Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA001805718122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Residents of Reunion Island on Wednesday (December 18) rushed to help nearby France's overseas territory of Mayotte after cyclone Chido swept through the Indian Ocean archipelago, causing mayhem and killing possibly thousands.
Doctor Karim Juhoor, General Manager of the research and development department of "EFUZIZ" engineering office in Saint-Leu turned his office into the storage of the 'Nout gazon de riz' association to collect aid for victims and evacuees of Mayotte.
When he saw the extent of damage in Mayotte, Shanmougame Mouny-Latchimy, volunteer of "Leu confinement" association rushed to help Juhoor.
"(What happened in Mayotte today) is what my parents experienced in the 70s, with very strong cyclones and not very solid housing", he said. "When we saw the pictures, the state of the airport, or the shanty towns that had been completely razed to the ground, we said to ourselves, well, let's go!"
Authorities in Mayotte were ramping up relief operations, with 120 tonnes of food due to be distributed on Wednesday. Supplies have been arriving via an air bridge from France's other Indian Ocean territory, Reunion Island.
With many homes lacking running water, people queued where they could find it to fill up jerrycans and buckets. The Mayotte prefect's office said in a bulletin that half the population should have access to running water by Wednesday evening.
Three out of four people in Mayotte live below the national poverty line. While it exports vanilla, coffee and cinnamon, it remains heavily dependent on support from metropolitan France and attracts relatively few tourists.
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