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CHRONIQUES FROM THE FIELD – Special issue #1
Published on 5 July 2021 | Publications
Discover the first issue of Chroniques from the Field! You will find testimonies from people who have benefited from Première Urgence Internationale's humanitarian aid, as well as from our NGO's partners and employees. From Nigeria to Iraq, through France, Mali, Yemen and Colombia, you will learn more about the actions we carry out. -
RETROSPECTIVE: OUR YEAR 2020 IN 7 STRIKING EVENTS
Published on 27 January 2021 | NewsCOVID-19 prevention, the Beirut blast, Venezuelan refugees in Colombia, vaccinations in the DRC, healthcare in Ukraine and Yemen but also 40 years’ presence in Afghanistan… So many striking events that shaped this peculiar year which, however, did not succeed in weakening the engagement of Première Urgence Internationale’s teams.Read more -
In Ile-de-France, connect slums to drinking water
Published on 29 May 2020 | NewsThe spread of COVID-19 is slowing down in France, but Première Urgence Internationale is continuing its emergency response in Ile-de-France in favour of the most vulnerable people. The organisation's action is based on two components: health and access to water and good hygienic conditions.Read more -
Ile-de-France : a day of full immersion in a mobile clinic
Published on 6 May 2020 | NewsJust like in countries such as Nigeria, Lybia and Mali, Première Urgence Internationale set up mobile clinics in Ile-de-France to facilitate access to the healthcare system for the less fortunate people. The goal : proposing free consultations and heighten awareness about COVID-19 for the most vulnerable who have no direct access to healthcare.Read more -
In France the slums have been emptied out of the people living in them, but «the most vulnerable are still there»
Published on 21 April 2020 | NewsSince 2012 Première Urgence Internationale has been leading healthcare mediating activities in the slums of Ile-de-France, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne. Three bilingual mediators provide a regular follow up on the dozens of Romanian speaking families in order to ease their access to public health and have their rights respected. With the advent of COVID-19 the slums have been partially destroyed. But the vulnerability of such population has worsened.Read more -
Dublined in Europe
Published on 4 August 2017 | NewsDuring her journey to reach France, Nurah crossed Italy, where she had to have her fingerprints taken. These prints make her ‘Dublined’ in Europe, in other words a migrant who has already been registered in another European country and who therefore cannot seek asylum in France.Read more -
A PROJECT RESPONDING TO MIGRANTS’ NEEDS IN THE ILE-DE-FRANCE REGION
Published on 17 May 2017 | NewsEvery day, nearly 100 migrants arrive on foot or by train in Paris, their first point of arrival in France. In 2015, there was an increase in street camps in the capital. The city of Paris tried to take some steps to improve reception arrangements and to limit street camps, but it was not enough.Read more -
SUPPORT TO THE MEDICAL RECEPTION OF MIGRANTS IN ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Published on 17 November 2016 | NewsOn Friday, at sunrise, after the weeklong evacuation of the Stalingrad camp in Paris, 82...Read more -
LANGUAGE: A TOOL FOR COPING WITH DAILY LIFE
Published on 16 September 2016 | NewsSlideshow of the French team’s work Since the end of 2015, the Première Urgence Internationale...Read more -
TAKING ACTION TO FIGHT WHOOPING COUGH IN A SEINE-SAINT-DENIS SLUM SETTLEMENT
Published on 16 September 2016 | NewsOn Wednesday 7th September, the Première Urgence Internationale French team organised a whooping cough vaccination campaign in a slum settlement in Saint Ouen.Read more
