June 15, report.....

 Reports coming from Congo;

• the situation remains overwhelmingly urgent
• So many needing food, water, shelter
• The packages given by TBA contain enough food for a family for a month
• They say that there is nowhere else to receive this kind of provision
• The people are crying with thanksgiving for these sustainable supplies 
• They are also expressing how amazed they are to see Canada responding! They don’t feel forgotten, when help has reached them “from so far away”!
• Those distributing say that serving these brothers and sisters has touched their hearts.
• Word from the victims …. “What else can we call a miracle than that of a brother coming through with help when you least expect it and need it the most?!?”
• “Truly people are in need, and a hand of compassion is a miracle to them!”
• “There is no equal to what TBA and donors have done! This is truly the love of God!”

We were sent this testimony of a surviving mother;

She was just home from the hospital recovering from a c-section. Three days later, the volcano erupted. Her home was right next to the volcano. She and her children ran away from Goma hoping to find safety in Sake, a village 24km from Goma. She was not able to make the trip, so she walked back to Goma. 

Her next attempt was to go to the Goma port, but they failed to find a boat with any room. She went back to the city. The next day, she made the journey again, again without success, and they returned to the city.

On the third trip to the port, she was able to board a boat together with the family and the newborn.

They made it to Bukavu, where our people identified them among the most urgently in need, and provided them with a life-sustaining package.