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.

June 10, 2021

 the report from DRC is that "the need in Bukavu region is HUGE!"

Although we have not yet reached our campaign target, the urgency of the need prompted us to send half of the funds raised, to D.R.Congo last week!

Distribution began yesterday. We are told that TBA is the only organization providing sustainable relief for the recipients and their families! (ie: each pile represents food for an entire family). In front are some of the workers who have made this possible.

We also received a recording of the news broadcast on the radio, giving public appreciation to Together Building Africa, Canada, for making food possible, saying it has been a big help!

This is all made possible through YOUR support! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

In order to respond to the cry for help, this campaign continues!  

Report......

 Already, salt, cooking oil, bread, rice, and maize flour have been purchased. 

Tomorrow is a big day! Distribution Day!!

We are still responding as God enables us.

most of all......

update re:crisis

 We are still working toward our goal of $25,000.CAD to deliver food and water for survival. TBA was able to send a portion of that already.

Currently, on the ground, the team is identifying the most desperate and planning for effective distribution. We should be getting pictures and perhaps some videos, soon.

Thank you to all who have responded with compassion. You are hope builders!

I feel so thankful that we serve a God who sees and rewards!! Our thanks feels too inadequate, may you encounter His! God bless each one of you!

updates

"We are assisting the immediate needs of displace people, but it is not enough. We demand urgent support of other humanitarian organizations to assist people" (Magali Roudaut, MSF head of mission in DRC. MSF is 'Doctors without borders)

Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced.

UNICEF found 530 children who were separated from their families.

RED CROSS received 735 requests for help in finding missing children (news agency AFP reports)

Half a million are without water.....cholera poses a great threat creating an urgent need to provide safe drinking water.

Donations received through TBA, will be used to reach the survivors and provide FOOD and WATER. May God help us!

If you wish to donate, please enter your address so we can send year-end tax receipts. Donations over $20. will be receipted.

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we have upgraded this blog to include a donate button. We are initiating a project to provide food and water for the refugees from the tragedy in Goma, DRC.

update

 The word on the ground in DRC is that the report of 200 tremors is incorrect, the people have counted 400! This raises the POSSIBILITY of a rift in the bottom of Lake Kivu that would release the methane gas 'bubble' that is under pressure there. If that were to happen.......

The chaos is continuing as they try to reunite children who have been separated during the crush of evacuation, and meet the basic needs of the refugees.

TBA is currently preparing the groundwork for responding adequately to the needs. Our focus will be food and water. We have direct contact with survivours who are being gathered in refugee camps. We are able to deliver supplies directly to the ones in need. (We thank God for providing this safe path! For such a time as this!) Now we need to organize this side.

We will keep you updated here as we try to prepare a rapid response. The situation is catastrophic and the needs are urgent!

Please keep us in your prayers?