Bishops in Ireland Offer Financial Support to Victims of DR Congo’s Volcanic Eruption

Trócaire officials are also “taking part in the Government led Post Disaster Needs Assessment, while representing the Network of International NGOs (NINGO) in Rwanda, with a view to coordinating recovery efforts by the aid agencies operating in Rwanda,” they say in the statement. 

The leadership of the organization is also aiding Rwanda's Ministry of Emergency Management in its emergency and recovery support to the affected populations.

Earlier this month, DRC's Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lunkonde, said the government "decided on the progressive return of displaced people." 

The Premier said that the decision was reached after seismic activity in the mountain improved. 

Mr. Lunkonde also said that some of the places in Goma were destroyed by the eruption and could no longer be inhabited. 

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On June 4, Catholic Bishops in the Central Africa nation appealed for support to reach out to the thousands of people displaced from the city of Goma.

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) invited all people of good will “to mobilize spiritually and materially to help our brothers and sisters in need.”

“Let brotherly love remain. Do not forget hospitality, because thanks to it, some people, without knowing it, have welcomed angels,” the Catholic Bishops in DRC said in their collective message.

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.