Ten days after the eruption of Nyiragongo, seismic activity seems to be calming in Goma, but the governor’s order to evacuate the city remains in force. While some displaced people are beginning to return home, the majority are away from the provincial capital. They are 514,000 displaced, according to UN estimates, including about 60,000 in Sake, west of the provincial capital. The thing where emergency aid finally arrives.
In Sake, emergency humanitarian aid is being organized for about 60,000 displaced people who have fled Goma. They now have access to drinking water points.
The World Food Program’s first food convoy arrived on Sunday, but in insufficient numbers, Judge De Paul Bakulu, a volunteer for the Congolese NGO La Lucha.
“On the food side, it got better. Because there was no one in the beginning, just a few kilos of afrin, a few buckets of oil. But when it comes to water, Médecins Sans Frontières has mobilized enough. There are toilets being built. But the big challenge remains with the food. ”
The distribution of this food aid is all the more difficult because the recipients were not identified when they arrived at Sake. De Paul Bakulu points to the responsibility of the Congolese authorities.
“Normally we should see the government play a leading role in all this, from evacuation, reception and supervision, but the Congolese government seems to be asleep, it is almost absent.”
Another challenge for the displaced is insecurity. They were hit by two stabbing attacks by looters in two days, one in Sake, the other not far away, in Mubambiro.
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