A volcanic eruption in eastern Congo left a smoking trail of destruction half a mile wide on Sunday that buried hundreds of houses and left residents searching for missing loved ones, before halting just short of the city of Goma.

Goma was thrown into panic on Saturday evening as Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted, turning the night sky an eerie red and sending a wall of orange lava downhill towards the lakeside city of about 2 million people.

We are raising money for the families in villages of Mutaho, Kabaya, Kasenyi and Buhene communities located in the foothills of Goma that were in the path of the eruption and lost everything.

Specifically, we will put the funds collected toward the following to help the affected families to survive these immediate days after the eruption and to begin rebuilding their homes. 

- Food

- Flashlights and batteries

- Shoes

- Personal hygiene items

- Blankets

- Tin sheets for roof and house construction & building supplies

- Toys for small children

These funds will be received by
https://www.easterncongo.org/