Congolese living in fear of bullets and bombs
By Justine Nola, Tearfund Programme Director for Democratic Republic of Congo.
The situation here remains dire. People are still living in constant fear of bullets and bombs, and there is deep confusion surrounding the intentions and motivations of the M23 group.
In some parts of capital city Goma, the electricity is back on. This means more people have access to water, praise God.
Tearfund partner Heal Africa runs a hospital in Goma. Staff there have been working around the clock, risking their own lives to help those in need. They are a shining and tangible example of God’s love – tenacious and powerful even in the darkest situations.
A huge terror descended on the city and on Heal Africa. Everyone wanted to get out of town – but we’re doctors, and there are wounded people we cannot leave. We’re afraid, but we know God is with us,’ said one doctor.
A man from Goma told us how he returned home to find one of his children lying on the ground. She had gone out to collect water, and had been shot. ‘We took her to the Heal Africa hospital,’ he says, ‘where the doctors operated and removed her spleen. They are still taking care of her.’
Please keep on praying for the DRC. We don’t know what’s going to happen next and people are desperate for peace.
(Reported on 27 November 2012)