Barira Centre for unaccompanied children, Bukavu, for people displaced from Goma by the lava flow following volcanic eruption. Patrick, 16 and his brother, John, 12 were separated from their mother after she has tied a cord arround their wrists so the they should not loose each other. Jan 2002
When the Nyriragongo volcano erupted on 18th Jan 2002 lava flowed into Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, destroying one third of the town and killing 45 people. The 3,469-metre Nyiragongo volcano is one of eight scattered along the borders of Rwanda, Congo and Uganda, and is only about 10 kilometres from Goma. Barira Centre for unaccompanied children, Bukavu, for people displaced from Goma by the lava flow following volcanic eruption. Patrick, 16 and his brother, John, 12 were separated from their mother after she has tied a cord arround their wrists so the they should not loose each other.
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Location: Goma, Goma, DRC
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