Ibanda Camp, Bukavu, on the site of a former Peace Corps traing centre, for people displaced from Goma by the lava flow following volcanic eruption, Jan 2002. Veronica Kibonge, 20, with her daughter, Florence, 1 year old.
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 Camp, Bukavu, on the site of a former Peace Corps traing centre, for people displaced from Goma by the lava flow following volcanic eruption, Jan 2002 Veronica Kibonge, 20, with her daughter, Florence, 1 year old. "The lava flow in Goma did not destroy our home but a group of thieves came and took everything and i was afraid. Everyone was running to Rwanda. I could not wait for my husband. To save my life I ran with the crowd to Rwanda. It is a problem living without my husband. I have sent messages to Goma. I want to go back when everything is right there again."
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Location: Ibanda Camp, Bukavu, DRC
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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