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#Give2Goma

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raised of $400,000 USD goal

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Impact: Congo

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This campaign will collect all funds raised by March 1, 2022 at 5:00 AM EDT

A volcano erupted displacing and disrupting the lives of millions. Support iHeartAfrica's relief efforts in Goma! #Give2Goma


Hey this is Anwar & Bella Hadid, Kehlani, Tiffany Haddish, Keri Hilson, Mya, Raghav Juyal, AJ Love, Vic Mensa, Aja Monet, Chakabars, Lenny Kravitz, Che Kothari and Cara Delevigne here and we have an urgent message to share. We are organizing to provide aid to the city of Goma on behalf of iHeartAfrica!

Join our top donors and #Give2Goma:

  • Lenny Kravitz - $30,000
  • LaunchGood Community - $8,000
  • Ibrahim “Ebro” Darden - $8,000
  • Che Kothari - $5,000
  • Leon Balogun - $5,000
  • Keri Hilson - $2,000
  • Billy Carson - $1,500
  • John Blake - $1,500
  • Chaka Bars - $1,000
  • Cara Delevingne - $1,000
  • Jessica Clattenburg - $1,000
  • Nicole Parker - $1,000
  • Lisa Dogonyaro - $1,000
  • Vivian Conner - $1,000
  • Seven Williams - $1,000
  • Eve Chauvel - $1,000

→ Download and share the video with #Give2Goma - LaunchGood.com/GomaVideo

On Saturday, May 22nd after nearly 20 years of silence, Mount Nyiragongo erupted destroying homes, and livelihoods in DR Congo's eastern city of Goma; a city of 700,000 people, just south of the volcano.

There are currently more than 10,000 displaced individuals in a camp with no running water, sanitation, electricity and barely any food. A total of 25,000 individuals have been displaced in multiple camps. 

Help us by sharing this effort and supporting the people of Goma when they need it most!

Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/world/africa/congo-volcano-mount-nyiragongo.html

We want to try to build them as many houses as possible!

DR Congo is the poorest country in the world in GDP, with an average annual salary of $800 per family, but the country is also the richest in the world with $24 trillion in mineral resources in the ground.

A new construction home in Goma

The cost to build a new 2 bedroom house is $8k USD; this includes:

  • Materials 
  • Labour 
  • Toilet 
  • Shower 
  • Interior fittings/furnishings 
  • Solar electricity

There is also a real demand for an orphanage, because children who have lost their parents have been displaced and are living in the camps too. We have now identified 22 children who are living in the camps without parents. The cost of an orphanage, with dormitories to house 50 children and staff is $450,000.

Because of the natural resource coltan, (needed in all phones, green energy cars & electrical devices) found in the east DR Congo; Goma has been victim of conflict, famine, displacement, the highest rates of use of rape, as a weapon of war, and now, a volcano. The most affected group in Goma are Congolese women, and children.

Children in IDP Camp

We want to show you the right way to build for people and change their lives forever for the better. Blessings and peace to you for supporting this project. Share this and donate whatever you can.

Every little helps! Thank you for caring.

Children in the Camp Hopeful and Happy


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