{"id":3563,"date":"2007-05-31T19:15:34","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T19:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2010-12-13T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T15:20:19","slug":"5614","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/05\/31\/5614\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Drowning Victims Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEMENA, CONGO (May 31, 2007) \u2013 The Congo Covenant Church (CEUM) plans to hold a day of fasting and prayer in memory of the 18 people who drowned May 20 when their dugout canoes capsized. The date has not been set, but the church has released on Wednesday the names of those killed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sixteen of the victims\u2014as young as eight years old\u2014were members of a CEUM youth choir. The other two fatalities were chaperones.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from the CEUM, the choir had visited 2 towns, Kaya and Duranga, as a part of a church planting program on the east side of the Uele River.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt about 2:30 PM on Sunday, the choir started to cross the river in dugout canoes. The sky was clear and calm. When they were in the middle of the river, a violent whirlwind came from the forest along with fire or lightning, and the canoes tipped over.\u00a0 People tried to save the choir members in the water, but it wasn\u2019t until the next day that the bodies were found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred roughly nine miles from Wasolo, in the northwest portion of Congo. Seven CEUM leaders traveled two days to comfort the families and work with investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Canoes are a common form of transportation in Congo, which has only 370 miles of paved road \u201cin a country roughly the size of western Europe,\u201d according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen of the deceased were girls or young women. Most of the victims were in their teens or twenties:<\/p>\n<p>Jolie Yangombe Yazela, 8<br \/>\nMireille Ngenza Mbume, 12<br \/>\nNadine Talenzia Tongonze, 13<br \/>\nChantal Yawatolo Ngenza, 17<br \/>\nL\u00e9a Songba Ngbabezwa, 17<br \/>\nSeraphin Kawe Kopele, 17<br \/>\nFiemba Yangbaka, 18<br \/>\nS\u00e9dric Kilo Yagengendo, 19<br \/>\nElise Legeya Sambia, 20<br \/>\nBelinda Luate Wawa, 20<br \/>\nPelagie Gezonke Yagbele, 20<br \/>\nIrene Wongbo Yasepu, 22<br \/>\nCabibi Yakosolo Yongoro, 23<br \/>\nMartena Yangangbo Yegbia, 23<br \/>\nMarie Tagbia Kebo, 27<br \/>\nJean Pierre Diacre Gongo, 31<br \/>\nGbelingbo Gbandembo, 31<br \/>\nWongbo Yasepu, age unknown<br \/>\nA benevolent fund will be set up by World Mission to assist the families of choir members, who along with their grieving face the hardship of paying for funeral expenses. For more information, contact <a title=\"Byron Amundsen\" href=\"mailto:byron.amundsen@covchurch.org\" target=\"_blank\">Byron Amundsen<\/a> at Covenant World Mission, 5101 N. Francisco, Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625; 773-907-3317.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=3563&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEMENA, CONGO (May 31, 2007) \u2013 The Congo Covenant Church (CEUM) plans to hold a day of fasting and prayer in memory of the 18 people who drowned May 20 when their dugout canoes capsized. The date has not been set, but the church has released on Wednesday the names of those killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congo Drowning Victims Identified - Covenant Newswire Archives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/05\/31\/5614\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congo Drowning Victims Identified - Covenant Newswire Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GEMENA, CONGO (May 31, 2007) \u2013 The Congo Covenant Church (CEUM) plans to hold a day of fasting and prayer in memory of the 18 people who drowned May 20 when their dugout canoes capsized. 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