MARCH 16, 2021
EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Lethal Explosions Cause Destruction and Distress in Equatorial Guinea

Lethal Explosions Cause Destruction and Distress in Equatorial Guinea

Location

Neighborhood of Mondong Nkuantoma in the city of Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Disaster

  • On March 7, 2021, several explosions occurred in a military camp in the largest city in Equatorial Guinea. The explosions caused widespread damage

Effect on our brothers and sisters

  • 12 publishers suffered minor injuries

  • 42 publishers were displaced

  • 1 sister’s nine-year-old daughter is in critical condition

  • Some publishers have lost non-Witness relatives in death

Property damage

  • 23 homes sustained minor damage

  • 6 homes sustained heavy damage

  • 6 homes were destroyed

Relief efforts

  • A Disaster Relief Committee was appointed to coordinate relief efforts and is working with circuit overseers and local elders to assess the damage and humanitarian needs

  • The circuit overseers are also working with the elders to provide spiritual support to the publishers

  • All relief efforts are in accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols

We pray that our brothers and sisters affected by this disaster continue to take refuge in Jehovah.—Psalm 46:1.