Celebrating the Children's Gifts
Each Wednesday, the Kimbilio Mapendo School holds an exhortation intended to motivate the children to use their gifts. We hope you'll...
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Sep 281 min
The love of a family
Unconditional love and nurturing of children is in Kimbilio's DNA. In addition to the thousands of street children whose lives Kimbilio...
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Sep 211 min
Bravo, Monika and NKD Learning
With the backing of her employer, Monika just completed a 200 mile solo bicycle ride from Reading to Bristol to raise funds for Congo...
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Sep 141 min
Congrats to Kimbilio's latest sewing school graduates!
This week, Kimbilio celebrated the graduation of four more women from one of our two sewing schools. Photos are from the graduation...
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Sep 81 min
School is in session
The Kimbilio Mapendo School is back in action. Week one of the 2024-25 academic year has been completed. We hope you enjoy seeing a few...
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Sep 21 min
It's back-to-school!
The Kimbilio team worked hard to prepare for the start of the new school year...which was today! September 2 is in fact the official...
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Aug 161 min
Charlotte heads home!
Kimbilio found eleven year old Charlotte living on the streets a few weeks ago. She is from the urban Kampemba district of Lubumbashi....
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Aug 101 min
Improving Child Protection in the DR Congo
Kimbilio Director Carine Bahati and Head of Finance Pastor Clement Beya participated in 2 days of training in financial and logistics...
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Aug 22 min
Combatting Period Poverty
In July, we partnered with Days for Girls UK to provide reusable sanitary pad kits and menstruation education to the girls residing at...
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Jul 251 min
Irène is home in Kalemie!
The Kimbilio team accompanied Irène to the airport earlier this week for her flight home to Kalemie. Kalemie is a city of about 150,000,...
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Jul 191 min
Measuring our impact
Kimbilio has achieved so much for street children in Lubumbashi, and yet there's so much more to do. It's motivating to take stock of...
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Jul 151 min
Family health follow-up
In April, we introduced you to Vicky, a 14 year old girl who returned to her biological family after a long time with Kimbilio. Last...
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Jul 62 min
Congratulations to our Graduates!
We celebrated the end of the school year on July 2 for the more than 300 students at Kimbilio's school. And...drum roll...we're...
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Jun 301 min
Meet one of Kimbilio's extraordinary local team members
Elisee is a social worker on staff at Kimbilio. He is magical with children. During his studies in Psychology at the University of...
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Jun 221 min
Field trip to the Musée National de Lubumbashi
A group of Kimbilio's secondary school students spent the day at the museum for a guided tour. In the DR Congo, primary, secondary and...
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Jun 161 min
Fatou is home
Fifteen year old Fatou has returned home to her biological family in Fungurume after 2 years with Kimbilio. Fungurume is a cobalt and...
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Jun 71 min
A Stunning Week of Arts and Culture
We celebrated La Semaine Culturelle at Kimbilio. This program was designed to support our children as they explored their own potentials...
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Jun 11 min
Congratulations, Gloire!
Sixteen year old Gloire has graduated from vocational training in welding! Gloire has lived in Kimbilio's transit house for boys since...
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May 271 min
Kimbilio and the IBCR Partner to Help Children Across the DR Congo
We participated in the International Bureau for Children's Rights' (IBCR) second workshop as part of the Consulting Committee for Child...
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May 191 min
A Glorious Day of Dance and More
Twelve girls from Kimbilio had the wonderful opportunity to spend a day with their peers at AFEEL, the English-speaking school in...
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