On Friday 8th May, thankfully before this recent heat wave hit the UK, a team of amazing Congo Children Trust (CCT) volunteers from Manchester and Liverpool joined together outside All Hallows Church in Allerton to load a 40-foot container and sent it on its way to the DR Congo. The items shipped were 100% donated good quality items from the UK; some new, some refurbished, all for Kimbilio's new vocational college. We had gradually been gathering donations over the last few

Within sight of one of Lubumbashi’s largest mines, in an area marked by limited access to basic services like running water, the construction of a new educational college is taking shape to transform the lives of young adults for generations to come. The Kimbilio Vocational College as it stands today, adjacent to the Kimbilio Mapendo School. Kimbilio Vocational College plans to welcome its first cohort of students in 2027. These students will have the chance to learn skills

Kimbilio is on track to have a record number of 24 sewing school graduates in 2025! Six cohorts of four women will have the opportunity to increase their earnings and thereby take better care of their children. The numbers show that they'll seize that opportunity - for those who've already completed the training in 2025, the average monthly earnings for each of their new sewing businesses is $79. In the DR Congo, this is an indicator of a highly successful program! We have

Earlier this month, 5 teens graduated from Kimbilio's Young Mums project. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Kimbilio's Young Mums project provides free hairdressing and nails training to teenage mothers who come from the streets to Kimbilio's outreach center and are a good fit for the course. Kimbilio provides lodging to the teens and their children while the teens are following the course. Young Mums gives the teens the opportunity to leave behind a life of sexual exploitation on the streets an