Season's greetings and best wishes for 2026 from Congo Children Trust and Kimbilio. We offer thanks to our supporters on behalf of both organizations as well as Lubumbashi's street children. You make Kimbilio's great work possible year-round, and you and the Kimbilio team made it possible for the children of Kimbilio to celebrate Christmas. Earlier this week, Kimbilio hosted a special meal at the Day Center. This is an annual tradition intended to show the visiting street

There's nothing like the joy of children playing games. Fun and camaraderie are universal needs! The video above is of a game of le Mboko at the Kimbilio's girls' transit home. As you can see, it is a local version of hopscotch. It is the favorite game of the girls residing at Kimbilio. Le Kangé, also known as Zango, is very special. It started as a traditional children's game, and has developed into an official national sport for women in the DR Congo.  Zango means foot

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

Digital readiness is a critical need for school children. In the DR Congo, it's difficult to accomplish. Based on #UNICEF household...

Congo Children Trust has had a long-term ambition to provide vocational training for former street children, to help us fulfil our...

The results are in...we're delighted to share the news that for the 2024/25 academic year, all 52 of the sixth graders at the Kimbilio...

This post was written by long-time Kimbilio supporter Sarah P., who was part of the Congo Children Trust team that visited Kimbilio this...

Back in Lubumbashi, my former home for five years, after a gap of 2 years, what do I find? The first stand out which is impossible to miss, is the increase in traffic, we spent a significant part of the first few days stuck in traffic jams. Not a very attractive past time you may think, however, it gave us valuable time to catch up with our hosts, the Kimbilio management team, whilst observing all the sights and sounds of this beautiful, bustling, busy city. The increase in t

On June 30, 1960, the DR Congo achieved independence from Belgium. The path forward has been tumultuous. Right after independence, the first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, was assassinated. In 1965, Mobutu Sese Selo seized power in a coup that turned into a dreadful 30 year dictatorship. In the late 1990s, a brutal civil war began. While it officially ended in 2003, achievement of lasting peace and stability remains evasive. This past week, while celebrating 65 years s

Six months ago, 11 year old Dany came off the street to the Kimbilio outreach center for the first time. His father had died. The...

Safety at the Kimbilio Mapendo School has been greatly enhanced by the now complete security wall and guard house, thanks to the...

There is a Japanese proverb that says, "Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher." Case in point:...

DR Congo is a country of many languages. More than 200 languages are spoken. Locally, Kimbilio's community speaks Swahili. Nationwide,...