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

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...

Different paths suit different children. They have their own passions and dreams. Kimbilio nurtures those dreams and then supports the children as they pursue them. Some children aspire to attend university. Currently, Kimbilio pays the academic fees of 6 students attending the University of Lubumbashi. Today we celebrate one of them: Enock. Kimbilio supported Enock during his earlier school years and then at University. He studied Psychology, and he just defended succes

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

Two new cohorts of women are embarking on their studies at Kimbilio's sewing schools. A key focus area for Kimbilio is supporting learning and education, not just for the children that it supports, but also for the parents of former street children. Many families in Lubumbashi live in poverty with insufficient income to meet even the most basic of needs such as regular food and school fees. Kimbilio have seen firsthand how supporting mothers to gain qualifications and earn an

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...