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Keeping our students safe
Kimbilio's school, opened in 2021, now serves more than 300 children. Its students include children residing at Kimbilio's homes as well...
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Feb 12 min read
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Success, one child at a time
Kimbilio takes a holistic approach to helping street children. Street children in many countries find themselves on the streets for a variety of reasons -- economic needs, harsh family issues, and dire poverty among them. In the DR Congo, Kimbilio sees many cases related to child labour, trafficking, child soldiers, accusations of witchcraft, and extreme family dysfunction. What do we mean by holistic? It means that Kimbilio looks at the overall well-being of each child an
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Jan 252 min read
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Sewing for the win
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
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Jan 182 min read
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Care in the Community
In a recent post we wrote about the more serious medical needs of the Kimbilio children, which are often cared for at the Butterfly...
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Jan 112 min read
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The Global Language of Play
In many of our blog posts we try to bring to life some of the challenges that street children in the DRC face. One of the pieces of...
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Jan 42 min read
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With gratitude to AFEEL
AFEEL is the Academy For English Education in Lubumbashi. It is an international, English language school for children from preschool to...
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Dec 28, 20242 min read
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Joyeux Noël | Krismasi Njema
The children at the Kimbilio Mapendo School celebrated the end of the first term and the upcoming Christmas holiday this past week. They...
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Dec 21, 20241 min read
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Meeting the medical needs of street children
When the Kimbilio Day Centre welcomes children off the streets, there are numerous cases of their needing varying degrees of medical care....
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Dec 13, 20241 min read
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Celebration of Arbor Day
Around the world, Arbor Day is a secular day of observance on which the world plants trees. It is a day to celebrate trees and honor the...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read
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Building from scratch
Kimbilio has a strong track record in building construction. Led by longtime team member Papa David Kunda, brick-based building...
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Nov 30, 20241 min read
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Daniella is college bound!
Daniella came to Kimbilio's day center in 2017. She'd been orphaned when her father passed away, and when a number of disputes arose in...
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Nov 16, 20242 min read
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Learning English in DR Congo
DR Congo is a country of many languages. More than 200 languages are spoken. Locally, Kimbilio's community speaks Swahili. Nationwide,...
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Nov 9, 20241 min read
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Meet Papa David Kunda
Kimbilio is outstanding at improving the lives of vulnerable children. Did you know that Kimbilio is also excellent at doing their own...
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Nov 3, 20242 min read
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No easy answers
Kimbilio's day center is key to outreach to street children. When children visit the day center, it represents an opportunity for...
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Oct 26, 20241 min read
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Time for physical education
If it's Friday at the Kimbilio Mapendo School, it means that the primary school students have EPS. EPS stands for "l'education physique...
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Oct 19, 20241 min read
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Connecting on the streets
The Kimbilio team just spent a day of outreach in the local open air markets, reaching out to the children who live there. This is a...
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Oct 11, 20242 min read
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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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Oct 5, 20241 min read
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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 28, 20241 min read
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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 21, 20241 min read
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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 14, 20241 min read
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