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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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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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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 8, 20241 min read
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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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Sep 2, 20241 min read
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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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Aug 2, 20242 min read
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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 25, 20241 min read
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