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kimbilious
Feb 71 min read
Making a difference: our UK-based volunteer sewers
If you've been to events at which we've tabled in England, or shopped on our Etsy site, you are no doubt familiar with the delightful...
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kimbilious
Jan 252 min read
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...
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kimbilious
Dec 28, 20242 min read
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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kimbilious
Dec 13, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Nov 16, 20242 min read
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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kimbilious
Oct 26, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Oct 19, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Oct 11, 20242 min read
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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kimbilious
Oct 5, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Sep 28, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Sep 8, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Jul 25, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Jul 19, 20241 min read
Measuring our impact
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...
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kimbilious
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Family health follow-up
In April, we introduced you to Vicky, a 14 year old girl who returned to her biological family after a long time with Kimbilio. Last...
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kimbilious
Jul 6, 20242 min read
Congratulations to our Graduates!
We celebrated the end of the school year on July 2 for the more than 300 students at Kimbilio's school. And...drum roll...we're...
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kimbilious
Jun 30, 20241 min read
Meet one of Kimbilio's extraordinary local team members
Elisee is a social worker on staff at Kimbilio. He is magical with children. During his studies in Psychology at the University of...
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kimbilious
Jun 22, 20241 min read
Field trip to the Musée National de Lubumbashi
A group of Kimbilio's secondary school students spent the day at the museum for a guided tour. In the DR Congo, primary, secondary and...
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kimbilious
Jun 1, 20241 min read
Congratulations, Gloire!
Sixteen year old Gloire has graduated from vocational training in welding! Gloire has lived in Kimbilio's transit house for boys since...
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kimbilious
May 27, 20241 min read
Kimbilio and the IBCR Partner to Help Children Across the DR Congo
We participated in the International Bureau for Children's Rights' (IBCR) second workshop as part of the Consulting Committee for Child...
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