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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
Feb 12 min read
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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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
Jan 182 min read
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...
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kimbilious
Jan 112 min read
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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kimbilious
Jan 42 min read
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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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 21, 20241 min read
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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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
Dec 7, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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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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
Nov 9, 20241 min read
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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kimbilious
Nov 3, 20242 min read
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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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 21, 20241 min read
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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