Empower Street Children's Education-Build A School

Thank you for your financial support for this Project which enabled Kimbilio to build a school for children who had been living on the streets and for children of local families who could not afford the school fees for state schools. There are now 245 children at the Kimbilio school. Your support covers the salaries for the teachers, the purchase of teaching materials and the maintenance of the school building and grounds.

The school program has now expanded from teaching the Primary curriculum to offer the first three years of the secondary curriculum. In  addition to the usual Congolese curriculum taught in French, it offers art, sport, IT in a dedicated IT suite, and English from Nursery upwards, none of which is taught in any but the most expensive private schools.

The Kimbilio Founding Director has just returned from Lubumbashi where he presented prizes to the children at the end of the school year.

Thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio project 'Empower Street Children's Education - build a School'. In addition to the pupils from the Kimbilio houses, the school is proving very popular with familes who live in the school neighbourhood.

There were 284 pupils at the new school in December 2022 - 15 pupils at Nursery level, 233 pupils at Primary level and 36 at Secondary level. 30 of these pupils were from Kimbilio houses so we were able to provide education to 254  children from local families. The school is making such a difference to these young children's lives because education is the key to them gaining good jobs and bring up a family.

Your gifts are being used to pay for the salaries of the staff at the school plus associated costs of teaching materials and maintainence of the building and grounds.

Thank you for your generous donations to the new Kimbilio School. The school is now in its second year and we are waiting for the Congolese Government to register it as a State school. So Kimbilio is still paying the saleries of the teachers. Once registered, the Government will pay the salaries.

The school serves the children living in the two Kimbilio short-term houses and the two long-term houses plus lots of children from families who live in the neighbourhood. It has been so rewarding to see children getting education who previously had been living on the streets and it provides them with hope of a better future. 

The new Kimbilio Primary School opened its doors for the first time in October 2021 and we are now celebrating the end of the first academic year. Ian Harvey, our founding director, visited Lubumbashi in July and was able to join in the 'official' opening of the new school. 

Thank you so much for your generous giving which has enabled us  to complete this project so quickly.

We'd love it if you could continue on this journey with us. This GlobalGiving Project will soon be closing, but we'd be delighted if you'd consider transferring your monthly giving to our new GlobalGiving Project 'Providing Life Changing Education to Children in DRC', which raises funds for the ongoing costs of resourcing the Kimbilio school with best teaching materials and equipment as well as paying the hard-working teachers and support staff.

The new Kimbilio Primary School opened its doors for the first time in October 2021. This exciting project has enabled street children living in the short and longer-term houses run by the Congo Children's Trust to receive good quality education alongside children from the neighbourhood of the school whose families cannot afford school fees. There are now over a hundred children at the school.

Thank you so much for your generous giving which has enabled us  to complete this project so quickly.

We'd love it if you could continue on this journey with us. This GlobalGiving Project will soon be closing, but we'd be delighted if you'd consider transferring your monthly giving to our new GlobalGiving Project 'Providing Life Changing Education to Children in DRC', which raises funds for the ongoing costs of resourcing the Kimbilio school with best teaching materials and equipment as well as paying the hard-working teachers and support staff.