Empower Street Children's Education-Build A School

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.

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 is raising 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 School building is complete and the school will open on 4 October 2021. The Head Teacher has been apponted and staff are being interviewed. A huge thank you to all of you who have contibuted to the School building project. It is so exciting to see the school ready for the first pupils to arrive.  Do go to the Kimbilio Facebook page -  facebook.com/groups/kimbilio where photos of the opening of the school will be posted.

Covid numbers are still very high in Lubumbashi and there is no space in the city mortuaries. There is little supply of vaccines and the Kimbilio team are providing masks for children who come to the Day Centre and who live in the short-term and long-term homes. Sadly, Jean Bosco, the director of Kimbilio in Lubumbashi, died of Covid in July. Jean set an amazing example the way he worked diligently and led Kimbilio for seven years with compsssion, gentleness and humility, improving the lives of so many vulnerable children. Two senior members of the team have stepped forward to carry out Jean's duties and we will review the position in three months.