From Exploitation in Mines to a Hope Filled Future

Thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio Project to provide a hope-filled future for children who have working in the mines. Children are exploited in the mines, doing hard physical labour for poor rewards. There is little in the way of health and safety measures and children can incur injuries in their daily work.

Kimbilio offers these children a place of safety and a place where they will receive care and attention. Furthermore, they will have the opportunity to attend the Kimbilio school and receive the education that will be key to them getting good employment when they are older. These children suddenly have a hope-filled future and we see this reflected in the smiles on their faces. 

Thank you so much for your financial support for this Kimbilio Project. We see so many children living on the streets of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo whose lives have been damaged through no fault of their own. Many have been working in the mines for a pittance in awful conditions and Kimbilio aims to give them hope and a positive future. 

The provision of education to these children is vital if they are going to escape their past and the new Kimbilio School is addressing this need. There are currently twenty-three junior-aged and nine secondary-aged former street children who are being educated at the school alongside 335 children from the local area. The school has its own IT suite, which is not common for every State school, so the children can acquire the necessary skills to gain a good job when they leave school.