Project Report
| Oct 16, 2025
An Update
By Andrew Mullens | Kimbilio Support
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Lunch at the Day Centre
Hi, thank you so much for your financial support for this vital Project for the work of Kimbilio in caring for children living on the streets in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The need for a new purpose-built Day Centre is pressing as the current Day Centre in the cathedral building in Lubumbashi is at full capacity and we are seeing increasing numbers of children attending with more complex needs such as drug dependency. The Kimbilio team of carers need a bigger building with the facilities to be able to deal with all the different needs of the children living on the streets.
We are actively looking for funding to commence the first stage of the project, which is the building of the ground floor of the new Day Centre, so that we can start the work as soon as possible.
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Jun 23, 2025
A Vision for the Future
By Andrew Mullens | Kimbilio Support
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Children outside the existing Day Centre
Hi, thank you so much for your financial donations to this vital project for the future work of Kimbilio with children living on the streets of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We haven't yet reached our target to enable work to begin on the first stage of the multi-purpose Day Centre, but we hope to do so soon. Our founding director, Ian Harvey, will be visiting Lubumbashi next month and Ian will be meeting with a couple of potential builders while he is there.
The need for a new Day Centre has been heightened due to the increased numbers of children who have been displaced by the conflict in the north of the country and who have made their way south to Lubumbashi. The cathedral is currently being used as the first point of contact with Kimbilio for these children but the new Day Centre will be able to provide better facilities for giving food and water, medical treatment and counselling.
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Feb 25, 2025
An Important Project
By Andrew Mullens | Kimbilio Support
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Serving Meals at the Day Centre
Hi, thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio project to build a multi-purpose street kids Centre to meet the needs of the children living on the streets of Lubumbashi in the DRC. The first stage of this big and important project is the ground floor of the new building and it will provide a safe place for children to come off the streets for care & support. There will be shower facilities, a kitchen and rooms for medical care, counselling and games.
This is a big and exciting project and we are well on the way to reaching the total that we need for Stage 1. The Cathedral in Lubumbashi is currently being used as the Day Centre, but it has not got all the facilities that we require, so the need is urgent. In 2024 we helped on average 38 boys and 9 girls at the the Day Centre every day that it was open. Many of the children were of junior school age, so the Kimbilio team of carers quickly tried to ascertain from these young children the reason for their leaving home and sought to establish communication with their families to effect a reintegration with a family member.
Thank you again for your support.
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