Project Report
| Jul 3, 2024
Building a Better Future
By Andrew Mullens | Kimbilio Support
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Ready for a game of Football
Thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio Project to build a multi-purpose Street Kids Centre to replace the use of the Cathedral premises. It is so important to our work with street children that we have a modern building with good facilities so that we can fully respond to the needs of the children that come to the Day Centre. We have purchase land in the City centre in Lubumbashi and we are approaching the total needed to build the ground floor of the new Centre.
After the provision at the Day Centre of medical treatment for cuts and bruises as the result of life on the streets, plus a good meal, the children really enjoy a game of football on the fields next to the Kimbilio houses. They can forget their troubles and lose themselves in the game.
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Medical Treatment provided
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Mar 13, 2024
Great Support
By Andrew Mullens | Kimbilio Support
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Providing food at the existing Day Centre
Thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio Project to build a multi-purpose centre for street children in Lubumbashi in the the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have been so encouraged by the great support for what is our biggest project to date. Please continue to help us to meet the total we need to commence building the foundations and then the ground floor of the new Day Centre.
The need for a new Day Centre has been reinforced by the increased numbers of children living on the streets in Lubumbashi. The election just before Christmas caused a lot of unrest and violence, particularly in rural areas, and this led to increased numbers of children making their way to the city. The Kimbilio carers have been very busy providing the children with food and drink, washing facilities, clothing and the opportunity to talk through their individual circumstances.
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Nov 20, 2023
Project Update
By Andrew Mullens | Kimbilio Support
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Thank you for your financial support for the building of a new multipurpose Day Centre in Lubumbashi. This is by far the most ambitious project that Kimbilio has undertaken but we believe that it will transform the help that we can provide to the children forced to live on the streets of Lubumbashi. They will be offered food, medical care, clean water & the opportunity to find their families if this is possible & safe. The new Day Centre will also include a hair dressing salon for teenage mums trained by Kimbilio and a shop for those we've trained in sewing skills to sell their work to provide an income for their families.
I reported last time that the land for the new Day Centre had been purchased and the bricks prepared. We are now in the process of raising sufficient funds so that we can commence the building of the first stage of the Day Centre. We hope to be able to start building in Spring 2024.
The Congolese team of carers in Lubumbashi are so committed to helping the street children and it is heartwarming to see the children with smiles on their faces after receiving food and drink and having an opportunity to talk with the carers about the reasons that led to them living on the streets.
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