Fund sewing training for mothers of ex-street kids

Hi, Thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio Project to fund sewing training for the mothers of ex-street kids. It is so important to provide these mums with skills that they can use to earn an income and thus be able to support their families. Your help means that Kimbilio can fund these training courses and provide equipment for the new graduates at the ned of their course.

This year, the sewing project ran between June and September and trained four ladies, whose children or brothers and sisters had once lived on the streets on Lubumbashi, and who have been successfully reintegrated into their families. These ladies learnt the technical skills involved in sewing and, at the end of the project, they were given their own sewing equipment so they could set up their businesses.

Thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio project to provide sewing training for mothers of former street children.

Many children end up on the streets because their parents are not able to feed them. Providing parents with the chance of learning sewing skills enables them to earn a living and thus be able to provide education and food for their children.

Kimbilio has been providing these sewing workshops now for eight years and we are seeking the funding to run the next workshop. While many women know how to sew manually in the DRC, few know how to machine sew or have the business skills to make a living at sewing. By providing this training and their own sewing machines, Kimbilio is giving the young mothers the skills and equipment to earn a living and so be able to leave poverty behind.