Fund sewing training for mothers of ex-street kids

Hi, thank you for your financial support for the Kimbilio Project to provide sewing training for mothers of former street children. Our sewing progam has already seen over one hundred mums succesfully complete the four month course. Upon graduation, each mum receives a sewing machine and start up kit, which should enable her to generate enough income to be able to feed and educate her children.

This year, we have begun two new courses. Each course has four mums who learn not only to sew, but how to calculate a price which will cover their costs and give them some profit, but which will be affordable for neighbours who may not have a lot of money. They will learn how both to construct a garment and how to repair a garment. The paper sewing patterns that can be bought in the West are not available in Africa, so the mums study how to transfer actual body measurements onto flat pieces of cloth which will translate into comfortable and flattering 3D garments.

Thank again for your support

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.