Make Christmas special for DRC street children

Thank you so much for your financial support for the Kimbilio Project 'Make Christmas special for DRC Street Children'. At a time of the year when families celebrate Christmas together, it is so important that we can make Christmas a time of celebration for the street children.

As we have done before, on Christmas Day 2023, we provided a special meal at the Day Centre followed by party games and surprises. It is lovely to see the children enjoying themselves and casting their worries behind. Those children living in the four Kimbilio houses also enjoyed their own celebrations and dressed up for the occasion. At the Kimbilio school, each of the children received a present, sometimes almost as large as them! 

We are now raising funds through the year so that we can provide a special Christmas celebration this coming December for those children who are separated from their families and living on the streets.

Thank you so much for your generous donations to the Kimbilio Project 'Make Christmas Special for DRC Street Children'. It is so important that we look after the street children at this time of year.

Christmas is when children living on the streets miss the warmth and love of a family and feel more isolated than ever. The Kimbilio team of carers in Lubumbashi look forward to being able to provide a special Christmas experience at the Day Centre for these isolated children. They are given a Christmas lunch, they play party games and get a present to take away. The joy on the children's faces as they enjoy these activities is tangible and gives them the knowledge that they are loved and special.

The children in Kimbilio's two long-term houses and two short-term houses also get a special Christmas experience, often involving music and dance,  and it is lovely to see them so happy and contented.