Ensure Kimbilio children eat - as food costs rise

Hi,

Thank you very much for your financial support that has enabled the Kimbilio team in Lubumbashi to provide food for the street children.  Nothing could be worse than being unable to feed the children trying to survive on the streets and your support has meant that we have been able to continue to do this in spite of the dramatic rise in world food prices.

The Day Centre has seen an average of 35 boys and 9 girls every day that it is open this year and the children have hearbreaking stories of how they came to live on the streets. At their young ages,it is possible to affect a change in their fortunes by providing care, support and education and by making contact with their wider families to see if reintegration is possible.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for your support for this Project. We are seeing up to 500 children at the Day Centre each month and your support is enabling us to provide food that these young people need in order to survive on the streets. The cost of food remains high and it is a challenge to be able to afford to purchase sufficient supplies to meet the demand. 

It is heartbreaking to hear the individual stories of how these children came to be living on the streets, many of them of junior school age, and Kimbilio is a real lifeline to these children. The work of the Congolese team of carers in Lubumbashi, in conjunction with Ian Harvey, the founding director of Kimbilio, and the Trustees in the UK, brings hope to these young lives and the possibility of a better future.