Help Street Girls in DR Congo

Thank you so much for your financial support for this Kimbilio Project which helps girls who, through no fault of their own, find themselves living on the streets of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic girl of Congo. 

Last month, the Kimbilio team of carers responded to a young girl who appeared at the Day Centre with severe abdominal pains. Kimbilio paid for an emergency operation and the girl is now recovering well. 

Usually, girls living on the streets come to the Day Centre for food and drink, washing facilities, medical care and the opportunity to talk through their situation with carers. The streets are a dangerous place for young girls and the Kimbilio team can provide temporary or longer-term accommodation for those most at risk. We currently have twenty-eight girls living in Kimbilio houses.

The girls can receive education at the new Kimbilio School so that they are not at a disadvantage to those for more stable backgrounds. Art is always popular with the girls as it allows them to express themselves through painting and make up.

Thank you very much for your financial donations the Kimbilio Project - 'Help Street Girls in DR Congo'. This has enabled us to provide effective support to girls who find themselves living on the streets in Lubumbashi.

At the present time, we see an average of nine girls coming to the Day Centre when it is open and we provide showers, washing facilities for their clothes, food, shelter and an opportunity to talk about how they came to be living on the streets. We have been able to reintegrate fourteen girls this year into their wider families and we have given temporary homes to fourteen of the girls while we contact their families to arrange a return and longer-term accommodation to twelve girls whose reintegration will take a longer time. Many of the girls receive education at the new Kimbilio school, so they don't fall behind other children in learning. 

The streets are not a safe place for girls to live and the Kimbilio team in Lubumbashi take action to protect them from harm and to give them a better future.