By Andrew Mullens | Volunteer Fundraiser
The reintegration of street children with their extended family is a priority for the Kimbilio team. Team member Rodrigue takes the lead in locating the family of a child, who may be several hundred miles from Lubumbashi. The reason for the child leaving the family home may be as a consequence of the death of a parent, so it may be that grandparents or aunts and uncles will take in the child. Poverty is often an underlying reason, and when Gracia aged 15 was reunited with her family, Kimbilio agreed to pay school fees so that Gracia could go to school for the next year.
Covid cases are very high in Lubumbashi at the moment and vaccines in short supply. Sadly, Jean Bosco, direrctor of Kimbilio, died from Covid in July. Jean had led Kimbilio for seven years with compassion, gentleness and humility, improving the lives of so many children. He will be greatly missed. Two senior members of the team have stepped forward to undertake Jean's tasks and we will review the situation in three months.
The new Kimbilio school building has been completed and will open on 4 September, so those children staying in Kimbilio houses will receive on-site education. This is an exciting developmennt for Kimbilio. Do go to the Kimbilio facebook page - facebook.com/groups/kimbilio for news and photos of the schools opening.
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