Help Street Girls in DR Congo

Hi, Thank you so much for your financial support for this vital Kimbilio Project which provides safety and care to girls who are forced to live on the streets in the city of Lubumbashi. Young girls are very much at risk on thestreets and it is not uncommon for girls with young babies to come to Kimbilio for help. We don't judge these young people but show compassion to them.

The Kimbilio team of carers endeavour to take the girls off ther streets if possible and into one of the two girls homes that we run. In 2025, the short-term Transit House had on average 22 girls living there and the long-term house an average of 24 girls. The choice of house relates to the task of reintegrating the girls into their families and how long this may take.

There is a real joy that  returns to girls lives when they are cared for by the Kimbilio team. Art is a good therapy because it allows the girls to express themselves. In addition, the girls at the longer-term house will get the opportunity to go to the Kimbilio School and restart their education.

It really is life-changing work that Kimbilio does with these young girls and your donations enable this work to go ahead. Thank you again.

Hi, thank you so much for your financial support for this Kimbilio Project to help street girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Girls are so vulnerable on the streets to exploitation and coercion, so the Kimbilio team of carers in Lubumbashi take every step to offer girls the security and warmth of a place in the Kimbilio short-term home while they seek to make contact with their parents.

One of the ways that Kimbilio use to connect to the girls is through art. By enabling the girls to express themselves in art, this can act as a therapy and can restore their sense of dignity and self-worth. One of the carers, Joel, leads this activity and he regularly posts pictures of the girls art on the Kimbilio Facebook page.

The girls are also enrolled in the Kimbilio school so that they can catch up on the education that they may have missed while they were living on the streets and gain the skills that will help them gain a good career when they are older.