Blog following the day to day experiences of Ian Harvey who has moved from Manchester, UK to Lubumbashi, DR Congo to assist in setting up a project for street children alongside the Anglican Church in Congo.
In Swahili, Kimbilio means a place to run to for safety...
The Kimbilio project is working in Lubumbashi, D.R.Congo and is setting up:-
* A day centre near the city centre where street children can receive support, care and training as well as assistance to reintegrate with society and their families, where appropriate.
* An accommodation centre outside of the city centre.
* A network of support for organisations providing a similar service in the area.
* A community education programme to raise awareness of the issues and promote prevention.
ian@kimbiliocongo.org
Originally from Whitley Bay, North East England, I am now living in D.R.Congo assisting in the setting up of a project to support children living on the streets. After studying Anthropology at SOAS, London I completed a masters in Social Work at Exeter Uni. I have been working in the arena of safeguarding children within Childrens Services in the UK for the past 10 years as well as supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking children. I first came to Zaire/Congo in 1990 to support my Aunt who runs a hospital near the Angolan border. I returned in this capacity on a number of occasions and acted as an election observer in Kinshasa in 2006, it was then that the idea for this project emerged.
Check out www.lubumbashicongo.com raising the city's profile at the same time as raising support for Kimbilio
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