Maison de Veillard de Kitambo Visit (Old People Home)

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Last time I shared with you all our visit to the orphanage in Matete. We have set up a Gofundme to help make the home safer, cleaner, and more functional for the children. Today I want to tell you about our visit to the Maison Veillard in Kitambo. Kitambo is an area of Kinshasa.
Just like the orphanage, we started working with the old person's home after my 2020 trip. Mama Esperance who works with the elders of the home reached out to my lawyer. I spoke to Maitre Djuma and decided that this is something I want to involve the foundation. If my mom was still alive today these would be her age mate.
In African culture, we don’t really put our parents, grandparents, or elders in old people's homes. It’s a very rare occurrence. When I spoke to Mama Esperance she noted that some residents’ children moved abroad and couldn’t get papers for their loved ones, residents outlived their children or they came to Kinshasa from a different part of the country.
Our team drops off monthly supplies of items in the middle of the month. It usually includes water, cooking oil, dried fish, rice, cornmeal for fufu, toothpaste, soap, laundry detergent, and a few special requests. I always hear great stories after the drop-off from team members. They will sit with our elders, listen to their stories and spend some time with them. Since I was in Kinshasa I really wanted to visit the home and do the drop-off.