MBMSI - Bomoyi Ya Sika

Bomoyi Ya Sika Ministry (BYS)

Project C0311

Bomoyi Ya Sika

There are about 15,000 homeless children struggling to live from day to day on the streets of Kinshasa. They are forced on to the streets for a number of reasons including: a mother unable to provide support because of an abandoned father or an unknown father; step-parents who accuse the child of sorcery and bringing calamity on the family; and chronic disease (HIV/AIDS) or deformity. In fact, these children continue to be routinely physically and emotionally abused and exploited by civilians, police and soldiers. They are recruited by political parties to perform mass demonstrations creating public disorder. They are forced to spy and perform small robberies. They commonly accept a life of prostitution and sexual favors in order to survive. While in detention, there is no one to defend them and they are usually locked together with adult criminals and not fed or given medical attention. While in the streets, they are a part of their own culture of violence and aggression. Bomoyi Ya Sika is an effort to response to this desperate need.

Bomoyi Ya Sika Video

Watch a short video that introduces Boyomi Ya Sika and some of the people supporting this project.
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Bomoyi Ya Sika February 2006 Newsletter

Democratic Republic of Congo Today
Jean-Pierre Bemba was the losing candidate of the first democratic elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo for more than four decades. When the winning candidate was announced, this former rebel leader first claimed that there was widespread fraud. Later he won a seat in the new senate, and vowed to lead the opposition against President Joseph Kabila. During the election campaign, fighting only broke out twice between forces loyal to Bemba and Mr. Kabila’s presidential guard.