One of the practices I'm most proud of at CLP is our ability to respond quickly to needs and pivot and make changes in our programs when we find a better way.

 In daily communication with our team in Uganda, they let me know the progress of our programs and where we need to make changes. I let them know how fundraising is going and we review our budget.

 This is how we work from the inside out. Our team lives the reality each day and knows the challenges that children and families face. They experience in real time how an increase in prices, or an illness, affects a family, wiping out their financial resources, leaving them without food or

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Betty, a 14-year-old new mother who needed baby supplies.  Betty is an orphan with no family to help her, and she was a victim of violence.

I'm happy to let you know that thanks to our wonderful community of donors, Betty and her baby received diapers, clothes, blankets, food, and other needed items. She is also now enrolled in the hairdressing program at our Girls' Vocational Center. The change in her outlook has been wonderful to see, and you helped put that big smile on her face! 

The joy was off the charts when these kids got their first-ever pair of sneakers this week (and for some, their first-ever shoes)! 

So much of life for kids in rural Uganda is hard for us to even imagine. I'm a bit choked up seeing the pics and just telling you about it!

 Several months ago, we teamed up with Gorilla Hoops Basketball Academy to help get their sports program for vulnerable children started in Kamuli. 

 This week, thanks to several donors through our DonorSee platform,  the kids received new (to them) sneakers, basketballs and other supplies for the program.

What makes you optimistic? I know that can be a tough question these days. 

 Thanks to all of you, we see progress. Sometimes it's slow, and sometimes there are setbacks. However, the success we see keeps us focused on the programs that are breaking the generational cycle of poverty.

 So, here's the good that you make possible!