Happy New Year 2026!
I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all you have done! Thank you!!!
Throughout 2025, your generosity made it possible to continue lifting children and families out of extreme poverty. Because of your support, children had access to education, women started businesses, and girls received skills training. You helped create real stability and long-term change for hundreds of children!
Your commitment did not just meet needs in the moment. It helped build pathways forward.
We saw that commitment again in the final weeks of the year through our Her Future Starts Now campaign. Thanks to you, the campaign officially closed on December 31, 2025, with full funding to send 30 girls to our Vocational Center in 2026.
Send Up the Fireworks!
This week, we were officially recognized as a Community-Based Organization in Kamuli District, Uganda! This is a big deal for our team, acknowledging all their efforts and the work they have done for the past nine years!
As our outreach and success in the Kamuli town and the surrounding villages has grown over the years, the local council members (politicians) approached us and we were invited to formally register CLP as a Community-Based Organization (CBO). Our team was thrilled to have their hard work and progress seen as making a real difference for the most vulnerable.
The Top 5 Reasons We Shine
The other day I was talking to Christina, a supporter of ours for the past two years, and she said she was recently telling a friend why she gives to CLP. She also said that we should toot our own horn more as an organization.
It made me stop and think!
So I thought I'd share with you what we do well as an organization to help the most vulnerable children, and what makes us unique.
Spotlight on Hilda!
This week, I wanted to introduce you to, and shine a spotlight on, Namuwanga Hilda who is our lead program coordinator in Uganda. She is always ready with a welcoming smile and has a wonderful sense of humor. You see her in most of our photos and videos.
Growing Forward
2025 is halfway over! Whaaat!!!
Because of all of you, lives are better for so many! The need remains great, but with you as our partners, we are making progress!
As we look ahead, our focus remains on education and on sustainable programs that enable people to support themselves and live without aid.
Women-Owned Businesses Leading the Way in Uganda
Investing in women-owned businesses in rural Uganda is one of the most successful ways that CLP is lifting families out of poverty. We now have seven women's business and savings groups with many members who are able to support their children and send them to school.