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.  

Thanks for the many comments on Tibenda Phiona's story last week. 

I always enjoy hearing from you, and we'll be bringing you more of those in the near future. 

 You are making such a difference in their lives!

 Someone asked me the other day if I worked around the clock! Not quite, and I'm trying to get better at asking for help and taking a break to recharge!

I'm bringing you a story of resilience and hope. The hope is because of all of you!

 This is Tibenda Phiona's story as told to our team member Hilda: 

Tibenda Phiona is 19 years old and from Namisambiya village in rural Uganda. Since childhood, Phiona has had a very difficult life.

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