A Message From Our Founder
2025 brought everything we believe about community, resilience, and shared responsibility into sharp focus.
The sudden withdrawal of USAID/PEPFAR funding from Uganda created immediate and devastating gaps in care for our sisters and their children—threatening access to medication, nutrition, and the basic stability many families rely on to survive.
For Crazy Love Africa, this required an immediate shift into crisis response, ensuring medical and nutritional needs were met with urgency and dignity.
Even in a difficult year, there was growth and hope.
In 2025, we completed and opened the first-floor apartment at the Crazy Love Africa Community Center—a long-envisioned project that now serves our global community while generating sustainable income to support our programs.
As you review the highlights of our 2025 Impact Report, know this: every milestone and every life touched was made possible by donors, volunteers, partners, and community members who chose to show up—especially when it was hard.
We are deeply grateful.
We move forward together.
2025 Impact at a Glance
Programs & Care
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27 micro-business grants awarded to single Ugandan mothers
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5 women expanded their businesses
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Weekly support groups, savings groups, and trainings
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Ongoing medical and nutritional support
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All women on medication and undetectable
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Clean water filters provided to every family
Fair Trade & Economic Empowerment
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5,000 fair trade artisan crafts purchased
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Crazy Love Africa launched wholesale sales on Faire
Education & Youth
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15 students in primary school
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27 students in secondary school
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2 students in university
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7 students in vocational programs
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4 graduates in 2025
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51 U.S. sponsors supporting our youth
Community & Leadership
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Main floor of the CLA Community Center in weekly use
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First-floor apartment open and operating
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Six Youth Ambassadors traveled to Uganda
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Ambassadors spoke at the Homecoming Gala
U.S. Engagement
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Board, staff, and volunteers participated in 13 community events, including World AIDS Day, Colorado Black Arts Festival, Colfax Marathon Charity Village, and the CLA Homecoming Gala.
Looking Ahead to 2026
In 2026, Crazy Love Africa is focused on deepening impact, strengthening sustainability, and expanding opportunity for women, youth, and families in Uganda.
Women’s Economic Empowerment
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Welcome 12 new women living with HIV and their children
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Provide mentorship for every new sister
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Deliver six artisan craft trainings
Health, Wellness & Youth Support
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Quarterly women’s health and wellness sessions
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Continued counseling and youth support groups
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Launch Adolescent Girls Empowerment Groups
Community, Education & Sustainability
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Work toward full sponsorship for every child
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Expand income generation at the CLA Community Center
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Complete local NGO registration in Uganda
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Host a September 2026 Adult Ambassador Trip
Moving Forward Together
2026 is about strengthening systems of care, expanding opportunity, and building long-term sustainability—led by the women in our community.
Rooted in relationship and guided by dignity, we remain committed to walking alongside our sisters and youth as they shape their futures.
With our supporters beside us, 2026 will be a year of shared commitment and deeper impact.
Interested in volunteering with Crazy Love Africa in 2026?
We’d love to hear from you.