Saving Lives, Saving Souls, Changing Futures — for Generations to Come
2024
Gratitude Report
A journey of through the Generations Projects
IMPACT
Aerial photo of the TESIFA Project
OURMISSION
Crisis Aid is committed to saving lives, saving souls and changing futures while demonstrating God’s love to the people we serve.
Mothers and children patiently waiting for food at your Tesifa-South Generations Project.
ONGOINGIMPACT
4.7 MILLION people served, including 516,364 severely malnourished children
1 MILLION+ medical care recipients
2002 - 2024
29.2 MILLION pounds of food distributed
54 water wells
32 ORPHANS in the Children’s Home
7,758 sex trafficking victims and exploited children helped globally
4,793
U.S. CAP assistance to new sex trafficking victims and exploited children
14 countries served
2,000+ girls once caught in sex trafficking graduated from your Vocational Training Center (Mercy Chapel) in East Africa
4 Generations Project established
Served Around the World
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
GLOBAL IMPACT
Severely Malnourished Children Helped Food Distributed
LIFE-SAVING CARE
79,950 PEOPLE 1,948 LIVES
640 U.S. CHILDREN
Received Medical Treatment
159 VOLUNTEERS
Gave Their Time
Trafficking Victims & Exploited Children Helped At-Risk Children Supported
COMMUNITY IMPACT
6,269 HOURS
1 GENERATIONS PROJECT
Invested in the Mission Launched in East Africa
GENERATIONS PROJECT
A New Model for Lasting Change
Your Generations Projects are rewriting the story — from crisis to lasting change. Rooted in trusted local partnerships, each project meets urgent needs like hunger, poverty and exploitation while building a stable, sustainable future. With income-generating components built in, these aren’t just short-term fixes. They’re long-term solutions — creating dignity, stability and real opportunity for generations to come.
PROBLEM
Project
TESIFA Generations
EAST AFRICA
In East Africa, millions of people face daily hunger. Children are dying from malnutrition and treatable illness. Families farm with primitive tools and no access to medical care or income. Generations have been stuck in survival mode — trapped in a cycle that must be broken.
SOLUTION
What began as an emergency feeding program in 2003 has grown into the Tesifa-South Generations Project — bringing long-term solutions through agriculture, medical care and job creation. It’s a sustainable path out of poverty, built to restore hope for generations.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Pediatric Hospital serving 2,000+ children with lifethreatening conditions monthly.
Dairy Operations with 66 cows serving malnourished children and creating an income stream from milk sales in neighboring communities. Dairy sales earned more than $95,000 U.S. dollars which was applied to the Tesifa Generations Project.
Agricultural Demonstration Farm with over 10 healthy varieties of fruits and vegetables, and highyield coffee seedlings distributed to families.
Job Training for the children’s parents.
Ongoing Income Stream for operational costs associated with the Medical Facility.
IMPACT Dalia’s Story
When 4-year-old “Dalia” arrived at Crisis Aid’s pediatric hospital, her body was shutting down. Swollen limbs. A distended belly. Hair falling out. Silent. Barely responsive. Her diagnosis was heartbreaking: severe acute malnutrition, bacterial infections and roundworm. Her mother, widowed and raising seven children alone, simply couldn’t provide enough food — despite long hours baking bread and farming the land. But Dalia’s story didn’t end there. Thanks to your support of our feeding and medical programs, she received urgent care: therapeutic nutrition, antibiotics and compassion. Within a week, the swelling faded. Her strength returned. She smiled again. Today, Dalia runs and plays with her brothers and sisters like a healthy 4-year-old should. All thanks to you!
FUTURE PLANS
Furnish a 100-bed hospital and Surgical Ward with lab equipment and other services.
Expand dairy herd from 66 to 100 cows
Transform the dairy store into a dairy and coffee bar to generate more income for operating costs.
GIRLS VILLAGE
Generations Project
EAST AFRICA
PROBLEM
In East Africa, sex trafficking steals the futures of countless girls. Exploited and discarded, they carry deep scars. Safe places are rare — and urgently needed. Every day without action is another day a girl loses her freedom, her voice and her future.
SOLUTION
Girls Village is more than a shelter — it’s a new beginning. Up to 100 girls and their children receive housing, daycare, vocational training, and the support they need to heal and thrive. A connected Commerce Building provides jobs and income, making the program sustainable and life-changing.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Girls refuge home with daycare
Mercy Chapel vocational training
Commerce building with job creation programs
Income generation from:
• Event and training space
• Red Rope Restaurant
• Beauty salon
• Poultry production (1,000 chickens)
• Clothing boutique
• Bleach and soap production
• Rental space – 1st floor currently rented to a bank.
This precious child lives with her mother and attends daycare in your Girls Village.
IMPACT Dera’s Story
Dera was abandoned, assaulted at a young age and left to survive on her own. But everything changed the day she walked into Crisis Aid’s refuge home. “For the first time,” she says, “I began to have hope. I started to dream again.” Today, Dera is learning new skills, raising her baby in safety and rediscovering her worth — because someone like you chose to care. This is what your support makes possible.
FUTURE PLANS
Complete the Girls Village Commerce Building to include more rentable Space for income generation.
Start a vocational training program for the community with the girls as instructors.
Dera and her baby in your Girls Village Home.
TESIFA Generations
PROBLEM
The 2-year civil war in Tigray has left millions of people devastated. Thousands of women and children have been raped, tortured and displaced. Infrastructure is destroyed, and famine is widespread.
SOLUTION
Crisis Aid began emergency relief in this region in 2023. That effort grew into the Tesifa-North Generations Project — a movement transforming lives through agriculture, healthcare and job creation.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Women’s restoration program
Agricultural farm and beekeeping initiative
Deep water wells
Medical assistance in destroyed hospitals
Job training and dairy operation
IMPACT
Launch Pediatric Clinic
Over 1,600 women abused during the war are receiving the help and training they need for a new life. In addition, families are receiving food through a restored hospital room where a young staff member tracks hundreds of malnourished children now receiving care.
FUTURE PLANS
Expand dairy and agricultural projects
Launch pediatric clinic
Scale vocational training for 1,600 women horribly abused by war
A precious child receiving medical attention at one of your Pediatric Hospitals in East Africa.
U.S. SAFE INITIATIVE
Generations Project
PROBLEM
In the U.S., children and young adults are being lured into sex trafficking at alarming rates. Rescue alone isn’t enough — survivors need immediate care, fierce advocacy and long-term support to truly heal. Their future depends on how we respond now.
SOLUTION
Since 2012, your U.S. Safe Initiative has helped sex trafficking survivors find safety, support and a fresh start through the U.S.-based Refuge Home. Expanded in 2018, it now includes partnerships with law enforcement and their Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) division, ensuring early detection of at-risk children — before it’s too late.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Child Anti-Exploitation Partnership (CAP): Our victim advocates work in police stations across three states, partnering with law enforcement to identify, protect and support sexually abused and at-risk children — before it’s too late.
House of Hope Refuge Home: A state-of-the-art refuge in Michigan for trafficking victims, created in partnership with ResLife Church.
Project Identify (PI): Our team of retired officers identifies children online who are at risk. These children then receive the full support of law enforcement and our victim advocates to keep them safe and guide them toward healing.
Education and Training: We equip police officers, first responders, schools, juvenile court systems and community groups with tools to identify and respond to sexually exploited children and trafficking victims.
IMPACT Amy’s Story
Amy’s story is one of quiet courage and hard-won hope. She had survived trafficking. But survival isn’t the same as healing. That’s where your support stepped in. With the help of her Crisis Aid advocate, Amy began to rebuild trust — one conversation, one breakthrough at a time. She made the brave decision to enter long-term treatment, not in crisis, but with calm determination. Since then, she’s been doing the deep work — therapy, self-reflection, reclaiming her life. And recently, both of her traffickers were apprehended, offering a powerful sense of justice and closure. Thanks to you, Amy’s journey isn’t defined by what she endured. It’s defined by where she’s going.
FUTURE PLANS
Expand CAP locations
Launch additional educational initiatives
Provide housing and scholarship support for survivors
Stock image used to protect the identity of the girl.
ADDITIONAL CORE PROGRAMS
JMM/HAND OF HOPE
Pediatric Clinic and feeding program through Joyce Meyer MinistriesHand of Hope
CHILDREN’S HOME
Long-term care for orphaned children
GIRLS COMPLEX MERCY CHAPEL
Vocational school for former trafficking victims near the Tesifa-South Generations Project
COMMUNITY HELPING COMMUNITY (CHC)
Food and resource distribution in St. Louis
PASTOR SUPPORT PROGRAM
Resources and training for church leaders in East Africa
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PATRICK BRADLEY
Board Chair, Voting Member
SUSAN BRADLEY
Vice President, Voting Member
DANE WELCH, DDS
Vice President, Voting Member [Independent]
CAROLI YOUNG
Director, Voting Member [Independent]
CHRIS IGO
Director, Voting Member [Independent]
JAMES FILLINGAME
Director, Voting Member [Independent]
JERRY FITZGERALD
Treasurer, Voting Member [Independent]
MIKE LEMP
Secretary, Voting Member [Independent]
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COFFEE
THANK YOU.
Little ones like Dalia are recovering from severe malnutrition. Survivors like Dera are learning trades and rebuilding their lives. Girls like Amy are being protected from predators and finding healing. War-torn communities are receiving food, clean water and medical care. And entire families are finding hope — where there once was none.
Your generosity is more than a donation. It’s a declaration:
• That every life matters.
• That rescue is only the beginning.
• That healing, dignity and opportunity belong to us all.
From emergency feeding to vocational training, from safe homes to long-term transformation — you’re at the heart of it.
Thank you for saving lives, saving souls and changing futures… for generations to come. BECAUSE OF YOU ...
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