Author Archives: chalice

A Painful Fall: Juncle’s Battle with a Severe Bone Fracture, Samar, Philippines

Funding request: $1,188.77 CAD Critical Need: CN-PSR0326 Juncle is a cheerful and active young boy who finds joy in playing with friends and helping his family. Despite growing up without his mother, he has remained loving, responsible, and full of life. His days were often spent at school and playing sepak takraw, surrounded by laughter […]

A Sudden Accident That Shattered Stability Mangalagiri, India

Funding request: $1,918.64 CAD Critical Need: CN-IMN0326 Naveen is a young man with hopes of building a better future for himself and supporting his family. After completing his studies, he worked hard through small jobs while searching for stable employment. His family, led by his devoted mother Lalitha, lives with very limited means, relying on […]

Fruit trees bring a bounty of blessings to children at St. Francis Boarding School

Celebrating Growth and Gratitude this Easter
At St. Francis Boarding School in Kenya, fruit trees are more than just trees—they bring fresh, nutritious food to children, provide income for families, and support environmental sustainability. Thanks to the Chalice gift catalogue and community programs, these trees are helping children thrive and families flourish, creating lasting change for generations.

Solar power for Don Bosco School, Konta Site – Ghana

In the heart of Wa Municipality, 136 children – many living with intellectual disabilities—arrived each day to learn, grow, and reclaim a dignity too often denied to them. Among them are 63 sponsored children supported through Chalice, and 73 non-sponsored classmates who share the same classrooms, the same dormitories, the same fragile infrastructure. Yet behind […]

SheLearns – Post-Secondary Support, Nairobi Site – Kenya

Starehe Eighteen kilometres north of Nairobi’s city centre, in a rural pocket of Bustani Estate, young women of exceptional academic promise arrive at Starehe Girls Centre carrying both brilliance and burden. They come from economically fragile families – many from single-parent households, some total orphans – where poverty, food insecurity, and limited opportunity have long […]

Legacy and Vision: From Vulnerability to Human Dignity (Nutrition Program), Konta Site – Ghana

In the communities of Konta and Loho in the Wa region of Ghana, families have long carried the weight of systemic poverty and fragile food systems. For many households, daily meals depend heavily on irregular government support and seasonal income. When these systems fail, as they often do, the consequences fall most heavily on the […]

A Promising Student’s Future Interrupted by a Painful Accident Mangalagiri, India

Funding request: $3,866.95 CAD Critical Need: CN-IMV0226 For many years, Josh has worked tirelessly as a daily-wage laborer, doing whatever work she could find to support her family. Despite her age, she continues to take on physically demanding tasks through government labor programs and agricultural work so she can help provide for her household. Her […]