Teamwork makes the dream work! Fr. Vargese, our Baraka site director in Kenya, admired how the Chalice family circles always had a strong sense of unity and took on problems as a team. The site had monthly group meetings which were a safe place to share personal challenges, find support, and make progress together.
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“Luis has been turning heads in the Chiclayo site since he could barely walk. Now 10 years old, Luis has been sponsored through Chalice since he was three “and has shown great effort to stand out,” site staff write.
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Ivanna and Victor would have greeted visitors with a warm hug last year. But their house would have been cold. The couple and their five children live in a rural village near our Ternopil sponsor site in Ukraine. Ivanna works with the elderly for minimum wage in the village. Victor is a tractor driver and finds seasonal jobs.
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Mahima’s family lost everything. An unexpected fire broke out and destroyed their home and all their belongings. Thankfully, no one was injured, but the family of five came home to discover that all their possessions had burned. It was going to take a lot of work to recover from this.
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Any gardener will tell you that the best tasting vegetables are the ones you grew yourself. Sr. Janefrances, Mombasa site director, realized there was a need for gardens in her community in Kenya. Though they start small, gardens grow to make a huge impact, especially for those who aren’t getting all their essential nutrients.
Many families in India do not have experience with formal education and dropout rates are high. Guatham dreamed about becoming successful. Chalice donors opened new doors and great opportunities for a boy who began to believe he may not achieve his life goals. Education is an important aspect of life. Growing up the twenty-year-old from India took pride in his studies.
Sr. Sandra, site director in Sucre, Bolivia, was thrilled that 90 women could mend the missing gap in their household income.
Chalice accommodated a women’s workshop with a variety of courses to help develop skills, and women like Lourdes, Miriam, Cipriana, and Margarita had great success!
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Children carry a lot of fresh knowledge in their minds. For everything else they have to carry, it helps to have a sturdy, reliable backpack.
A good day at school starts at home. When children arrive at school prepared to learn, it shows in their grades. Sr. Janefrances and her team at the Mombasa site in Kenya know this, and they wanted to make sure every student had equal access to the material they needed
Continue reading “Bags full of books and hearts full of hope”
José Manuel could not brush it off.
As the recent high school grad listened to a vocational guidance workshop the thought of becoming a barber started to grow on him.
This is precisely what the Cañete sponsor site staff hoped would happen. They had designed the workshop to help guide sponsored high school students and new grads towards options of professions, trades, and/or religious studies.
The Starehe Girl’s borehole water project in Kenya was well worth it. Thanks to Chalice donors, 720 bright young women now have access to clean, fresh water.
