In 1996, Maria Makombe, a mother and teacher, opened Kachema Musuma orphanage in Kawambwa, Zambia, focusing on children who had lost parents to HIV/AIDS, malaria, childbirth, and disease. She named her home Kachema Musuma, which means Good Shepherd. Maria, concerned about the future of her children, asked the Sisters of the Child Jesus – who […]
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The Good Shepherd Sisters who run our Sucre sponsor site place a special emphasis on their work to build up women and girls who are marginalized, especially those who are impoverished, migrants, and/or survivors of violence or exploitation. Through their work, they know that many women in Sucre city, including mothers in Chalice’s sponsorship program, […]
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The Yapacaní sponsor site staff team needed to address poor school performance since the pandemic. They recognize that all students can learn skills and build emotional resilience to achieve higher in the classroom. The team therefore created a 30-month, five-part project and program to give students robust, professional support for their studies and build better […]
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Kate, Chalice staff, Canada Jesus is the parable-teller extraordinaire. (I wish there were a word for this Parabalist? Parabonteur? Alas.) He’s virtuosic at the art of crafting his earth-shattering Messianic into a story that his particular audience that day can understand. If they’re a bunch of farmers, he speaks of seeds and soil. If labourers, […]
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Every drop counts on World Water Day. While many of us can walk to the kitchen and turn on a tap, families at our sponsor sites travel long distances in search of water for household use. Thanks to Chalice’s generous donors, communities around the world are gaining access to clean, safe water. Our Lady of […]
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Meet Kazhiini, a young woman whose life has been shaped by love, determination, and the support of her Chalice sponsor. At just four years old, Kazhiini’s life changed when she learned she would have a sponsor through Chalice’s Orissa sponsor site in India. This joy, however, was followed by deep sorrow when her father, Pfokrehe, […]
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Kate, Chalice staff, Canada I recently read a paper published by a real estate listings website. It analyzed the most popular words in listings by price segment – under a million, between one and five million, and over five million. For the average homebuyer, the most popular word was ‘beautiful.’ For the middle category, it […]
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Help 80 sponsored children overcome malnutrition and grow up healthy and strong. In 2022, our sponsor site launched a one-year nutrition pilot program in two under-served communities in Chiclayo city: Las Portadas de Las Americas and La Ladrillera. The pilot aimed to improve 80 children’s nutritional status, and to develop their parents’ abilities to choose, […]
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The COVID-19 crisis forced teachers and students alike to figure out how to conduct classes online. Low-income families, like those involved in Chalice’s Guadalupe sponsor site, lacked equal access to computers or internet-enabled devices (i.e., tablets, phones) to take part in virtual classes. Many children fell behind, and the country is still grappling with the […]
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Sr. Bindu, Assam site director, India Lent is a path on our journey that provides opportunities for renewal and deepening of our faith. It serves as a bridge, reconciling us with the Divine and reaffirming our declaration to walk in the light of Christ. Repentance, reconciliation, and reparation are essential elements of Lent that lead […]