Father needed second surgery two years after accident. Funding request: $3,052.06 CAD Critical Need: CN-IMN0625 Dominic is a caring husband and father of his two children; he’s known around his village as a helpful and responsible neighbour. Before an accident two years ago, Dominic, 60, worked as a salesperson at a bookstall. Their 27-year-old sponsored […]
Mother couldn’t walk after fall injured her spine. Funding request: $11,339.90 Critical Need: CN-PTM0625 Jenneth and her husband live with their four children in a one-bedroom home in our Tondo site in urban Manila. Jenneth is a homemaker but tries to find odd jobs with her neighbours like laundry and housekeeping. She also loves to […]
Sponsored teen needed trauma surgery after accident. Funding request: $4,164.66 CAD Critical Need: CN-IIL0625 Mekham is 16 years old and currently studying in grade ten. He loves playing soccer and aspires to work in civil service. His seven-member household includes his parents, three brothers and two sisters. His parents are local vegetable vendors and work […]
Father of six must save his liver. Funding request: $7,307.24 CAD Critical Need: CN-GNN0625B George has lived his whole life in his rural Ghanaian community where our Nandom site serves. As a son of a farmer, George never had the privilege of attending school. He relies on farming and rearing animals as a source of […]
Throughout June 2023, but especially the 10th and 11th, Chalice volunteers across Canada were abuzz with activity. As the Church celebrated the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we carried out our second annual Corpus Christi sponsorship weekend event. More than 400 volunteers mobilized to run a sponsorship weekend in one of 168 […]
102 people will soon have safe place to live. Every family deserves a safe and stable home, but many sponsored and non-sponsored families in our Madurai site’s communities are living in dangerous, temporary, and dilapidated shelters without proper toilet facilities. Facing many financial constraints, families are unable to build secure or hygienic homes. In 2021, […]
120 students in rural village can start school early. Chamuka is a small, rural village in central Zambia, about 30 kilometres from the nearest town. Most families are from the Lenje community, who are primarily farmers. Many parents in Chamuka did not have the opportunity to attend school, and illiteracy levels are high. Until recently, […]
Noela dreamed of one day helping others, even if she wasn’t sure what possibilities life might hold for her. Her family faced many challenges growing up. Noela and her four siblings were raised by her grandmother, Mary Rose, near our Nandom sponsor site in Ghana. Sponsorship found its way into Noela’s life, opening doors she […]
Romans 8:22-27 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen […]
Francis is a devoted dad in our Mikinduri sponsor site in Kenya. One of twelve, Francis never had the chance to go to school. He married Elizabeth in his thirties, and they had five children together. Tragically, Elizabeth died when their fifth child, Florida, was only two months old. Francis is a devoted dad in […]