As they say: when one door closes, another one opens. With the help of the Chalice sponsorship program and the hand of God, that’s a truth Arockiya now sees clearly.
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Sponsorship Makes Safina’s Dreams Come True
For Safina, going to school every day was far from the reality she grew up with. Her mom was a single parent who struggled to provide four children with enough to eat, let alone enough money to pay school fees. Teachers, seeing she couldn’t pay, would send Safina home. She often missed school for weeks …
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Why Corpus Christi?
In a way, says Father Patrick Cosgrove, Corpus Christi has always been part of Chalice’s making. “It was there in naissance, in our very name,” he shared in an interview. Corpus Christi, also known as the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, is something Chalice supporters have been hearing a lot about, whether …
How Chalice Supporters Alleviated Drought in Kenya
In parts of Canada and the U.S., rainfall is so common, it’s almost a nuisance. We grumble as we walk home in the rain, or complain off-handedly to our colleagues about the commute to work. It’s tempting to forget that in many parts of the world, rain isn’t a nuisance – it’s life. Kenyans have …
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Virgil and Shirley Share Their Love in Action
Media Release: Chalice Cooks Up Love in the Kitchen
Calling All Foodies: Chalice Cooks Up Love in the Kitchen May 16, 2022 Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada – Chalice, a Catholic international development and aid charity, is inviting foodies around the world to pull out their chef’s hat and roll up their sleeves at Love in the Kitchen this June. Taking place June 18-19, Love …
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3 Ways Your Sponsorship Can Help the Elderly
Child Sponsorship Sparked Career Opportunities for this Family
Nitesh’s job may involve playing with fire, but don’t worry – he’s built a business and a reputation as an expert in just that. In fact, as a metal fabricator, he finds his passion for the trade grows stronger each day. But building a successful business took a lot of blood, sweat, and dare we …
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How Child Sponsorship Formed a Bond that Spanned Oceans
When Trina met Vincent at the airport, she burst into tears. It was an emotional reunion, fit for friends after years apart. And in a way, that was exactly their situation. Though they’d never met in person, Trina and Vincent had known each other for years. She sponsored him through Chalice when he was …
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Sonu’s Walk to Success
If you thought Chalice was only there for sponsored children, well, think again. Since the early days of Chalice, we’ve been working to help both sponsored and non-sponsored children around the world live fulfilling lives. Sonu, a non-sponsored young man living near our Assam site, is one of them. Born into a family that struggled …