Christmas is a time of giving, joy, and cherished moments. Our friends and families expressed deep gratitude for the festive holiday cheer at our sponsor site in Zambia. Without the generosity of our donors, Christmas at our sponsor sites would be very different. Our Serenje sponsor site spans a large area in southern Zambia, and […]
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Mother of nine needs a mass removed from her jaw and neck. Josephine and her nine children live in a rural village in Kwale county, where our Mombasa site operates. She is a farmer, and works hard as the sole provider for her children, but has struggled to provide their daily needs, especially school fees. […]
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Mariano and his wife, Lilian, didn’t want their four children to share the too-common story for youth in their city. In Capiatá, Paraguay, more and more students are dropping out of school at the end of high school because they can’t afford higher studies. The kinds of informal jobs they can find with only a […]
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Health centres near our sites help families by improving access to medical services. Njiru Health Centre, in Kenya, opened in 2007. The centre opened as a dispensary serving the underprivileged communities in Nairobi’s dense urban neighbourhoods. These are the same communities served by Chalice’s Nairobi sponsor site. In the intervening years, Njiru has become an […]
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Funding Request: $3,142.56 CAD Critical Need: CNIOM0824 Romeo lives with his parents, Ashuli and Kaziini, and his two younger sisters near our Orissa site in northern India. His parents work on other families’ farms, but they do not have land of their own. His sisters, Rakuzhiiro and Adaziini, are both studying with the great help […]
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Our CMAVIL site in Villeta, Paraguay, is always looking for ways to create opportunities for women and empower them through training, education, social participation, and new means of generating incomes for their families. They also extend these same opportunities for youth, especially in a region with high dropout rates and minimal access to higher education. […]
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Funding Request: $46,104.54 CAD Project Code: DFPTA1024 At around 10:30pm one night in March 2024, a fire broke out in the densely packed Aroma Temporary Housing neighbourhood in Manila. It was a three-alarm fire before midnight, and crews battled the flames until sunrise, according to local news reports. The fire forced 652 families out of […]
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Funding Request: $2,579.50 CAD Critical Need: CNKNK0924 Lawrence, aged 82, is a loving father and grandfather. He cares for two of his grandchildren, Andrew and Yawaniter, who are sponsored by Chalice through our Nairobi site. He is currently living in a village outside of the capital after many years of working as a casual laborer […]
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Funding Request: $3,203.35 CAD Critical Need: CNBAC0924 Sandra is a resilient single mother of four. Her three school-aged boys are sponsored through Chalice’s Amanecer site in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Sandra, 50, has lived with debilitating arthritic pain for six years. Her health prevents her from finding work that meets the country’s minimum wage requirements. When she […]
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Funding Request: $9,569.68 CAD Critical Need: CNKMM0924 Veronica is raising six children on her own in a remote village within Chalice’s Mikinduri sponsor site. Her eldest and youngest sons, Phineas and Eric, are sponsored. Over the years, Veronica has struggled to provide basic needs for her family – particularly shelter, food, clothing, and medication. She […]