When 16-year-old Jayesh experienced a serious fall from his bike, Chalice donors helped him rise up through the Critical Needs Fund. Jayesh, who lives with his parents and older sister in India, was enjoying a bike ride not far from our Mangalagiri site when he unexpectedly hit a pothole and crashed to the ground. Jayesh […]
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Feb
Feb
Today, Shove Tuesday, is known as Pancake Tuesday in North America and many countries around the world, including many countries where Chalice works – but each with its own regional twist! In our Goa site on the western coast of India, they call it Pancake Tuesday, too, or in the Konkani language, “Alle Belle […]
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Feb
Feb
There are no mad scientists here, only inspired students! Through Chalice’s School Connections program, a Canadian school contributed to big changes at their sister school in Nairobi Kenya. Starehe Girls’ Centre is a national boarding high school for gifted girls from disadvantaged families. The school enrollment has been steadily increasing over the past few years, […]
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Feb
Feb
From its very roots, the Catholic church has sought to fight against human captivity – what in the modern world, we call human trafficking. “It is a sin against the dignity of persons and their fundamental rights to reduce them by violence to their productive value or to a source of profit,” says the Catechism […]
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Feb
Feb
They were left with the clothes on their backs. Everything that was in their houses including important documents like title deeds, birth certificates and academic certificates were gone. In March 2023, a fire had broken out in Meru, Kenya, and 14 families’ homes were affected.
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Feb
Feb
Evelina is Nataliya’s whole world. “I devoted my life to supporting my only and most precious child,” she says. When Nataliya learned her daughter had cerebral palsy, she resolved that no diagnosis would hold her back. She, along with a dedicated team of teachers and the Ternopil sponsor site staff, have seen Evelina grow into […]
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Jan
Jan
Meru, Kenya, is full of wildlife and wide-open spaces. The sunsets paint the sky bright and bold colours. The word Meru means ‘shining light.’ However, some areas are not shining quite like others. Kandubai Primary School was one place that was in poor condition. The area around the school is not well supported by public […]
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Jan
Jan
Growing like weeds and blooming like flowers. Okasana and Ihor, parents of four who live near Chalice’s Ternopil site in Ukraine, noticed their children growing out of their clothes incredibly fast. The children, two boys and two girls, range in age from six to fifteen. Oksana and Ihor’s biggest challenge will be familiar to any […]
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Jan
Jan
3,2,1… Happy New Year! The best way to brighten up the upcoming year is to shine light into a child’s life. January is a time to reflect. A moment of gratitude often comes when the calendar resets. Adriana, a young girl from Ukraine, finds herself looking back on the year and processing all the moments […]
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Jan
Jan
Karla was the middle child, sandwiched between her brothers Donavin and Adam. Luckily, she got along with them well enough, especially when they could play soccer together. They grew up with their parents, Gerardo and Silveria, in an adobo house in a central Guatemalan city served by out Luis Amigo site. “It is a very […]