Multiply the impact of your giving! A generous donor will match your donations to this program. Double your impact and spread even more love and support to those in need. In the urban and highly disadvantaged communities of Tondo, Manila, dental care “takes a back seat” sponsored families’ list of priorities, our site staff say. […]
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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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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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World Food Day! World Food Day raises awareness about the challenges of food insecurity. Most of the world’s hungry live in developing countries. Chalice donors helped fill plates around the world by becoming lunch buddies. Our Amanecer sponsor site is in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Chalice has partnered with the Amanecer Religious Foundation since 2004. The Foundation […]
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Multiply the impact of your giving! A generous donor will match your donations to this program. Double your impact and spread even more love and support to those in need. Students in the agricultural city of Cochabamba, Bolivia face many barriers to staying in school. On a municipal level, public education resources and government engagement […]
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Farm animals are valuable, long-lasting gifts to our sites. Denys and his family of nine all rely on their family farm. Everyone in his three-generation household chips in, whether it’s helping in the garden, fishing, or raising the animals.
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This time, we’re sharing our top 5 tips for ‘being a little more of a child yourself’! Saint John Henry Newman’s words grace the cover of our Christmas gift catalogue this year. It comes from a longer quote of his: “May each Christmas, as it comes, find us more and more like Him, who at this […]
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By popular request, we’ve done something new this year. We’ve printed Christmas cards featuring artwork by sponsored youth, and one highly creative sponsor. You can get your set of ten cards for a donation here or by clicking the link below. Let’s meet the artists! All proceeds from Christmas card donations go to our Christmas […]