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. Our Haiti South sponsor site is experiencing an extremely difficult and alarming situation. Our site is centred around the southern city of Jérémie, and gangs […]
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 […]
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 […]
Andy is eleven years old and has many, many enthusiasms. “l like to study a lot, I’m good at math, and I like to play soccer,” he begins as his list of interests and aptitudes. His zeal also extends to cereal with yogurt, helping his mother cook (and eat) lasagna, and anything to do with […]
Much has changed since Chalice staff first met Hilary. At the time, he was a four-year-old scamp who liked playing hide-and-seek with his sister, Jeniffer. They lived with their mother, Josphine, in a one-room mud house. Now twenty, and pursuing college, Hilary is contemplative about his childhood. “I am a kid raised by a single […]
“Since she was little,” says Don Bosco site worker Antonio, “Jacqueline has stood out, at school and at home, with her hands as a drawing artist.” Jacqueline grew up with her mother, Isabel, and two brothers. They live in a community where our Don Bosco sponsor site works. Our partners are a Salesian initiative; the […]
Ruth hails from a hilly, cool-climate region of western Kenya, known for its tea plantations. She and her three little brothers came into their grandmother, Hellen’s, care after their mother died in 2018. Hellen always wanted her grandchildren to succeed in school, but there were many barriers. In Kenya, education until high school is considered […]
When Kim was asked to paint an image of ‘sponsorship,’ his mind filled with vibrant, joyous images. “The hot air balloon is the representation of Chalice for me,” says the 16-year-old artist. “It symbolizes hope, journey, love, and being light and free.” Kim was sponsored through our Tondo site in the Philippines when he was […]
“Peace of our Lord Jesus remain to you all,” says 16-year-old Jozantha. Jozantha was sponsored in February 2023, when she was in grade nine at a Catholic high school in Goa, India. “Right from the beginning, I was very excited,” she says. Now she gets to attend after-school social activities with other sponsored children and […]
Victoria grew up with her parents, Natalia and Viktor, and two brothers. When she was just starting kindergarten, she was chosen by a Chalice sponsor, through our Pochaiv, Ukraine site. The sponsorship came at the perfect time. “At that time, her large family was going through very difficult times,” says Pochaiv staff. Natalia needed to […]