As a mother who grew up in extreme poverty, Florence doesn’t shy away from truth, even when it’s difficult. She was married and by the time she was 33 years old, she was a widow. She and her four young children lived in rural Kenya, near Chalice’s Mikinduri sponsor site.
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The difference a hot meal can make
With the support of a farm, a school can run a daily lunch program for students. School-day lunches are game changers for students and staff in impoverished communities where families face food insecurity. Whenever a school introduces daily meals there is a significant increase in enrollment, retention, and grades, and absenteeism and drop-out rates decrease …
3 Reasons to Sponsor a Child This School Year
Ah, September. The time when parents frantically gather the components of school lunches, children beg for the coolest new backpack, and teachers frantically search for the right books for their classrooms. With all the business that comes with going back to school, sponsoring a child might not be the first thing on your mind. But …
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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 …
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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