Category Archives: Africa

Four school water tap stations, Mikinduri, Kenya

Four school water tap stations, Mikinduri, Kenya

Our Mikinduri site is building handwashing stations in four schools for 2,700 people. Multiply the impact of your giving! A generous donor will match your donations to this project. Double your impact and spread even more love and support to those in need. Children who go to less privileged public schools in our Mikinduri site […]

Favor’s surgery, Mombasa, Kenya

Favor's surgery, Mombasa, Kenya

Funding Request: $6,605.50 CAD  Critical Need: CNKMC1024C  Lilian raised her four children on her own in a suburb of Mombasa, on Kenya’s ocean coast. Her youngest of the four is Favor, who has the support of a Chalice sponsor through our Mombasa site.   At 11 years old, Favor is in grade five. When Favor was […]

Lawrence’s hospitalization and treatment, Nairobi, Kenya

Lawrence’s hospitalization and treatment, Nairobi, Kenya

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 […]

Our top 5 tips for ‘being a little more of a child yourself’!

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 […]

Lunch time heroes

Pele, Chalice’s Wa site director in Ghana, and other site staff were concerned about the number of children in their community who were underweight and malnourished. Not only did this affect their physical health and development, but it also caused students’ academic performance to suffer. When students cannot focus in class because of hunger and […]

Full stomachs and focused students

Chalice’s Saida sponsor site is the town of Gilgil in Kenya. Children look forward to learning, but the worry of what students would bring for lunch was a concern for many. The Saidia site staff, and the teachers, know that the children are arriving at school hungry. Students’ education is the beginning of their future, […]

Happy and healthy students in Ghana

Nicholas knows that to achieve good grades, children need to maintain their focus in school, and nothing is more distracting than a growling stomach. “The nutrition program is actually one of the most important programs,” says Nicholas, Konta site director.  

Zambia’s Lunch Program: Nourish and Floruish

Keeping children nourished with wholesome food is top of mind for Chalice’s site directors. Sr. Agnes, Kawambwa site director, knows a balanced meal increases mental clarity and focus throughout the day.  Since these students are attending boarding school, our site must make sure they have the proper nutrition and meals while having a full learning […]