Category Archives: Community Projects

Academic and Mental Health Support for Children and Families in Paraguay

Children in Paraguay are overcoming learning barriers and emotional challenges through tutoring, counselling, and family support. Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Yet for many vulnerable children in Paraguay, educational struggles and emotional challenges create barriers that can shape the course of their entire lives. Through the Conquering Achievements 2 program, […]

Women Creating Change in their Communities, Peru

Women in Peru are gaining the skills, confidence, and support to lead change in their families and communities. Chiclayo is a coastal city in Peru where many families face significant challenges, including food insecurity, malnutrition, limited access to healthcare, and educational barriers that reduce employment opportunities. Women are often at the affected by these challenges, […]

Transforming Lives in Villeta, Paraguay

In Villeta, Paraguay, 1,907 people have been supported through training programs helping families move from poverty to independence. Villeta, an industrial centre and port city in Paraguay, is home to families full of potential—but also long-standing barriers to opportunity. Through the “Endeavouring Together” program, communities are building pathways from vulnerability toward dignity, skills, and lasting […]

Solar power for Don Bosco School, Konta Site – Ghana

In the heart of Wa Municipality, 136 children – many living with intellectual disabilities—arrived each day to learn, grow, and reclaim a dignity too often denied to them. Among them are 63 sponsored children supported through Chalice, and 73 non-sponsored classmates who share the same classrooms, the same dormitories, the same fragile infrastructure. Yet behind […]

SheLearns – Post-Secondary Support, Nairobi Site – Kenya

Starehe Eighteen kilometres north of Nairobi’s city centre, in a rural pocket of Bustani Estate, young women of exceptional academic promise arrive at Starehe Girls Centre carrying both brilliance and burden. They come from economically fragile families – many from single-parent households, some total orphans – where poverty, food insecurity, and limited opportunity have long […]

Legacy and Vision: From Vulnerability to Human Dignity (Nutrition Program), Konta Site – Ghana

In the communities of Konta and Loho in the Wa region of Ghana, families have long carried the weight of systemic poverty and fragile food systems. For many households, daily meals depend heavily on irregular government support and seasonal income. When these systems fail, as they often do, the consequences fall most heavily on the […]

New houses with toilets for vulnerable families, Madurai, India

New houses with toilets for vulnerable families, Madurai, India

102 people will soon have safe place to live.  Every family deserves a safe and stable home, but many sponsored and non-sponsored families in our Madurai site’s communities are living in dangerous, temporary, and dilapidated shelters without proper toilet facilities. Facing many financial constraints, families are unable to build secure or hygienic homes. In 2021, […]

Creating spaces that inspire growth, Yapacani, Bolivia

After-school psychological support, Yapacaní, Bolivia

The Yapacaní sponsor site staff team needed to address poor school performance since the pandemic. They recognize that all students can learn skills and build emotional resilience to achieve higher in the classroom.  The team therefore created a 30-month, five-part project and program to give students robust, professional support for their studies and build better […]