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, […]
Category Archives: Community Projects
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Jun
Jun
120 students in rural village can start school early. Chamuka is a small, rural village in central Zambia, about 30 kilometres from the nearest town. Most families are from the Lenje community, who are primarily farmers. Many parents in Chamuka did not have the opportunity to attend school, and illiteracy levels are high. Until recently, […]
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May
May
The social, political, and economic crisis in Haiti continues to deteriorate. Haitian families are food insecure and on the verge of starvation due to escalating prices and limited availability of some commodities. According to the UN, as of October 2024, half of Haiti’s population are experiencing acute hunger. Two million are facing extreme hunger and […]
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Apr
Apr
The Good Shepherd Sisters who run our Sucre sponsor site place a special emphasis on their work to build up women and girls who are marginalized, especially those who are impoverished, migrants, and/or survivors of violence or exploitation. Through their work, they know that many women in Sucre city, including mothers in Chalice’s sponsorship program, […]
02
Apr
Apr
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 […]
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Mar
Mar
Help 80 sponsored children overcome malnutrition and grow up healthy and strong. In 2022, our sponsor site launched a one-year nutrition pilot program in two under-served communities in Chiclayo city: Las Portadas de Las Americas and La Ladrillera. The pilot aimed to improve 80 children’s nutritional status, and to develop their parents’ abilities to choose, […]