Through the ‘While We Wait’ fund, the child and their family can begin participating in the program from the moment they’re enrolled.
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Category Archives: Ghana
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Sep
Sep
Many children in our Konta sponsor site live in a small community called Kpongu. Families mostly earn their livelihoods from small farms and businesses in this area. St. Benedict Parish, our sponsorship site partner, runs a kindergarten/primary school in Kpongu.
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Mar
Mar
In Ghana, the dry seasons have been longer this year while the fertile rainy seasons have shortened. In rural northern Ghana where Bu Roman Catholic Primary School is located– which is attended by many sponsored students from our Nandom site. Due to its rural location, the school faces many challenges and access to water has […]
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Nov
Nov
Our Konta sponsor site in northern Ghana is a Catholic organization which supports children from low-income families and children with special needs. At Christmastime, the community loves to have a special Mass, where they can offer prayers for “the Chalice family, the generous donors, the beneficiaries, the new converts at Kpongu and the community as […]
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Oct
Oct
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 […]
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Aug
Aug
“The skills training will impact positively on the life of many families at the site.” These mothers are not just smiling because they’re bedecked with beads, but because they are modeling their popular new designs! Communities in Ghana have been greatly impacted by shutdowns during the pandemic which closed markets, impacting both incomes and access […]
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Aug
Aug
Barikisu is no stranger to being strong. As a cancer survivor who lost her father at a young age, resilience is all she knows. She and her siblings were raised by her mother near our Wa site in Ghana. After her father passed away, she was blessed by the support of a wonderful Chalice […]
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Oct
Oct
On a calm March day in 1995, little Shaheda was born to her joyful parents in the town of Wa, Ghana. Soon after she was born, Shaheda’s parents discovered that she had a hearing impairment, a disability she would live with for her entire life. Despite her disability, her parents tried to give her the […]
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May
May
Paul was born in 1993 in Yuornuur, a small farming community in the Wa district of Ghana, Africa. Paul’s parents were peasant farmers, and worked incredibly hard to make ends meet. However, they struggled to feed their family, and couldn’t provide Paul’s basic needs. Paul was eventually sent away from his family to live with […]