Category Archives: Haiti

Nutrition and School Feeding Support Haiti North, Haiti

At our Haiti North site, we continue to address the highly volatile environment families are facing daily. Growing political instability, lack of employment, gang violence, and ongoing disruptions to even basic services are contributing to the substantial rise in costs. Families lack access to sufficient, nutritious food, putting them at significant risk of food insecurity […]

Education Support and Teacher Retention Haiti North, Haiti

At our Haiti North site, which includes two subsites, soaring prices and critical shortages of everyday goods have put essential school supplies out of reach for local families. Without the required textbooks and learning materials, vulnerable children face severe barriers to education, leading to delayed enrollment, frequent absenteeism, and higher dropout rates. The Education Support […]

Back-to-School Education Support Haiti South, Haiti

Rising costs and limited access to basic supplies prevent many families from purchasing required textbooks and school supplies, putting children at risk of delayed enrollment, absenteeism, or early withdrawal from school. This initiative offers emergency education support to sponsored children in Haiti South, ensuring continuous learning during ongoing economic turmoil. This Back-to-School Education Support program […]

A Teenager Faces a Painful Medical Condition, Haiti

Funding request: $3,042.17 CAD Critical Need: CN-HHG0726 Sonder is a respectful and hardworking 17-year-old who values his education and dreams of building a brighter future. He is currently in Grade 11 and enjoys learning despite the many hardships his family faces. He lives with his parents in a small two-room house that lacks even basic […]

Back to School Across Our Sites: Where and When the School Bell Rings

students with a new desk in Kenya

For Canadians, Labour Day not only marks the end of summer, but also the start of a new school year. Teachers send out their school supplies lists, parents rush to ensure their children have everything they need before heading to class, and kids reluctantly say farewell to another fun-filled two months of summer break. While […]

Beyond Basic Needs: Honouring Individual Rights in Haiti and Kenya

Veronica and her siblings in Kenya

While government-granted individual rights vary across countries, on this annual Individual Rights Day (August 29), we are celebrating the fundamental, God-given rights of freedom, dignity, and self-determination inherent in every person. We often take these rights for granted living in safe, developed countries. However, across the 13 countries where Chalice operates — from conflict-filled Ukraine […]

Helping Dalensky Walk Toward a Brighter Future

Funding request: $2,705.68 CAD Critical Need: CN-HHJ0726 Dalensky is a quiet, thoughtful 10-year-old who loves reading and dreams of continuing his education. He lives with his mother and several relatives in a small two-room house where eight family members share limited space. With very little income and no steady employment in the household, the family […]

Celebrate Corpus Christi: Join Chalice for Sponsorship Weekend

This Sunday is especially meaningful — the Catholic Church celebrates Corpus Christi, a time when we reflect on Christ’s presence and generosity. At Chalice, the weekend is doubly special: it’s our Corpus Christi Sponsorship Weekend. Across parishes in Canada, volunteers will be sharing personal stories about the life-changing gift of child sponsorship and inviting parishioners […]

From Pain to Hope: A Young Man’s Fight to Walk Again Haiti South, Haiti

Funding request: $3,512.78 CAD Critical Need: CN-HHG0426 Kensley is a young man with a quiet determination and a strong sense of purpose. He is dedicated to his studies and actively supports his community, offering guidance to younger children and inspiring them through his example. Despite growing up in a family facing constant financial hardship, he […]