Funding Request: $3,142.56 CAD Critical Need: CNIOM0824 Romeo lives with his parents, Ashuli and Kaziini, and his two younger sisters near our Orissa site in northern India. His parents work on other families’ farms, but they do not have land of their own. His sisters, Rakuzhiiro and Adaziini, are both studying with the great help […]
Category Archives: India
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Oct
Oct
“Peace of our Lord Jesus remain to you all,” says 16-year-old Jozantha. Jozantha was sponsored in February 2023, when she was in grade nine at a Catholic high school in Goa, India. “Right from the beginning, I was very excited,” she says. Now she gets to attend after-school social activities with other sponsored children and […]
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Sep
Funding Request: $32,295.13 CAD Project Code: DFIMM0924 As August crossed into September, a low-pressure system from the Bay of Bengal intensified a period of heavy rains that were already devastating parts of southern India. The region of Chalice’s Mangalagiri sponsor site saw the heaviest rainfall recorded in fifty years. It triggered a deadly landslide, and two […]
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Sep
Sep
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, […]
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Aug
Aug
Funding Request: $8,354.41 CAD Critical Need: CN-ITP0824 Arockiasamy is the 67-year-old grandfather of sponsored child Jaikar. He lives with his wife, his son Augustin, and his grandson in our Tamil site in India. Jaikar is Deaf and his Chalice sponsor is a significant help for his family because he has ongoing medical needs. In June […]
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Aug
Aug
Funding Request: $3,842.45 CAD Critical Need: CNINK0824 VP is 16 years old and lives with his parents and his sister. He is very grateful to his Chalice sponsor and the Nellore site to be able to continue his studies, despite living with chronic conditions. Recently, VP has been experiencing severe pain in his right ear. […]
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Aug
Aug
Funding Request: $4,807.20 CAD Critical Need: CNINK0824B Dayamani is the mother of a sponsored boy named Chandu, who was born with physical and cognitive disabilities. Her husband, Mani, is a daily wage electrician. Dayamani, 32, devotes herself to Chandu’s home-based care. For a year, Dayamani, was experiencing a low back ache that was radiating to […]
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Jul
Mongam, a twenty-one-year-old from India, had dreamed about his future since childhood. He envisioned a career in medical studies, but he understood that his family’s financial situation meant his parents wouldn’t be able to afford it.
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Jul
Funding Request: $1,990.51 CAD Critical Need: CNITM0724 In April 2024, Vanitha had severe body and stomach pain. Her fever was alarming, so her parents took her to the hospital. A blood test confirmed she had typhoid fever. The doctors began treatment. While her fever subsided, her severe stomach pain persisted. Her doctors ran a scan and discovered […]
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Jul
Jul
Funding Request: $1,194.44 CAD Critical Need: CNITP0724 Latha is a mother of three young adults: Abitha, a nurse; Santhiran, engaged in daily wage work after completing his welder course; and Abinaya, a BA student supported by the sponsorship program. Latha is still the primary breadwinner, supporting them as an agricultural daily wage worker. Latha’s surgery, […]