Chalice wants to ensure that the good works you have begun can carry on for generations, which is why we invite you to consider leaving a gift in your Will to continue your heartfelt generosity. Chalice only exists because of your heart for the poor, your heart for children, and your heart for love. Your […]
Category Archives: Kenya
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Our Nairobi sponsor site works with many families living with the daily deprivations of informal neighbourhoods, or slums. Through the gift catalogue, families are finding novel and inventive ways to achieve greater things for their families. Seven women from two of the Kenyan capital’s most marginalized communities have made significant strides towards economic independence, thanks […]
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Funding Request: $7,852.55 CAD Critical Need: CNKBN0225 Jedidah is a single mother of two who provides for her family as a casual labourer. Her nine-year-old son Elvis was born with cerebral palsy, and she sometimes struggles to afford his hygiene and continence produces. Elvis has been blessed by a Chalice sponsor through the Baraka site […]
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Attack survivor needs specialist eye care. Funding request: $4,002.40 CAD Critical Need: CN-KNK1124 Zakayo is a carpenter and a father of six children. Zakayo, 68, is a trained carpenter, and he tries to support his family with occasional, casual work in the city. His son, Willys, is sponsored through the Nairobi site. Zakayo was violently […]
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Wilson, Chalice staff, Canada “To say to the captives, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’ When I read this verse, one question comes to mind: What are the areas in my life where I still feel captive or lost in darkness? When the people of Israel were in exile, feeling abandoned, God’s […]
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Kate, Chalice staff, Canada Jesus is the parable-teller extraordinaire. (I wish there were a word for this Parabalist? Parabonteur? Alas.) He’s virtuosic at the art of crafting his earth-shattering Messianic into a story that his particular audience that day can understand. If they’re a bunch of farmers, he speaks of seeds and soil. If labourers, […]
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Every drop counts on World Water Day. While many of us can walk to the kitchen and turn on a tap, families at our sponsor sites travel long distances in search of water for household use. Thanks to Chalice’s generous donors, communities around the world are gaining access to clean, safe water. Our Lady of […]
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Giving special money is just that… special. In 2023 at our Meru sponsor site in Kenya, nearly 250 children received gifts of special money from their sponsors. For many, it is an exciting opportunity to get things they have been hoping for, whether it is school supplies, clothes, or even food for their families. Imagine […]
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The young women graduating from Starehe Girls Centre are brimming with potential for laudable careers. These gifted and motivated students are ready to become engineers, doctors, lawyers, architects, and leaders of tomorrow’s Kenya. But for many, university tuition is an insurmountable barrier. “Most students are from families that are not able to pay their […]
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Elizabeth and Ezekiel raised four children in the coastal Mombasa community in Kenya. The couple worked hard as daily wage labourers to provide for their children, but they couldn’t afford the basic needs. When their eldest, Moses, was ready to start primary school, they weren’t sure how they would cover the fees. School was a […]