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: Paraguay
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Oct
Oct
At Chalice Pukavy site, Paraguay, many families live in poor living conditions and lack basic necessities. For larger single-parent families, it’s even more challenging. Living near Pukavy is Beatriz, a mother of three daughters who also lives with her brother and mother.
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Aug
Aug
Every day, about 100 children visit the Open Centre in our CMAVIL site in Paraguay. The centre offers social recreation, after-school homework assistance, and a lunch program. Evelin is a three-year-old child who lives with her mom, Diana, and two older sisters. “Evelin is the youngest of the three,” Sr. Miguela describes, “and when we […]
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Jun
Jun
Nine-year-old Luz Navila is an energetic, happy girl who lives with her family near our Pukavy site in Paraguay. When she was very little, she was diagnosed with Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy- which created an obstruction in her upper airways. Luz Navila spent much of her young life in the hospital. Luz Navila’s parents and doctors treated […]
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Dec
Dec
When Christmas comes, it seems that the whole world has a birthday,” writes the staff at our CMAVIL sponsor site in Paraguay. “In every house children and adults prepare the party: some set up a manger with a small child, others also decorate a tree with lights and stars. The streets and houses sparkle with […]
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May
May
You know how it goes: you sponsor a child until they reach adulthood, and then they go off to have a successful career.
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Apr
Apr
When women are given opportunities, they are unstoppable. And who knows that better than mother-of-three Lorenza? This enterprising mother lives near our Ayolas site in Paraguay, and is fortunate two of her children, Cesar David and Rodrigo Ariel, have Chalice sponsors. Lorenza “faces difficulties with courage”, our site staff write, while sharing the values of […]
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Mar
Mar
From just a young age, Calex had a front row-seat into what it means to be successful. Hailing from near our Don Bosco site in Paraguay, he used to accompany his mother and father while they sold straws and brooms. At age 10, Calex was fortunate to be selected by a kind Chalice sponsor, […]
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Jul
Jul
Tobias and his little brother Andrew share games like any other siblings, but something makes then unique, too. In their family, the younger Andrew watches out for the older Tobias. Tobias lives with his parents and brother in a community near our Don Bosco site, where his parents take great care to keep him healthy. […]
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Defying all odds and surprising his doctors at every turn, Vladimir is a fighter. When he was born three months premature near our sponsor site in Asunción, Paraguay, Vladimir’s loving and faithful mother and grandmother were told upon his discharge from the hospital that he would likely only survive for a short eight months. The […]
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