In his letter to the faithful for World Day of the Poor, the Holy Father points to the marginal places that offer the most promise for tomorrow’s world.
Category Archives: Peru
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Oct
Oct
When it comes to generosity, you can really bleat expectations when you give one of 13 new goat characters through our gift catalogue. These charming animated goats will put a smile on your face while giving children and families the items they need most.
The day Silvia’s family lost everything, it felt as if the world had crumbled. The Cañete team acted quickly to bring them back from the ashes.
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Sep
Sep
Several parents in Chiclayo, Peru, voiced their concern about their children and teens’ nutritional health back in 2022. They decided to put forward some of their sponsorship funds to bring in health professionals to run diagnostic tests on the children. “The result was alarming, and it was evident that many children presented notable signs of malnutrition, […]
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May
May
When the freshly elected Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, phones in our Chiclayo sponsor site in Peru began lighting up. Our colleagues Yolanda, Gladys, and all the sponsor site staff were giddy with excitement. There, dressed in the papal vestments, was their dear former bishop, collaborator, and admired friend. […]
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Mar
Mar
Kate, Chalice staff, Canada I recently read a paper published by a real estate listings website. It analyzed the most popular words in listings by price segment – under a million, between one and five million, and over five million. For the average homebuyer, the most popular word was ‘beautiful.’ For the middle category, it […]
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Dec
Dec
It’s time for an Advent countdown! Pope Francis has announced that the 2025 Jubilee Year will focus on one powerful theme- Hope. In preparation for this special year, he has asked us to pray and prepare our hearts throughout 2024. And with all the Christmas chaos…. a little extra dose of hope in the weeks […]
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Aug
Aug
Chalice’s site directors are passionate about uplifting their communities and keeping families healthy. Our Chiclayo site worker who organizes the nutrition program, Ludi, says “by empowering families, we empower future generations.” Families near our Chiclayo site live in low-income neighbourhoods. They are more vulnerable to food insecurity because they do not have the financial resources […]
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May
May
“Luis has been turning heads in the Chiclayo site since he could barely walk. Now 10 years old, Luis has been sponsored through Chalice since he was three “and has shown great effort to stand out,” site staff write.
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Mar
Mar
José Manuel could not brush it off. As the recent high school grad listened to a vocational guidance workshop the thought of becoming a barber started to grow on him. This is precisely what the Cañete sponsor site staff hoped would happen. They had designed the workshop to help guide sponsored high school students and […]