Category Archives: Through My Eyes

Sponsorship: Through Five Artist’s Eyes

By popular request, we’ve done something new this year. We’ve printed Christmas cards featuring artwork by sponsored youth, and one highly creative sponsor. You can get your set of ten cards for a donation here or by clicking the link below. Let’s meet the artists! All proceeds from Christmas card donations go to our Christmas […]

Sponsorship: Through Andy’s Eyes

Andy is eleven years old and has many, many enthusiasms. “l like to study a lot, I’m good at math, and I like to play soccer,” he begins as his list of interests and aptitudes. His zeal also extends to cereal with yogurt, helping his mother cook (and eat) lasagna, and anything to do with […]

Sponsorship: Through Hilary’s Eyes

Much has changed since Chalice staff first met Hilary. At the time, he was a four-year-old scamp who liked playing hide-and-seek with his sister, Jeniffer. They lived with their mother, Josphine, in a one-room mud house. Now twenty, and pursuing college, Hilary is contemplative about his childhood. “I am a kid raised by a single […]

Sponsorship: Through Jacqueline’s Eyes

“Since she was little,” says Don Bosco site worker Antonio, “Jacqueline has stood out, at school and at home, with her hands as a drawing artist.” Jacqueline grew up with her mother, Isabel, and two brothers. They live in a community where our Don Bosco sponsor site works. Our partners are a Salesian initiative; the […]

Sponsorship: Through Ruth’s Eyes

Ruth hails from a hilly, cool-climate region of western Kenya, known for its tea plantations. She and her three little brothers came into their grandmother, Hellen’s, care after their mother died in 2018. Hellen always wanted her grandchildren to succeed in school, but there were many barriers. In Kenya, education until high school is considered […]

Sponsorship: Through Kim’s Eyes

When Kim was asked to paint an image of ‘sponsorship,’ his mind filled with vibrant, joyous images. “The hot air balloon is the representation of Chalice for me,” says the 16-year-old artist. “It symbolizes hope, journey, love, and being light and free.” Kim was sponsored through our Tondo site in the Philippines when he was […]

Sponsorship: Through Jozantha’s Eyes

“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 […]

Sponsorship: Through Victoria’s Eyes

Victoria grew up with her parents, Natalia and Viktor, and two brothers. When she was just starting kindergarten, she was chosen by a Chalice sponsor, through our Pochaiv, Ukraine site. The sponsorship came at the perfect time. “At that time, her large family was going through very difficult times,” says Pochaiv staff. Natalia needed to […]

Sponsorship: Through Maximus’s Eyes

For Maximus, sponsorship is about family. He came to live at the Foyer Ecologique Pierre Salvetti orphanage, in Haiti, when he was nine years old. When he met Fr. Charles and the Sisters and staff at the orphanage, for the first time he met adults he could rely on. “His life changed since he came […]

Sponsorship: Through Karla’s eyes

Karla was the middle child, sandwiched between her brothers Donavin and Adam. Luckily, she got along with them well enough, especially when they could play soccer together. They grew up with their parents, Gerardo and Silveria, in an adobo house in a central Guatemalan city served by out Luis Amigo site. “It is a very […]