Jhoselin overcame financial struggles, motherhood, and many challenges to achieve her dream of becoming a social worker, supported by her sponsors and family.
Tag Archives: child sponsorship
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Sep
Sep
Today, Diyoni can discuss the world economy with confidence. But growing up, the everyday math was much simpler. In her family, there was just never enough. Sponsorship changed that. Diyoni grew up with her parents, Mariyammal and Periyanayagam, and her two older siblings in a village in south-central India. Despite their hard work as agricultural […]
02
Jul
Jul
Meet the trailblazer from rural Kenya who became her family’s first university graduate. Joyce looks around her village – even her own family – and knows she was granted an extraordinary opportunity. The fifth of her parents seven children, Joyce grew up in a tiny community in Kitui county, where Chalice’s Mercy Care site is […]
Chalice’s Corpus Christi is booked and busy in June, which is when most of its child sponsorship appeals in parishes take place. Child sponsorship appeals are when a deacon or priest gives a talk about Chalice at Mass. The church holding the appeal is sent booklets of children available for sponsorship, which are displayed in […]
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Jun
Jun
Throughout June 2023, but especially the 10th and 11th, Chalice volunteers across Canada were abuzz with activity. As the Church celebrated the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we carried out our second annual Corpus Christi sponsorship weekend event. More than 400 volunteers mobilized to run a sponsorship weekend in one of 168 […]
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Apr
Apr
At 24, Gracy can look back on her childhood and education and see they were rich with valuable lessons. She discovered “the importance of perseverance, the power of second chances, and the need to believe in oneself, even when the path seems difficult.” Gracy is sponsored through Chalice’s Neema Sponsor Site in Tanzania, a gift […]
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Feb
Feb
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 […]
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Jan
Jan
The power of sponsorship is ensuring a child’s education isn’t something they have to leave behind. Sponsoring a child supports them through education and your belief in them inspires them to work harder. María Jesús is a mother of four girls, aged six to 24, two of whom are sponsored through Chalice’s Yapacaní site. Eight […]
08
Jan
Jan
Sponsorship means everything to a child in need. Sponsoring a child shows them that their future truly matters. Thanks to sponsorship, Sirisha, now 21, was able to rise above her limitations and allowed her to start dreaming of a career that used to seem out of reach. Sirisha grew up with her parents and her […]
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Jun
Jun
Daryna grew up knowing her way around hospitals. As a little girl, she was constantly sick with a kidney condition. But this inspired her passion for medicine – she wanted to make a difference. Although the hospital was not her ideal setting as a child, her time there gave her a firm goal in life: […]