Tag Archives: education

Education Support and Teacher Retention Haiti North, Haiti

At our Haiti North site, which includes two subsites, soaring prices and critical shortages of everyday goods have put essential school supplies out of reach for local families. Without the required textbooks and learning materials, vulnerable children face severe barriers to education, leading to delayed enrollment, frequent absenteeism, and higher dropout rates. The Education Support […]

Back-to-School Education Support Haiti South, Haiti

Rising costs and limited access to basic supplies prevent many families from purchasing required textbooks and school supplies, putting children at risk of delayed enrollment, absenteeism, or early withdrawal from school. This initiative offers emergency education support to sponsored children in Haiti South, ensuring continuous learning during ongoing economic turmoil. This Back-to-School Education Support program […]

How Reading and Writing Are Transforming Adult Lives in Kenya

adult learners in Kenya

Imagine how you would function in today’s world if you didn’t know how to read or write. Every aspect of our daily lives relies on being able to understand and communicate through reading and writing — and even doing simple math. When you add in our growing digital world, without these skills, you would simply […]

Beyond Basic Needs: Honouring Individual Rights in Haiti and Kenya

Veronica and her siblings in Kenya

While government-granted individual rights vary across countries, on this annual Individual Rights Day (August 29), we are celebrating the fundamental, God-given rights of freedom, dignity, and self-determination inherent in every person. We often take these rights for granted living in safe, developed countries. However, across the 13 countries where Chalice operates — from conflict-filled Ukraine […]

International Youth Day: Different Contexts, Common Aspirations

International Youth Day young girl graduation in Ghana

This International Youth Day — Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — reminds us that while young men and women across the globe live in vastly different realities, their dreams and aspirations remain the same. Today’s youth are seeking meaningful opportunities: access to education, dignified work, community involvement, and, above all, a voice in shaping their own […]

New Desks, Big Smiles

STUDENTS OF ST PAUL’S TAKING LESSONS ON THEIR DESKS Ghana

Built in the 1930s through the efforts of Catholic missionaries, St. Paul’s Primary School was the first elementary school in Nandom. Over 90 years old now, it faces many challenges, including an obvious lack of furniture. Despite being very eager to learn, without desks or chairs, students were sitting on the bare concrete floor during […]

National Opportunity Day: An Investment in Young Futures

For many North American high school graduates, simply deciding on a career path can feel overwhelming because of the endless options open to them. But for youth in the communities we support, from Bolivia, Ukraine, and India to Haiti, Tanzania, and beyond, the opportunity to attend a trade school or university can feel like an […]

Stitching a Brighter Future: How Nadia is Designing Her Own Destiny

Nadia with her instructor in Paraguay

On this 10th anniversary of World Youth Skills Day, help us celebrate Nadia, an incredibly talented and exceptionally enthusiastic Grade 12 student living in Villeta, Paraguay. At just 17, Nadia is skipping lunch and racing straight from her high school classes to a sewing machine to ensure a future of her own design. Like so […]

From School Lunches to Big Dreams: Where They Are Now

India graduation

Nabisa’s 12-Year Journey From the third grade to graduating with her Bachelor of Commerce, Nabisa is proof that perseverance, an unwavering focus on education, and the generosity of sponsors like you can make dreams come true. Nabisa’s family, from our Bangalore, India site, faced immense financial challenges. Raised by a single mother alongside her two […]