Tag Archives: health

Warm Welcome At Njiru Health Centre

Health centres near our sites help families by improving access to medical services. Njiru Health Centre, in Kenya, opened in 2007. The centre opened as a dispensary serving the underprivileged communities in Nairobi’s dense urban neighbourhoods. These are the same communities served by Chalice’s Nairobi sponsor site. In the intervening years, Njiru has become an […]

Marioli’s cataract surgery, Tukuy, Bolivia

Marioli’s cataract surgery, Tukuy, Bolivia

Funding Request: $2,006.43 CAD  Critical Need: CNBTC0924  Marioli is thirteen years old and lives with her parents, Flora and Daniel, and their six-year-old grandson, Fernando. Marioli was born with Down Syndrome and experiences seizures frequently enough that she prefers to move about by crawling instead of risking a fall.  Her Chalice sponsor through our Tukuy […]

Stefaniya’s treatment and caregiver support, Ternopil, Ukraine

Stefaniya's treatment and caregiver support, Ternopil, Ukraine

Funding Request: $2,226.08 CAD  Critical Need: CNUTT1024  Stefaniya is 75 years old and the mother-in-law of Lyubov, Chalice’s fieldworker covering sponsored children in the Borschiv district of the Ternopil region. Stefaniya has lived alone in her small house since her husband Stepan passed away two years ago. Lyubov and her husband, Ivan, visit every day […]

Romeo’s chemotherapy treatment and surgery, Orissa, India

Romeo’s chemotherapy treatment and surgery, Orissa, India

Funding Request: $3,142.56 CAD  Critical Need: CNIOM0824  Romeo lives with his parents, Ashuli and Kaziini, and his two younger sisters near our Orissa site in northern India. His parents work on other families’ farms, but they do not have land of their own. His sisters, Rakuzhiiro and Adaziini, are both studying with the great help […]

Favor’s surgery, Mombasa, Kenya

Favor's surgery, Mombasa, Kenya

Funding Request: $6,605.50 CAD  Critical Need: CNKMC1024C  Lilian raised her four children on her own in a suburb of Mombasa, on Kenya’s ocean coast. Her youngest of the four is Favor, who has the support of a Chalice sponsor through our Mombasa site.   At 11 years old, Favor is in grade five. When Favor was […]

Lawrence’s hospitalization and treatment, Nairobi, Kenya

Lawrence’s hospitalization and treatment, Nairobi, Kenya

Funding Request: $2,579.50 CAD Critical Need: CNKNK0924  Lawrence, aged 82, is a loving father and grandfather. He cares for two of his grandchildren, Andrew and Yawaniter, who are sponsored by Chalice through our Nairobi site. He is currently living in a village outside of the capital after many years of working as a casual laborer […]

Sandra’s medical tests and rheumatoid arthritis treatment, Amanecer, Bolivia

Sandra's medical tests and rheumatoid arthritis treatment, Amanecer, Bolivia

Funding Request: $3,203.35 CAD Critical Need: CNBAC0924  Sandra is a resilient single mother of four. Her three school-aged boys are sponsored through Chalice’s Amanecer site in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Sandra, 50, has lived with debilitating arthritic pain for six years. Her health prevents her from finding work that meets the country’s minimum wage requirements. When she […]

World Food Day!

World Food Day! World Food Day raises awareness about the challenges of food insecurity. Most of the world’s hungry live in developing countries. Chalice donors helped fill plates around the world by becoming lunch buddies. Our Amanecer sponsor site is in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Chalice has partnered with the Amanecer Religious Foundation since 2004. The Foundation […]

Healing Through Your Kindness

Chalice’s Saida sponsor site is the town of Gilgil in Kenya. Children look forward to learning, but the worry of what students would bring for lunch was a concern for many. The Saidia site staff, and the teachers, know that the children are arriving at school hungry. Students’ education is the beginning of their future, […]

Full stomachs and focused students

Chalice’s Saida sponsor site is the town of Gilgil in Kenya. Children look forward to learning, but the worry of what students would bring for lunch was a concern for many. The Saidia site staff, and the teachers, know that the children are arriving at school hungry. Students’ education is the beginning of their future, […]