Funding request: $2,972.95 CAD Critical Need: CN-BSS0225 Margarita is 44 years old and lives with her three children and her husband, Miguel, in her parents’ home. Her two school-aged children, Rodrigo and Alejandra, are enjoying school with the support of a Chalice sponsor through our Guadalupe sponsor site. Miguel works sporadically as a carpenter, while […]
Tag Archives: health
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Apr
Apr
Attack survivor needs specialist eye care. Funding request: $4,002.40 CAD Critical Need: CN-KNK1124 Zakayo is a carpenter and a father of six children. Zakayo, 68, is a trained carpenter, and he tries to support his family with occasional, casual work in the city. His son, Willys, is sponsored through the Nairobi site. Zakayo was violently […]
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Apr
Apr
Christopher is the youngest of seventeen children in a big, blended family, “and was sponsored when he most needed it,” says Br. Marcelin, our Haiti South site director. He was six years old at the time. “He still remembers the moments of joy and happiness he has experienced with his family members at the time […]
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Oct
Oct
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 […]
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Oct
Oct
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 […]
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Sep
Sep
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, […]
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Aug
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, […]
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Jul
Jul
Nine-year-old Lucas Elías stays in good spirits even after a terrible bike accident. He was on his way to his classmate’s house near our Yapacaní sponsor site in Bolivia when he took a terrible fall and faced some serious injuries. Pictured in the wheelchair is Lucas Elías giving us a thumbs up. Although his recovery […]
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Jun
Jun
Children are big dreamers; their imaginations soar with endless possibilities like becoming a superhero, doctor, or astronaut. For Rupali, her visions were cut short when she was younger, she didn’t think further than her family’s basic needs. However, when Rupali received sponsorship through Chalice, she began envisioning her future differently.
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Jun
Jun
Aise’s mother and father were living every parent’s fear: not being able to feed their kids. Many children at our sponsor sites do not have a healthy diet, resulting in malnutrition, anemia, and other health concerns. Four-year-old Aise needed to improve her health after her nurse was concerned for her well being. Aise relied on […]