Funding request: $1,208.27 CAD Critical Need: CN-KBB0326 Patrick is a bright and creative twelve-year-old boy who dreams of living like other children his age. He enjoys drawing and art at school and is known for his cheerful spirit and love for his family. As the youngest twin in his family, Patrick shares a close bond […]
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Mar
Funding request: $2,333.16 CAD Critical Need: CN-ITK0226 For many years, Josh has worked tirelessly as a daily-wage laborer, doing whatever work she could find to support her family. Despite her age, she continues to take on physically demanding tasks through government labor programs and agricultural work so she can help provide for her household. Her […]
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Mar
Funding request: $11,389.40 CAD Critical Need: CN-TMM0226 Philmon is a hardworking and determined student who dreams of becoming a teacher one day. He enjoys playing football and helping his family with gardening whenever he is at home. Despite living in difficult circumstances, he remains focused on his education and hopeful about building a brighter future.Philmon […]
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Feb
Funding request: $10,416.38 CAD Critical Need: CN-KBN0226 On the morning of January 5th, 2026, a devastating fire swept through a cluster of timber rental houses in Ragati Village near Mount Kenya Forest. Within a short time, seven homes were reduced to ashes. Among the affected families was 11-year-old Alex and his family. Alex is a […]
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Feb
Feb
Funding request: $6,398.81 CAD Critical Need: CN-HSS0226 Christa is a 22-year-old young woman with a generous heart and a quiet strength that inspires those around her. She lives at the Pierre Salvetti Girls’ Transition House in Port-au-Prince, where she is not only a resident but also a mentor and friend to many younger girls. As […]
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Aug
David is a lively 9-year-old bursting with creativity and a love for singing. His family can’t imagine him not talking, crooning, or socializing. He happily goes to class, grateful for the support of his sponsor through our Nairobi site in Kenya. David was born with a dark mark on his tongue, and his parents, Gerald […]
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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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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
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 […]
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, […]