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How Special Money Creates Lasting Change

Giving special money is just that… special. In 2023 at our Meru sponsor site in Kenya, nearly 250 children received gifts of special money from their sponsors. For many, it is an exciting opportunity to get things they have been hoping for, whether it is school supplies, clothes, or even food for their families. Imagine […]

Beatriz makes her wooden house into a brick home in Paraguay

At Chalice Pukavy site, Paraguay, many families live in poor living conditions and lack basic necessities. For larger single-parent families, it’s even more challenging. Living near Pukavy is Beatriz, a mother of three daughters who also lives with her brother and mother.

A dignified house for a family in India

Having your own house in a developing country is mostly impossible. Mathani, her husband, and 5 children lived in a deficient house near our Nellore site in India. The family constantly worried about the rain, insects – or even reptiles – coming into their little hut.  Their house required extensive repairs that the family could […]

How sponsorship funds help a mother to build her own house

As a mother who grew up in extreme poverty, Florence doesn’t shy away from truth, even when it’s difficult.   She was married and by the time she was 33 years old, she was a widow. She and her four young children lived in rural Kenya, near Chalice’s Mikinduri sponsor site.