The day Silvia’s family lost everything, it felt as if the world had crumbled. The Cañete team acted quickly to bring them back from the ashes.
Tag Archives: Peru
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Sep
Sep
Several parents in Chiclayo, Peru, voiced their concern about their children and teens’ nutritional health back in 2022. They decided to put forward some of their sponsorship funds to bring in health professionals to run diagnostic tests on the children. “The result was alarming, and it was evident that many children presented notable signs of malnutrition, […]
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May
May
When the freshly elected Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, phones in our Chiclayo sponsor site in Peru began lighting up. Our colleagues Yolanda, Gladys, and all the sponsor site staff were giddy with excitement. There, dressed in the papal vestments, was their dear former bishop, collaborator, and admired friend. […]
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May
May
“Luis has been turning heads in the Chiclayo site since he could barely walk. Now 10 years old, Luis has been sponsored through Chalice since he was three “and has shown great effort to stand out,” site staff write.
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Sep
Sep
Roxana, mother of Adriano, a child in our Chiclayo site in Peru, isn’t afraid of stereotypes. In her community, women don’t become motorcycle mechanics, but Roxana did. Every day, she goes to work with pride, knowing that she is now able to provide for her two-year-old son. Adriano stays with Roxana’s mother while she’s tuning up […]
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Apr
Apr
Strong values, emotional awareness, and leadership abilities are developing in a young child – Jorge. Thanks to the Grow program offered in our Chiclayo site, Jorge participated in the “Regional Assembly of Children and Adolescents.”
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Feb
Feb
Alfajores are a beloved dessert in Peru. Two light and flaky cookies filled with dulce de leche, or a traditional blancmange cream, or both! You’ll need a rolling pin and a circular cookie cutter.
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Feb
Feb
The Cañete site in Peru runs the Santa Ana soup kitchen, which is attended daily by numerous children, teens, and adults. Most of them struggle with food insecurity and have signs of malnutrition and anemia.
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Dec
Dec
If we asked you to associate one word with Christmas, what would it be? Maybe light, togetherness, or food. Whatever it is, it likely wouldn’t be ‘loneliness’. Yet that’s the prospect parents at our Chiclayo sponsor site in Peru were faced with last year, when COVID-19 restrictions ruled out in-person gatherings. Parents at the site, however, were […]
04
Aug
Aug
Nerves have a way of fogging up your brain and making you forget things like your bank password. Cecilia, a lover mother of three, has figured out a strategy. She repeats her password, and that way, she always remembers. Before encountering Chalice and its sponsors, Cecilia never thought a bank card was in reach. “…I […]
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