Tag Archives: surgery

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 […]

John’s craniectomy surgery, Orissa, India

Funding Request: $1,312.24 CAD Critical Need: CNIOP0924  John is 27 years old, the eldest of his four sisters and one brother. Two of his sisters are attending school with the support of Chalice sponsors and the Orissa site. John only had the opportunity to study to grade eleven and entered the workforce to support his […]

Vasyl’s kyphoscoliosis corrective surgery, Ternopil, Ukraine

Funding Request: $9,792.88 CAD Critical Need: CNUTM1024 Vasyl is 16 years old and lives with his family of seven in a village within our Ternopil site region. A cheerful and sociable soul, he has been blessed with a Chalice sponsor since he was four years old. After completing grade nine, he entered agricultural college and […]

Arockiasamy cranial surgery after traffic accident, Tamil, India

Funding Request: $8,354.41 CAD Critical Need: CN-ITP0824 Arockiasamy is the 67-year-old grandfather of sponsored child Jaikar. He lives with his wife, his son Augustin, and his grandson in our Tamil site in India. Jaikar is Deaf and his Chalice sponsor is a significant help for his family because he has ongoing medical needs. In June […]

Dayamani’s back surgery, Nellore, India

Funding Request: $4,807.20 CAD Critical Need: CNINK0824B Dayamani is the mother of a sponsored boy named Chandu, who was born with physical and cognitive disabilities. Her husband, Mani, is a daily wage electrician. Dayamani, 32, devotes herself to Chandu’s home-based care. For a year, Dayamani, was experiencing a low back ache that was radiating to […]

Vanitha’s Surgery, Tamil, India

Funding Request: $1,990.51 CAD Critical Need: CNITM0724 In April 2024, Vanitha had severe body and stomach pain. Her fever was alarming, so her parents took her to the hospital. A blood test confirmed she had typhoid fever. The doctors began treatment. While her fever subsided, her severe stomach pain persisted. Her doctors ran a scan and discovered […]