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Pan-Seared Jalapeño-Strawberry Chicken

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This delicious summer recipe offers the best of both worlds—a little spice with just the right sweetness. With pan-seared chicken breasts, a chipotle-strawberry sauce, and fresh jalapeño-strawberry salsa to top it off, this recipe will no doubt become a family favorite. Choose your side—rice, roasted baby potatoes, sweet potatoes, or even your favorite pasta—and this […]

New Desks, Big Smiles

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Built in the 1930s through the efforts of Catholic missionaries, St. Paul’s Primary School was the first elementary school in Nandom. Now more than 90 years old, it faces many challenges, including an obvious lack of furniture. Despite being very eager to learn, without desks or chairs, students were sitting on the bare concrete floor […]

Timely Second Chances

At our Konta, Ghana, site, Tong was in overwhelming pain. Doctors quickly diagnosed him with an inguinal hernia. The intensifying pain in his abdomen made working difficult and even performing life’s simple daily activities challenging. Knowing that the cost of surgery was out of reach for his family, Tong felt helpless, unsure of where to […]

Fully Stocked and Moving Forward

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After the sudden death of her husband from a heart attack, Alosiyus was left to support her two children with no income. Her relatives, also from the Tamil Nadu, India, site, could not help her despite her dire situation, as they, too, were struggling. With no job in sight and her children looking to their […]

A Father’s Foundation: How Sponsorship Rewrites a Family’s Story

Brian was just a teenager when he lost his parents. To keep his younger siblings afloat, he dropped out of school in grade eight to do heavy casual labor on construction sites. It was exhausting work, but it introduced him to welding. He picked up the trade fast, but he could never scrape together the […]

From struggle to stability thanks to Sponsorship

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Gunasree’s life was transformed after joining the sponsorship program in 2014. The family’s journey was not easy. They struggled to cover the educational expenses of their two daughters and were unsure how they would continue. Like a ray of light breaking through the darkness, the Chalice sponsorship program enrolled both girls, and they were soon […]

Empowering Mothers in Juakali: A Story of Skills, Strength, and New Beginnings

In the Juakali community at Chalice’s Baraka site in Kenya, a tailoring training center for local women has opened new doors of opportunity and independence. With support through Chalice’s Gift Catalog, 25 women began training in knitting and tailoring, beginning a new chapter of hope with the promise of brighter futures for themselves and their […]

Vallary is pedaling towards hope in rural Kenya  

Vallary is pedaling towards hope in rural Kenya  

In a quiet village near a meandering river lives 16-year-old Vallary. Every morning before the sun rises, Vallary begins her long, tiring journey to school. Barefoot and determined, she walks over 6 kilometers along dusty, uneven paths just to reach her classroom. By the time she arrives at school, Vallary is already exhausted. Her concentration […]

How One Gift Transformed a Farmer’s Future in Yuornuur, Ghana

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In 2018, one acre of cashew seedlings planted more than trees in Yuornuur, Ghana — it planted hope. What began as a simple gift grew into financial stability for Saamana and inspired farmers across his village to embrace sustainable agriculture.