SHIPMENT FEEDBACK

While Zambia’s cities are steadily growing economically, up to 78% of Zambians in rural areas are still living in poverty. Simply finding enough to eat each day is a daily struggle for many, so further needs like education, vocational training and reliable employment are difficult to meet.

“What a joy filled our hearts when we saw the truck!” – NGO staff

This shipment injected renewed hope into the programmes run by our partners in rural Zambia, such as supporting community schools, people with HIV and bridging the digital divide with computer education. Computers from Crossroads enabled them to set up an internet café, which is now offering much-needed community services like printing, photocopying and typing, as well as training youth in computer skills and giving local people a place to access to the internet.

“As a result of the shipment, we were able to open an internet café in the community.”

Clothing: Community caregivers have adopted striped dresses from Crossroads’ shipment as their uniform, when they make their rounds visiting clients in villages.

 

IT equipment: Computers from Crossroads have set up an internet café, empowering local youth in computer skills, as well as giving the community a place to access the internet, printing and photocopying, supporting local businesses.

 

Blankets and bedding: 14 year old Monica lives with her brother, aged 22. Their parents died, leaving them battling to make a life for themselves. “On behalf of my family I would like to send appreciation for remembering us in this cold season by giving us blankets,” she said.

 

Books and toys: “As a result of this shipment,” wrote our partners, “our children now have the opportunity to learn how to read. In this part of the world, reading culture is very poor. Thanks to the books, toys and musical instruments, the number of children in this school programme has more than doubled.

 

A corporate team from BNP Paribas worked hard to load the shipment in Hong Kong.

 

Other goods were distributed to some of the area’s most vulnerable, like blankets, clothes, books, school supplies and shoes to 509 orphans and vulnerable children and 350 impoverished families. We’re grateful to all who helped us invest in the future of this Zambian community.


FURTHER IMPACT

“What joy filled our hearts when we saw the truck!” said our partners. The much-anticipated arrival of the container was a day of excitement for the community.

 

70 year old Bettina has lost all 6 of her children and is left with no relatives to support her. She appreciates the ongoing care of Crossroads’ partners, and received a blanket and other goods from this shipment.

 

These community workers visit people living with HIV to offer care, counselling and advice on nutrition. Bicycles from Crossroads’ shipment are helping them visit HIV-affected villagers, sometimes transporting them by bike to their medical appointments.  

 

Widows and elderly people can be left highly vulnerable when younger, stronger family members and breadwinners die of HIV-related diseases. Goods from this shipment helped our partners give much-needed necessities to impoverished, vulnerable elderly in the community.

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SHIPMENT FEEDBACK

The village of Eyangntui in Cameroon is one of the most remote and disadvantaged communities in the region. People make a living through small-scale farming or petty trading, and young people grow up feeling they have little hope of rising out of poverty.

“Before the shipment, we lacked school chairs, desks, office furniture and stationary items. We were unable to supply relief items to communities in crises.”  – NGO staff

We shipped to an NGO in Cameroon, staffed by local people seeking to invest in their region’s youth. They run vocational training with courses like computer skills and tailoring, and they offer health services to communities like Eyangntui that lack formal health clinics. The shipment arrived in 2013, but now, several years later, we have received further feedback from our partners showing the longer-term impact that this capital investment of goods has made.

The container arrives in rural Cameroon, loaded with furniture, clothes, stationery, wheelchairs and other supplies.

 

In communities with high unemployment, young people are desperate for training in job skills. School furniture, AV equipment, office furniture and stationery have equipped this vocational training centre so that 50 new students each year can access life-changing skills and support to find work. 

 

“Now, our vocational training centre has chairs and desks, our library has good books, orphans, widows and families in need received relief items from the shipment.”

“The school furniture has helped us to accommodate 50 new students each year in our vocational training centre,” they wrote. Clothing and household goods were an immense help to people struggling without basic essentials. “1,500 people have received items for personal and household use, and now we have carried out football for social change programs which changed the lives of 4,000 people.”

Wheelchairs from the shipment helped several people with disabilities find mobility for the first time, and goods for school students have also helped keep children in school. “Our outreach provided 200 orphans and vulnerable children with school needs such as school bags, stationary items which enable them to attend school and function effectively in class,” they wrote.

Medical supplies such as first aid kits and mattresses were gratefully received, with some items never seen before in their communities. Thank you for helping us to invest in the health and future of communities in Cameroon.


Members of the village women’s association work tirelessly to improve life for their children and their village community, but they do so with very few resources. “They lacked good bags,” wrote staff. “They didn’t have durable cooking utensils, and they didn’t have stationery for their correspondence. The shipment from Crossroads provided some of these much-needed items, thanks to donations of goods from Hong Kong partners.

“Through the shipment our humanitarian outreach provided 200 orphans and vulnerable children with school needs such as school bags and stationery items which enabled them to attend school and function effectively in class.” – NGO staff

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SHIPMENT FEEDBACK

In the region of Kenya that received this shipment, 65% of people in live on less than $1/day. Most of the 850,000 inhabitants are peasant farmers, owners of small, informal businesses that bring in very little income, or unemployed. Young people in the slum areas are largely unemployed and in desperate need of training and income-generating projects.

“Job-creation among the youth is needed due to the high population without jobs leading to alcoholism, drug-addiction, and high rate of early pregnancies, HIV/AIDS and desperation among them. Sports or recreation project would assist the youth.” – NGO staff

Crossroads’ partner in Kenya asked us for a container of goods that would help them continue their work, and expand their various programs in the slums of Kisumu and surrounding areas.

Since the shipment was received, hundreds of lives have been touched both directly and indirectly.

Before our NGO partner had to hire office equipment, but after receiving the shipment they now have their own office furniture and office equipment.

 

Impact of the shipment:

  • Computers allowed a training centre to be set up.
  • Hospital beds distributed to a community health centre have meant more people can be admitted and have their own bed, rather than patients sharing two to a bed.
  • Clothes and shoes were distributed to over 300 families, and hygiene items such as toothbrushes were given to school children.

CROSSROADS COMPUTERS OPEN DOORS FOR YOUTH

Charles often feels like he’s fighting a losing battle. He’s a youth worker with Kenyan young people, and each day he sees teens and young men who have fallen into crime, drug dealing and drug abuse because they have nothing to do, and no money to live on.

Charles dreamed of starting a computer centre for training and job creation, to help these youth find a different way to live, but he didn’t have the resources to buy equipment like computers and furniture. When Crossroads’ shipment arrived, Charles finally had the goods needed for the project. He’s now training and employed youth from the community, giving them new opportunities, and showing them they can hope for something more than a hand-to-mouth existence.

A total of 30 youths from the community are full-members of the centre for skills training to prepare them for jobs and an income.

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SHIPMENT FEEDBACK

It is estimated that just over a third of Cameroon’s population live below the poverty line, with many people having to survive on less than US$1 per day. In the face of this poverty, healthcare has become a serious issue, and Cameroonians frequently face difficulties accessing medical services due to inadequate facilities, a lack of health centres and unaffordable fees. Furthermore, as is often the case in areas stricken by poverty, children in Cameroon are amongst the most affected. Across the country the child labour rate is high, particularly in rural areas, and many children are missing out on the opportunity to attend school and engage in stimulating play and recreation activities.

Our NGO partners are working in Cameroon to help address these challenges. They are involved with supplying goods and offering support to a wide range of poverty alleviation and healthcare initiatives, all of which have benefitted from the shipment that was sent out by Crossroads.

“Cameroonians are used to donors dumping stuff on them that is no longer useful. But getting brand new boots? Oh, I wish you all could see the smiles on their faces!” – NGO Director

The goods that our partners received have already been put to use producing lasting benefits for many communities; clothing and household goods have been distributed to vulnerable families, office equipment has been used to improve NGO facilities, and books, toys and games have been provided to children who had previously had none. Perhaps the most significant impact of the shipment, however, has been to allow the completion of a specialist children’s ward in the Buea Hospital. The hospital beds, oxygen concentrators and neonatal beds that were sent by Crossroads have saved the hospital almost US$20,000 and were very gratefully received by the doctors there.

(Above) Hospital beds and an infant incubator that have been put to good use in the new hospital children’s ward

(Above) Children in the city of Bamenda enjoy reading some of the new books they have received.

(Above) With new equipment and games, children are finding new opportunities for play and learning.

Looking forward, our partners have recently signed a contract with the government allowing them use of a research lab for the development of medicines and vaccines in Cameroon. Their lab, which has also been equipped with goods received in this shipment, is the start of a new phase of projects that they are now able to undertake. Although it has now been almost two years since this container first arrived in Cameroon, the feedback from our partners has been focussed on how enduring its impact has been. This response is best summarised by their director –

“It blows my mind that Cameroonians still talk about this container, that they still point to items from it and say how they are used and appreciated”


FURTHER IMPACT

“We have collected many donations and brought them to Cameroon in the past, but it has never reached up to the level and impact that this container had!”  – NGO Director

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SHIPMENT FEEDBACK

Crossroads’ partners on this shipment wrote of the endless factors that keep people trapped in poverty: unreliable electricity supply, limited clean water, leading to outbreaks of disease, and poor roads and transport in rural areas, so that farmers find it hard to get produce to outside markets. “Most families can’t afford higher education,” they wrote, “and healthcare services and supplies are a major challenge.”

“Early marriage, slavery and sexual exploitation are common paths for girls without education.”– NGO director

Crossroads’ partners have been working for more than a decade to invest in development across all aspects of their local communities with programmes like health education, reaching 250,000 people, and socio-economic support and empowerment reaching 3,000 people. Since beginning their work, they’ve seen improvements like a reduction in youth crime, more stable family networks, and better access to health care.

(Above) Volunteers from the community and our full-time team loaded goods into the container at Crossroads’ site in Hong Kong, May 2018.

(Above) Unloaded boxes from the shipment are now being sorted, processed, unpacked, and distributed, so that they can begin investing in lives.

(Above 1st pic) Staff from our partner NGO in Cameroon begin sorting through clothes for distribution to their target communities. (Above 2nd pic) Donated uniforms from Hong Kong are already equipping youth sports teams, where football is an incredibly valuable way to reach young boys and girls at risk, creating opportunities for mentorship, leadership training, health and mental well-being.

 

This shipment included goods to help equip and expand their projects, such as:

  • Audio-visual equipment for training and education
  • Toys, sports equipment and educational supplies for community schools and youth sports projects
  • Office furniture, computers and office supplies to improve administration
  • Hundreds of books for schools and libraries
  • Beds and bedding to equip schools and clinics
  • Computers and monitors for digital literacy training

We look forward to further feedback from these partners, as the goods are distributed and put to use.

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SHIPMENT FEEDBACK

Ranking just 151 out of 189 on the Human Development Index, Cameroon is facing significant challenges. Although the people of Cameroon do not suffer with poverty to the same extent as some of their neighbours, slow economic development and poor infrastructure mean that access to education, healthcare and employment opportunities are lacking, particularly in rural areas. Exacerbating these issues is the tension and violence in the country’s English speaking regions, where growing conflict has led to the internal displacement of many thousands of people.

In response to Cameroon’s challenges, our NGO partners in the region are working to improve access to education and primary healthcare through a number of different programmes. They are also involved with providing direct assistance and support to those who have lost their homes or been forced away as a result of the internal conflict. The educational projects run by our partners are comprehensive and are designed to provide students with skills that can provide them with real opportunities, they range from primary school and basic literacy schemes right through to young adult IT and vocational training centres. It is in supporting these educational programmes, and the internally displaced persons outreach, that this shipment has made the biggest difference.

“The shipment came when it was highly needed. It has helped to address many problems, especially those faced by the internally displaced persons”  NGO director

(Above) Forced to leave her home after it was burnt down during the escalating violence, Mary* was left with nothing. Here she is receiving a donation of new clothes that arrived as part of this shipment and, thankfully, through our partners she has found the support she needed to start rebuilding her life. (* Name changed)

 

(Above) Children gather in one their classroom at one of the primary schools run by our partners.

The goods that were received in this shipment have had some very clear and immediate impacts on the beneficiaries who our partner’s support. Here are just a few examples:

  • Modern desks and chairs have allowed space for 100 more students to attend our partner’s primary school.
  • New toys and games have found a home being enjoyed by over 200 children as part of our partner’s nursery programme.
  • Much-needed computers have renewed our partner’s IT centre, allowing the project’s expansion to over 400 students.
  • Vital clothes and mattresses have provided relief to over 100 internally displaced people, many of whom lost everything escaping violence and conflict.

Without shipments like this one, their incredible successes would not be possible. We, and our partners, are endlessly grateful for all who contributed to make this shipment a reality.


PHOTOS OF GOODS IN USE

“The shipment’s impact has been extremely great in enhancing our work. Many children, particularly internally displaced children, were relieved of their suffering” – NGO director

(Above) Internally displaced persons receive new clothes through our partner’s organisation.

(Above) A computer training classroom run by our partners.

(Above) A community health consultation run by our partners.

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Over 50% of Uganda’s population are regarded as ‘working poor’. This means that, despite being in regular employment, they earn less than US$3.10 a day. Poverty is therefore a widespread issue in the country and one of the main factors in its low ranking on the Human Development Index. Perpetuating the issue of poverty is the inconsistent quality of, and access to, education. In Uganda, only 31% of the population have received any secondary education and, although children are expected to attend school for 11 years, the average length of time spent in education is actually only six.

Our NGO partners in the region are champions of education, believing that through better opportunities in the classroom children can develop the skills they need to pursue better opportunities in life. In pursuit of improving education standards, our partners run nursery schools, primary schools, and youth training programmes, all to empower Uganda’s young people and improve the futures available to them. Alongside this, they run community projects in the form of libraries, healthcare outreach, and material support for those in need. All of these efforts have been benefitted by this shipment.

“The shipment has had a great impact on our community outreach programmes, raising their impact to over 1600 people both directly and indirectly” – NGO Director

(Above) The shipment made it possible for us to provide basic necessities like clothes and footwear to people in need”

(Above) Students at our partners’ primary school settle down for work at their new desks and chairs

(Above) “The shipment also provided a number of other necessities like clothes, boots and electronic appliances which have been used in the different outreach campaigns throughout local communities”

 

The feedback from our partners about this shipment speaks loudly of the impact. Here are just a few examples of the ways the donated goods have made a difference, in their own words:

  • “The office and classroom furniture saved us US$25,000 out of the budget for improving the school environment.”
  • “The clothing, kitchen ware, bags and other items have saved us over US$10,000 in community outreach and aid.”
  • “The books and scholastic supplies enabled us to initiate a Weekend Reading Scheme in which 138 students carry home books to read and write about. This has greatly improved the English proficiency of students.”
  • “The office tables and drawers enabled us to change the school office and the old furniture was used to setup the school staffroom for 12 teachers.”

We are grateful to all who contributed to this shipment, whether with goods, funding or volunteer efforts. Thank you for investing in Ugandan communities!


FURTHER IMPACT

“Over the years we have hosted leadership meetings, youth training programmes and skills workshops in our hall facility. With the increase in seats through the shipment we received, the total number of meetings and trainings has increased by double, with 18 taking place in 2017 alone”– NGO Director

 

Community outreach campaigns supported by this shipment included:

Youth mission 2016 – 173 families
Community day 2016 – 167 people
Community day 2017 – 380 people
Youth mission 2017 – 300 families
Easter packages 2018 – 259 people

In total this shipment has either directly or indirectly impacted almost 3000 local people.

“In 2018 we reached out to Hope Home for the disabled, a charity home founded by Miss Nakagwa, herself a polio victim. With just a rented room Miss Nakagwa was able to bring three rejected children into her care and teach them skills to earn a living.

After we discovered her efforts and assessed the needs of the children, we were reached out with scholastic materials, books, clothes, food and other necessities. This would not have been possible without this shipment”– NGO Director

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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and one of the world’s largest oil producers, however decades of instability and recent internal conflict have severely hampered development and over half of its people still live below the international poverty line. Access to education and work can often be a challenge in Nigeria, particularly for vulnerable groups such as women and children, and this has exacerbated poverty across the country. Ranking just 157 out of 189 on the Human Development Index, Nigeria sees many in need of the type of support which will allow them to improve their own situation.

This is what our NGO partners in the region are trying to do, to offer the programmes and services that are needed for people to break the poverty cycle. Among the projects that they have embarked on are rural education improvements, vocational skills courses, orphanage support and poverty relief drives, all of which seek to bring about long-term improvements to the lives of those involved. These, and the other programmes that they run, are all in pursuit of their vision:  ‘A world in which human rights are protected and enforced on the basis of equality, equity and non-discrimination’.

“The shipment has vastly helped our projects and our objectives as an organisation” – NGO director

(Above) New computer equipment and desks arrive at our partner’s training centre where IT lessons are conducted for young people in the community.

(Above) School children pose with the new books that will soon fill their classroom.

 

The goods that we sent in this shipment have been put to good use supporting the work of our partners in the region. The wide range of goods that were sent, including homeware, clothes, furniture and computer equipment, have ensured that a number of different projects, and many different individuals, received a direct benefit from the shipment. Here are just a few examples:

  • Tables, plates and other kitchen utensils have been used by unemployed women to open small catering businesses called bukkas, allowing them to contribute to supporting their families.
  • Computers and printers have replaced those that were worn out in schools and community facilities, saving the communities around US$1500.
  • Books, stationery and educational equipment have been donated to schools and orphanages, allowing them to improve and expand their classrooms and libraries.

(Above) Clothes are distributed at a local orphanage.

Our partners estimate that the effects of this shipment will go on to produce a direct benefit for some 10,000 local people. Without the support of goods like these being donated the good work that our partners are carrying out would not be possible, the impact of your donations should not be underestimated.


FURTHER IMPACT

“These items have changed people’s lives; they have been distributed to those who actually needed them”– NGO director

(Above) A local family who have received support from this shipment in the form of new clothes for their children and young baby.

 

(Above) Students enjoy the new facilities that have been fitted in their classroom.

 

(Above 1st & 2nd pic)  A local school receives new desks and clothing for their students.

 

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In the mountainous region outside Casablanca lies the village of Zaouit Irs. There are just two off-road tracks that connect Zaouit Irs and its 250 inhabitants to the rest of the world, and these are often thrown into disrepair following bad weather or heavy rain. The villagers have faced a number of difficulties in recent years, and over half now have to make the arduous journey to Casablanca every day just to find a chance of employment. A lack of development and education opportunities in the village has also meant children as young as 12 are leaving school to join their relatives in pursuing work in the city.

The people of Zaouit Irs are aware of these challenges, and they have been proactive in addressing them. In 2011 the villagers formed an association to develop their home, to protect their local environment, and to celebrate their local culture and language. This association, who are now our partners in Morocco, have big plans for strengthening their community. The shipment that they received from Crossroads is helping to see some of those plans become reality.

“We felt really happy and appreciative to receive this generous shipment from the other side of the world. It made us feel so lucky, and deeply touched by the human spirit” – Association Head

(Above 1st pic) Members of the village association come together to unload and sort the shipment after its arrival in Casablanca. (Above 2nd pic) Packed and ready to go, the first delivery of goods prepares to set off for Zaouit Irs.

 

One of the association’s next big goals is to expand the village school with a new classroom, allowing more students to join lessons and encouraging the current students to pursue their education further. There are also efforts to develop the local community facilities, to allow the better celebration of festivals and cultural events.

Members of the community gather to see new educational materials distributed to the village school.

The shipment that we sent has been instrumental in seeing these plans carried out:
  • New classroom furniture has now replaced the worn out desks, and will soon fill the second classroom as well.
  • Audio equipment has provided the means to enrich village events and celebrations.
  • Computers have allowed the introduction of ICT classes.
  • Stationery and learning materials have saved local families money they could not have afforded to spare.

If purchased locally the goods received in this shipment would have cost the village US$8000, an almost impossible amount for this small community. Now however, they have a solid foundation on which they can continue to build their strength and develop their community.


FURTHER FEEDBACK PHOTOS:

“Now, our village school is an example of a great educational environment, we have even been asked by other village associations about the process and how we benefited from this generous shipment”

Reference No. : S3416 

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