Stories
South Africa: Investing more in slum communities
WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? In a slum on the outskirts of a South African city, a community group...
Sierra Leone: Investing in the nation’s future
After the end of Sierra Leone’s extended civil war, a group of people who wanted to help the country...
Ukraine: The poor help those even poorer
Crossroads’ Ukrainian partner has, for many years, been working to bridge the gap between rapidly developing cities and rural...
Bangladesh: Lifting the Downtrodden
Low-lying Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with the poor pushed to live in the lowest-lying areas. Because...
Cameroon: Helping communities in crisis
WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? The conflict has been ongoing in Cameroon between the French and English-speaking populations since...
Cards from Africa
When Florence was eight years old, her family was forced to flee Rwanda to escape the genocide. Miraculously, her...
Job training in Moldova
Tatiana’s story Tatiana’s childhood years in Transnistria, Moldova, were filled with suffering. She grew up as an orphan, living...
Saving the planet, one cookie at a time
The sheer quantity of food waste in Hong Kong is staggering. Every day, we as a city throw away...
Computers for grassroots
Pre-pandemic, Hong Kong already had one of the widest gaps between rich and poor in the developed world. Since...
