Stories

Guinea: Rural community development
WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? Guinea has long struggled with instability and internal conflict, and this has slowed development....

Sierra Leone: Stronger communities through education
WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? Sierra Leone has faced multiple tragedies in recent decades, and our partners on this...

Combatting radio silence
A radio: modern but based on a retro design. It didn’t look like much, sitting on a shelf in...

Iraq: From container to ‘oasis’
In the dusty desert near Dohuk, Northern Iraq, an oasis for refugees has sprung from nowhere, starting in the...

Tanzania: Job Training and Care for Young People
WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? “We want to empower communities to become self-sustaining,” write Crossroads’ partners in Tanzania. It’s...

Ethiopia: Education & Development
WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? At the end of last century, Ethiopia faced a catastrophic famine that caught the...

Cameroon: Rural Community Education
SHIPMENT FEEDBACK Crossroads’ partners on this shipment wrote of the endless factors that keep people trapped in poverty: unreliable...

Papua New Guinea: Education in remote regions
SHIPMENT FEEDBACK Papua New Guinea is a nation of stark contrasts. Situated in the tropical southwestern Pacific, it’s one...

Malawi: Strengthening Communities
SHIPMENT FEEDBACK As a largely agricultural country which has struggled to develop economically, poverty remains a persistent challenge in...