Stories
![Hope for grassroots women: Vietnam](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC05589-1-1024x683.jpg)
Hope for grassroots women: Vietnam
Huong grew up in a rural Vietnamese village where the odds were against her. Her father had died when...
![“Living hell”](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MK3_5774-1024x683.jpg)
“Living hell”
“I still vividly remember the beginning of the simulation… a group of ‘militants’ broke in, forcing us out of...
![Chocolate without slavery](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cocoa_farming_Venezuela-768x568.jpg)
Chocolate without slavery
It may be the last thing on our minds when taking a sweet bite of chocolate, but it’s the...
![A lush display of goodness](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CO4C0923-1024x683.jpg)
A lush display of goodness
Lush, the handmade soap company, always furnishes its shops in ways that are a feast for the eyes. So...
![Crossroads’ kids serving Thai children’s home](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/TLC1-768x568.jpg)
Crossroads’ kids serving Thai children’s home
It was a challenge. Would they, could they, take it on? Someone had suggested that the kids of our...
![A Day in the Life of a Refugee: World Economic Forum 2018](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/23855251953_0d7556129c_o-1024x683.jpg)
A Day in the Life of a Refugee: World Economic Forum 2018
“People like us often feel the world forgets us,” says David Livingstone Okello, a former child soldier from Uganda....
![Badge of strength for Rohingya refugees](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rohingya2-768x568.jpg)
Badge of strength for Rohingya refugees
“To be called a refugee,” the saying has it, “is the opposite of an insult; it is a badge...
![Jordan: Reaping the Benefits](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20171113_102125-004-1024x768.jpg)
Jordan: Reaping the Benefits
Jordan is one of the most water scarce countries in the world. That is a major problem for our...
![Cool solution for power conservation](https://www.crossroads.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Coolnomix-3-768x568.jpg)
Cool solution for power conservation
Budget and power usage are always top of our minds around Crossroads Village. It’s not just because as a...