Digital Divide

Zambia: Computers for Charter University

“Our library [pictured in background] was furnished with wonderful tables, chairs, books and computers. It could not have come at a better time. We have now been given the go ahead to be a full charter university for 800 students.” NGO director, Zambia

RS21597_IMG_1642 boy with shoesKazakhstan: Empowering the Poor

Hope can be hard to find for the younger generation in Central Asia. Despite rapid development in the region, many still live in poverty, on the wrong side of the digital divide. We sent computers to Kazakhstan where they empower NGOs serving the poor and place technology directly at hand for youth in need.

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Cameroon: Computer Lab Helps Remote Students

S3711 Cameroon1In an isolated, rural part of Cameroon, these students can find it hard to keep up with the pace of technology, even though many are desperate to be part of the digital age. Computers from Crossroads in 2015 upgraded their school computer lab, giving local youth the chance to connect and learn skills to help their employment prospects.

Hope after incarceration: Zambia

“I was doing Grade 7 when my father was sentenced to life imprisonment,” recounts Bodiao. “Life came to a standstill as...

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Liberia: Youth empowerment

WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? Liberia as a nation is still suffering deep social and economic wounds from a civil war that ended...

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Syria: Aid and empowerment for refugees

Shipment Feedback: The conflict in Syria continues to devastate lives and communities, with thousands of people still displaced and living in flimsy...

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Cameroon: Educating and rebuilding

WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? When we first started working with our Cameroonian partners in 2010, they were planning and working on...

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