Global Distribution Stories

Katya's Story
When Katya* was found by local schoolteacher Eva, she was filthy and infested with lice, living without parents in...

Qinghai Earthquake
On 14th April 2010, an earthquake measuring around 7 on the Richter scale shattered the lives of people in...

Hope in Rural Cameroon
There are between 1 million and 4 million child labourers in Cameroon aged between 5-14. Some of them work...

Marquee Tent from Credit Suisse
When Hong Kong turns up the heat, it’s no picnic! Crossroads doesn’t stop shipping aid throughout the summer but...

Mr Wong: A new start in old age
We were no doubt naïve, but we found it all too easy to assume that a prisoner, when released...

Re-building after Typhoon Sendong
When Typhoon Sendong hit the Philippines in December 2011, Merlinda and her husband knew they were looking death in...

Po Leung Kok Elderly Home, Hong Kong
That point had come for the Chen family. Four months after Mrs Chen’s stroke, her speech had not returned...

Hope is the hardest thing to find...
“Hope is the hardest thing to find…” say those trying to rebuild Uganda’s northern areas devastated by two decades...

Peter: Stepping Into New Life
It is hard to fathom the depth of terror in children who live with violent loved ones. The frightening...