Stories

Uganda: Time to Read
Children from a Ugandan slum district have their library bookshelves full for the first time, after a shipment from...

Uganda: Helping Children Grow
Serwanga has been disabled from birth and can't walk on his own. Living in a Ugandan village with a...

Cameroon: Crossroads computers open new technology centre
Amina (below) was only 13 years old when she was raped and fell pregnant to her attacker. Her family...

Cancer Patient Finds Comfort
At 60, Mr Mak is nearing life’s end. He has battled lupus but, as well, has recently learned he...

Philippines: Reconstruction begins after Haiyan
'Super' typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda devastated parts of the Philippines, leaving at least 5,500 dead and thousands more homeless. Local residents are...

Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan relief
At least 5,500 people in the Philippines are now confirmed dead in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, with many...

Container helps Ugandan HIV sufferers
For a person living with AIDS in rural Uganda, death hovers many months before they actually die. Anti-retroviral drugs...

JP Morgan partners to bridge the digital divide
Giving a computer away is not always as simple as it seems! Each computer Crossroads sends out must be...

Donated piano strikes a chord
Mrs Tse* was inconsolable. She was standing with one of our staff, in charge of Hong Kong goods distribution,...