Global Hand stories
Battling Covid-19 together
COVID: SAME STORM, DIFFERENT BOATS “This pandemic has magnified every existing inequality in our society,” Melinda Gates said of Covid-19....
Helping the Covid battle in Sri Lanka
For homeless children in Kandy, Sri Lanka's second largest city, life is one serious risk after another. "Many live...
Nigeria: Equipping those at the grassroots
It's at the grassroots level that things start to grow. Projects such as village water initiatives, child nutrition in local schools, or training...
No Man’s Land: Do refugees face a ‘never-ending story’?
When our world was summoning its resources to battle Covid-19, it was easy to lose sight of people displaced...
FROM OREGON TO IRAQ: Support for refugees
SHIPMENT FEEDBACK "ISIS came," tells, Basema, aged approx 11. "We went to one farm, then another, and then to the mountains. We left without...
FROM THE NETHERLANDS TO ROMANIA: Medical care for Holocaust survivors
Her face has been protected, but, pictured below, is a 94-year-old Holocaust resident at a Romanian hospice, in the...
ACROSS THE ASIA-PACIFIC: Walking in someone else’s shoes
At Crossroads, we love the old saying that we should walk a mile ‘in the shoes' of people in need. In much...
Batteries help fight Covid-19 in China
To slow the spread of Covid-19, things like regular temperature checks played an important part in keeping the community...
Helping China's vulnerable
In South West China, mountains make it difficult for some to earn regular income. We routinely partner with the...
