Crossroads Foundation is a non-profit charity based in Hong Kong[1] and has various branches over the world including in Kazakhstan in Central Asia.[2]. The original purpose of the foundation was to collect quality excess and second-hand goods available within the Hong Kong environment, to refurbish them if necessary, and then to distribute them to those in need, both within Hong Kong and internationally.[3]
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At the request of the UNHCR, the Crossroads Life X-perience team participates in the World Economic Forum, hosting their Refugee Runsimulation for executives from all over the world to obtain an insight into what it is like to be a refugee.[4]. Those who have attended this short but intense simulation claim to have really had their eyes opened to the plight of the displaced.
Again working with the UNHCR and then with the UN directly, Crossroads initiated the Global Hand project[5] to build a web portal that allows those willing to contribute to the UN's relief efforts to be matched with the relevant UN team - and for the UN teams to post their requirements. This web portal was officially launched at the 2010 World Economic Forum and is the model for the UN business site business.un.org. [6] The two portals will be working closely together.
The organisation, formerly called Crossroads international, is based at the old British garrison base at Perowne Barracks in Hong Kong. The staff are all volunteers who raise their own income so that they can live and work at Crossroads.
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