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Practical Action

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Practical Action aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in developing countries. Practical Action is a charity registered in the United Kingdom which works directly in four regions of the developing world – Latin America, East Africa, Southern Africa and South Asia, with particular concentration on Peru, Kenya, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. In these countries, Practical Action works with poor communities to develop appropriate technologies.

Website: http://practicalaction.org

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  • Smoke - the killer in the kitchen (Kenya)

    published 14 months ago

    5:40 | 133 views

    Smoke from cooking in the home causes the deaths of 1.5 million mainly %@%@! and children every year. Writer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis visited Kenya to see the problem for himself, and to raise awareness of one of the $!$$@!@ killers in the...

  • Stop Climate Injustice - Adam Hart-Davis

    published 14 months ago

    5:18 | 45 views

    Writer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis reports from Kenya on the threat posed by climate change. It is the worlds poorest people who are hardest hit by devastating droughts, floods and other extreme weather events. This is a massive injustice...

  • Micro-hydro in Kenya - Adam Hart-Davis

    published 14 months ago

    6:32 | 201 views

    Writer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis reports from Kenya on the opportunities offered by renewable micro-hydro power.

  • Kamayoqs in Peru - Sicuani showcase

    published 28 months ago

    11:15 | 1,462 views

    Potato and alpaca kamayoqs (farmer experts) in Peru were trained in the use of participatory video. For more details see http://practicalaction.org/?id=participatory_video

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