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Practical Action
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Practical
Action - formerly known as ITDG - is a UK NGO commited
to poverty reduction, environmental conservation and technology
choice. Practical
Action aims to use technology to change the world, but starting
from the perspective of people. The tools may be simple or
sophisticated – but to provide long-term, appropriate
and practical answers, they must be placed firmly in the hands
of local people: people who shape technology and control it
for themselves.
Practical
Action believes that the right idea – however small
– can change lives. It can create jobs, improve health
and livelihoods, and help people have better lives. They work
with poor people to develop the skills and technology that
will enable them to build a better future.
Practical Action focuses on four key areas:
- Reducing
the vulnerability of poor people affected by natural disasters,
conflict and environmental degradation – events which,
sadly, are increasing.
- Helping
poor people to make a better living – by enabling
producers to improve their production, processing and marketing.
- Helping
poor communities gain access to basic services – like
safe, clean water, food, housing and electricity.
- Helping
poor communities respond to the challenges of new technologies,
helping them to access simple effective technologies that
can change lives.
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Web Resources : |
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'Janathakshan.org'
was developed by Practical Action in response to the South East
Asia Tsunami of 2004, to inform people of the options and technologies
available in the re-building process HTML
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Practical
Actions programme on Reducing Vulnerability
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and on Disaster Mitigation HTML
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Livelihood
Centred Approach to Disaster Management – a Policy Framework
Produced by Practical Action South Asia, 2005. Available on
request sharona@itdg.slt.lk
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Gender
Dimensions in Disaster Management
by M. Malalgoda Ariyabandu and M Wickremasinghe Practical Action
South Asia Available for purchase US $12.00 (Sri Lanka price
Rs. 500.00)
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Practical
Action's projects on Water and Sanitation HTML
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Practical
Action's work on climate change issues
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Africa
– Up in smoke? The second report from the Working Group
on Climate Change and Development,
June 2005 PDF |
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Up
in Smoke? Threats from, and responses to, the impact of global
warming on human development,
October 2004 PDF
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Understanding
livelihoods that involve micro-enterprise:
markets and technological capabilities in the sustainable livelihoods
framework LC Lesson Page HTML |
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Practical
Action's T4SL website
presents our approaches to sustainable livelihoods HTML |
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ICTs,
Livelihoods and Small-Scale Producers
(Andrew Scott ( ITDG) - 2003) Explores different models for
the use of ICTs in the provision of information services to
assist small-scale producers. PDF |
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Practical
Action Technical Briefs
- a series of fact-sheets on appropriate technology in the areas
of food processing, energy, transport, water & sanitation,
manufacturing and construction HTML |
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Technical
Enquiry Service supplies, free of charge, technical
and developmental information to grassroots development workers,
community-based organisations, NGOs and other agencies using
appropriate technologies to implement sustainable development.
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ITC
Consultants
- the consulting arm of Practical Action HTML |
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