Powerful solutions to poverty
A life without energy condemns people to a life of poverty. Around the world, 1.6 billion people are forced to live without energy - and lives are devastated as ill health and poor education take their toll.
Practical Action provides practical power: renewable, locally sourced sustainable energy which lifts people out of poverty.
Floods in Pakistan
More than 20 million people are now displaced by record-breaking floods in Pakistan. How are the majority being looked after?
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Practical Answers
Our online resource centre, Practical Answers, allows you to access our technical information
material - factsheets, case studies and practical guides - free of charge.
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information for development »
The "Small Is ..." festival
This September in Warwickshire: a celebration and evolution of the ideas of Small is Beautiful, written by Practical Action’s founder, EF Schumacher.
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Africa’s smallholder farmers
A new report emphasises the need to support and prioritise smallholder farmers in Africa, to enable them to strengthen agriculture and livelihoods over the long term.
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