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		<title>Energy in developing countries</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/kenya/energy-in-developing-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ewan Bloomfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practical Action Consulting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My first trip away with Practical Action, to East Africa, has been with a focus on our energy work, and it’s already been quite an eye-opener to the challenges and opportunities for our organisation in the region. 
Practical Action is aiming to develop energy sources that can meet the needs of the very poor, while being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The poor not only die young &#8211; they also suffer most</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/poor-not-only-die-young-they-also-suffer-most/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/poor-not-only-die-young-they-also-suffer-most/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansoor Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water and sanitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanitation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, I am completing 25 years working for the poor. My first assignment, as a fresh engineer in 1985, was to survey 80 remote villages in a low income country &#8211; villages where 100% of children go to madressahs and 100% of mothers deliver their babies at home. There were no schools, no hospitals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory for rickshaw pullers</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/victory-for-rickshaw-pullers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansoor Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of poor people living in urban slums are expected to reach 1 billion in the next 2 to 3 years. These people need basic services, secure tenure and a right to livelihoods.
Practical Action’s programme on improving urban infrastructure and services takes a holistic view on this. We aim to promote technologies and approaches, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Design Now?</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/why-design-now/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/why-design-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stoves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re delighted to hear Mohamed Majzoub, Practical Action&#8217;s Country Director from Sudan, is taking part in Design Triennial, Why Design Now?  with the improved clay stove.
This stove has made a huge impact of the lives of women who daily have to cope with the time-consuming and often dangerous task of collecting firewood. Now, through a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Bog blog&#8217; &#8211; one hundred year old toilet&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/one-hundred-year-old-toilet/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/one-hundred-year-old-toilet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Eason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we at Practical Action are talking about quite an unusual anniversary, as today marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Thomas Crapper - the man who revolutionised the flushing lavatory.
Yes, we at Practical Action enjoy talking toilets. So the man who invented the ballcock and promoted sanitary plumbing is very exciting to us&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slumdog Secret Millionaire &#8211; raising awareness or missing the point?</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/slumdog-millionaire/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/slumdog-millionaire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansoor Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slumdog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I saw on Channel 4, Slumdog Secret Millionaire with my 11-year-old son. Earlier, Channel 4 also showed similar programmes, such as slumming and there was also one on the waste work in slum areas. 
While the programme is very well made and brings out some good details, I am not very convinced that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis in Haiti</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/emergency-market-mapping-and-analysis-in-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/emergency-market-mapping-and-analysis-in-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansoor Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebuilding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Further to our earlier reports on the need to rebuild after the earthquake, you might like to know about some direct influence that Practical Action is having in Haiti.
Practical Action Publishing is just about to publish our Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis toolkit (EMMA) – which was commissioned by Oxfam, IRC and InterAction – and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuilding after disasters</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/rebuilding-after-disasters/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/rebuilding-after-disasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansoor Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebuilding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Haiti is considered as one of the poorest countries in the World and I have been talking a lot about slums in Haiti with our friends in Oxfam. 
Practical Action does not work immediately after emergencies. But we have played a significant role in re-building after disasters. Practical Action worked very actively in re-building Sri [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charity reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebuilding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Listening with my family to the news last night we were each touched by the terrible devastation that has hit Haiti and people’s struggle to survive. 
My daughter asked if we, Practical Action, were working there? I explained not directly, that our focus is on long term development – sometimes ‘saving lives’ &#8211; helping people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building back better &#8211; tsunami five years on</title>
		<link>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/building-back-better-tsunami-five-years-on/</link>
		<comments>http://practicalaction.org/blog/news/building-back-better-tsunami-five-years-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Eason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://practicalaction.org/blog/?p=659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We should celebrate what people have achieved in such desperate circumstances, while hoping communities will never have to face such losses ever again. This work still goes on and we regularly hear inspiring stories of how people continue to thrive. Let's hope this festive period brings joy to people in Sri Lanka and the rest of the world. 
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