Case studies
The following case studies illustrate the results of some of Practical Action Eastern Africa's work:
Community-based animal health workers
In the Turkana region of northern Kenya, animal health is critical to the livelihoods of pastoralist communities but formal veterinary services often do not reach the remote areas where many pastoralists live. Community Based Animal Health Workers (CBAHWs) are important in bridging this gap and p...
Read moreMobile libraries of Magadi
Using donkeys to transport books, mobile libraries can help to improve adult literacy and offer new opportunities to people in Magadi.
Read moreSharing knowledge to strengthen food security
Farmer Jane Kirambia knows that there is a strong link between food security and seed security. Seed shows provide a suitable forum for farmers to share information and exchange seeds within their localities while at the same time exposing them to a wide range of seed varieties from outside the r...
Read moreSolar dryers
Charles Mureithi is a teacher and farmer in Laikipia District, Kenya. After reading a Practical Action publication that had been distributed to his local Community Knowledge Centre, he used it to build a solar dryer to provide green vegetables all year round for his family.
Read moreThe greening of Namoroputh
Climate change has brought drought evermore frequently and severely, threatening nomadic pastoralists' sources of livelihood. But clean and safe piped water has made a real difference to Turkana women, enabling them to grow vegetables in kitchen gardens.
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