Practical Action on video
The majority of Practical Action's videos can be found on our video channel, but you may also be interested in the following related videos ...
Hands On
Several Practical Action projects have been filmed for Hands On (under our old name of ITDG). These include:
Electric Revenue - Sri Lanka: This village micro-hydro projects delivers decentralised hydro-powered electricity to marginalised communities that have no access to grid-supplied electricity. Broadcast as part of A Switch in Time programme (series 5). 
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Stream of Life - Zimbabwe: an integrated community project has solved both water and energy needs. Broadcast as part of the Volt Face programme (series 4). watch video
New Bu$-ine$$ - Zimbabwe: computers, telephones and fax machine, along with a library and typing service, have been installed on an old refurbished bus in Harare, Zimbabwe, enabling many small businesses to increase production and profits. Broadcast as part of the Communicating for Change programme (series 4). watch video
The Hills are Alive with Radio Impacto - Peru: a pioneering project which aims to support resource-poor people to assess and respond to the challenges posed by new technologies. Broadcast as part of the Communicating for Change programme (series 4). watch video
Trading on Tradition - Sudan: a food processing project in war torn Sudan can make women self-sufficient and in so doing transforming their economic and social status Broadcast as part of the Naturally Yours programme (series 4). watch video
Hands On Earth Report airs on BBC World television around the world, and on BBC News 24 in the UK.
Technology Democracy: problems, promises, solutions is a three-minute video introducing some of the issues around technology in society.
- Watch Technology Democracy: problems, promises, solutions
The file is 7Mb, in Windows Media format. If you find playback stutters, try right-clicking and saving the file to disk before playing.
African Voices in Europe
As part of an EU-funded project, Practical Action asked farmers, teachers and small businesses what would make a real difference to their lives. Their answers are captured on this series of one-minute videos, which illustrate how aid to Africa is failing to address real needs.
Participatory video in Peru
Practical Action joined forces with Insight to explore the potential of Participatory Video as a tool to help marginalised farmers in Peru get the best out of technology and markets.
Participatory Planning in Kitale
A two-minute video about the urban planning challenge in Kitale, western Kenya, and some of the sustainable solutions developed with residents. Windows Media format: modem (1.8Mb) | broadband (6Mb)
ICTs and growth of peri-urban informal enterprises
The results of a three-year project to demonstrate how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be harnessed for small enterprise development in Kenya and Bangladesh.
Kamayoqs in Peru and the fraije
Practical Action is working with remote indigenous Andean communities to help protect their alpacas and to improve livelihoods and reduce vulnerability to climate change. Alpacas are particularly vulnerable to the freezing conditions known as the fraije.
Video of the opening of an alpaca shelter [1 min 47 sec], and video of the fraije (great freeze) of 2004, and the work of the kamayoqs (Spanish language) [13 min 06 sec]
Women's Voices
Women's Voices is an international project which works with poor urban women in Kenya, Peru and Zimbabwe by supporting their existing communication skills. The women in each country received brief training in video use before taking control in using it to reach, inform and influence those who have the power to affect their lives.
Hands On
Video reports on ITDGPractical Action's work can be seen regularly on Hands On Earth Report, a series that airs on BBC World television around the world, and on BBC News 24 in the UK.
