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Practical Action is an international development organisation that solves some of the toughest problems by putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
It has projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent publishing company and a technical consulting service so answers that start small can grow big to shape a world that works better for everyone.
In 2018/19 it helped 1.8 million people directly and a further 2.8 million people indirectly, provided technical and specialist expertise to 40 programmes in 26 countries and shared 160,000 knowledge and training resources across 94% of the world’s countries.
Mercy Corps has worked in Nepal since 2005 conducting programs to help save lives in emergencies and build economic development for vulnerable communities, through a systems-based approach to market development, financial services, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and youth engagement.
Practical Action has worked in Nepal since 1979. Their work focuses on building climate resilience that protects lives and livelihoods, transforming food production to work for smallholder farmers, and using clean energy to unlock people’s potential.
The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance finds practical ways to help save lives by strengthening community resilience to floods globally. Established in 2013, the nine-member alliance, with the exception of Zurich Insurance Group, is funded by the Zurich Foundation.