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At Kambira Primary School in Malawi, Sofret Kaledza starts her day early. As deputy headteacher, she keeps things running.

Guidance to cut low-quality off-grid electrical appliances littering the homes and towns of some of the most vulnerable people in the world has been produced by Practical Action. Energy experts in Rwanda have spent months researching and found 50 per cent of small and medium sized businesses in off-grid areas had experienced poorly performing equipment.

Equipment which could unlock the potential of millions of displaced people around the world over the next decade and beyond will be trialled in Rwanda and Uganda. Energy experts from Practical Action have teamed up with academics from universities in Africa and Europe to test potentially life-changing equipment.

Practical Action has signed a letter to the UK Prime Minister condemning plans to cut climate funding amid a lack of clarity around overall spending on climate finance.

We look at what this inequality means on the ground and what needs to be done to address it.

In partnership with Practical Action, Energy Saving Trust, co-Secretariat of Efficiency for Access, is delivering the Humanitarian Productive Use of Renewable Energy (H-PURE) demonstrator across three refugee camps and host communities in Rwanda.

This time last year the US Government slashed its overseas aid budget, freezing large parts of USAID funding. The UK has also scaled back. Other European countries are doing the same.

Practical Action is proud to announce a fantastic response to an appeal broadcast on BBC Radio 4 by journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

A new project in eastern India is supporting the recovery of degraded mangrove ecosystems while helping women on the frontline of climate change to build more secure, climate-resilient livelihoods.