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Practical Action (formerly ITDG)
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[top] [end]Type of Organization
International NGO[top] [end]Name and Address
Practical ActionSchumacher Centre for Technology and Development
Bourton on Dunsmore
Warwickshire CV35 9HP
UK
www.practicalaction.org
[top] [end]Work profile in brief
Project on alleviating smoke in poor households in each of three communities:- urban community in Kisumu, Kenya
- A community in the cold high region of Rasuwa district of Nepal
- A community with a lot of displaced people in Kassala region, Sudan
This work is participatory research, initially involving 30 households in each country. Practical Action is working with the communities to identify affordable and appropriate ways to alleviate smoke. The households and cooks are monitored for smoke reduction and acceptability. A further project will research ways of making those technologies which have been selected commercially available - and thus sustainable.
[top] [end]Projects done on Household Energy
Practical Action has carried out numerous projects including:- Upesi programme in Kenya - through various aspects from small project to large promotion.
- Anagi stoveproject in Sri Lanka.
- Rural smoke alleviation project - Kenya.
- Plus work on micro-hydro and wind power.
[top] [end]See also
- Regional office: Practical Action Eastern Africa
[top] [end]Contact
Theo Schilderman on Theo.Schilderman@...Page created:
24 May 2006; Last edited:
22 October 2007; Version: 2
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