Practical Action

09.06.2006 Nepalese families in remote mountainous areas of the country are now using simple, inexpensive and environmentally friendly gravity ropeways to get their crops to market. Find out more.

07.06.2006

20.02.2006 Every day more than 4,000 men, women and children in the world’s poorest countries die from lethal levels of smoke in their homes. Smoke from cooking fires causes 1.6 million deaths a year, more than malaria. Join Practical Action’s campaign for urgent action to stop the killer in the kitchen.

26.12.2005 The pace of reconstruction varies one year after the Indian Ocean tsunami: Unicef UK reports, for example, that Children in Indonesia are recovering at a slower pace than other children. But throughout the affected region, people are struggling to piece their shattered lives together again. OneWorld UK Partners report how they have harnessed the public's generosity in the wake of the disaster and helped the first 12 months' reconstruction effort:
* Hundreds of thousands of children on the way to recovery
* How the money has been used
* Memorial ceremonies throughout the region
* We have helped 500,000 people
* Into action
* ‘Reconstruction Plus’
* Life after the tsunami
* War on Want
* Helping women
* World Development Movement
* A priest visits Thailand
* Homeless International's appeal, update and report
* Practical responses

Research and information:
* Natural Disasters Portal looks at the use of cash instead of aid, pro-poor tourism and the economic implications of disasters
* Forced Migration Review
* Eldis
* Global Issues
* ID21
* People and the Planet
* Sarah White returns to Sri Lanka, where she escaped unharmed from the tsunami, to see how people are coping

Exhibition
* 'Making Waves' - photos by Sri Lankan children

The OneWorld network
* OneWorld South Asia
* OneWorld.net tsunami stories

13.10.2005 Climate change has taken an increasing toll on the poorest and most remote communities in the Andes, as they face bitterly cold winters that kill the alpacas on whom they depend. Simple shelters, together with hydroponic food-growing techniques and training, could make the difference this winter.