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Practical PresentsYou can support Practical Action which works together with poor people in Africa, Asia and Latin America to help lift themselves out of poverty. Give a friend a gift and other people benefit massively. What do you get when you buy a gift at Practical Presents? Practical Presents - for people struggling to think of the perfect present for the person who has everything.
Practical Presents is a range of 15 gift ideas that not only offer you a chance to buy a unique gift for someone, but also make a real, long lasting difference to communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The gifts range from £10 right up to £5,000 and include a
goat, a bicycle ambulance, a bee-keeping business and also, training to
help farmers administer vital medicine to animals such as llamas and alpacas
– each one of our 15 different gift ideas will truly help transform
the lives of people in the developing world.
1. Power of the sun For villagers living in the remote mountain villages of the northern Himalayas, winter is known as ‘the hungry season’ as little food will grow. A solar dryer can preserve fruit and vegetables for the winter with the power of the sun. Made of bricks, wood and wire mesh, it is transforming lives - giving villages enough food to survive and sell any left over. Price: £10.00
In of the poorest areas of Bangladesh land is scarce and malnutrition thrives. A fish cage enables a family to ‘grow’ fish in their local ponds. The women produce enough fish to feed themselves and their family - and extra to breed and sell and helping to save lives. Price: £15.00
In Kenya, Zimbabwe and Sudan, with the help of a revolving goat project, families can receive a self-sufficient source of nutritious milk to keep children healthy. Families can also breed goats, to help generate income to pay for their child's education. Price: £15.00
In Kenya, wood, crop residues, charcoal and dung are commonly burnt for cooking and heating. However the dangerous smoke contributes to severe respiratory disease especially in women and children, leading to the death of 1.6 million people every year worldwide. A simple smoke hood, placed over the fire, works like a chimney to funnel the smoke through the roof, reducing smoke levels dramatically and helping to save lives. Price: £25.00
In Sudan, families work the land slowly with simple hand tools. But an innovative donkey plough and harness can help increase productivity and reduce soil erosion. Blacksmiths and farmers also learn to maintain and produce the ploughs themselves providing a further source of income. Through using a donkey plough Amona Mohamed is able to grow over three times more food. Price: £25.00 6. Fly catcher In Kenya, the tsetse fly bites cows and may pass on a deadly parasite that causes trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness. A simple flytrap attracts flies by the smell of cow's urine and a blue cloth, but as they're unable to bite, they settle and fall into the trap. Maintaining the trap is simple, all you need is some easily available acetone and cow's urine! Price: £30.00
Bee-keeping is one of the few ways that poor families in Zimbabwe can earn themselves a little extra money. It is money needed desperately - to buy medicines when their children feel sick, or to give their children an education and the chance of a better life. Top bar beehives, made only from local materials and by local people, is ecologically friendly and can also be a good source of nutritious, energy packed food. Price: £50.00
Zimbabwe's annual inflation has been as high as 600% and is causing real misery. Faced with this situation, a bee-keeping business could provide a family with a steady source of income and an ample supply of honey. In addition to beehives they would need a training course in bee husbandry, a solar wax smelter (to melt the wax off the combs) and protective clothing. Price: £100.00
In the villages of the flat plains of Nepal, poor people cannot reach vital medical care when they need it. Yet even in the poorest villages, people have bicycles - but how do you take a person on a bicycle when they are sick? A bicycle ambulance trailer is a simple and effective solution and is proven to save lives: Price: £70.00
In rural areas of Sri Lanka people use electricity from car batteries for cooking and to light their homes. The batteries are heavy and are often carried long distances to the nearest town to be charged. Villagers also depend on kerosene, but it pollutes the air and is expensive for poor families. A small-scale wind turbine can provide an efficient, accessible and renewable form of energy that will mean villagers can continue working and children can study after the sun has set. 10. Para vet Remote communities in Bangladesh rely on their livestock to provide food and income for their families. By training a community member as a para vet, and supplying them with essential equipment such as a bicycle and medicines they can treat their animals and make sure they stay healthy and strong. Price: £120.00
In Bangladesh, excessive torrential rain and severe floods, worsened by the rise in global temperatures, have left communities devastated. A flood resistant house can help a family face the annual floods with more confidence. Jute panels make resilient walls, a plinth raises a house up, and bracings and fastenings bind the walls firmly to the house 'skeleton'. Price: £220.00
In slums outside Nairobi in Kenya, children face diseases like typhoid, dysentery and cholera because there's no safe clean water and no decent latrines. A clean, safe and hygienic latrine can help save lives. Price: £300.00 13 Kamayoq - farmer trainer Communities in the Peruvian Andes are among the poorest in Peru and are dependent on alpacas, llamas cattle, sheep and agriculture to survive. As they cannot afford conventional medicines, when their animals become sick they can die. A Kamayoq (the local Quechua name for farmer trainers), trained by Practical Action, can develop affordable and effective treatments, made from a blend of local herbs and can show farmers how to make and administer the medicine. Price: £550.00
In Nepal, high in the foothills of the Himalayas, accessibility is very difficult. There are few opportunities to escape poverty, as people are cut off from the local market and school by a large turbulent river. Through a cable car, with a sturdy carriage and simple gearing system suspended on strengthened cable, families can travel quickly and safely. Price: £1,000.00
In the mountainous Andes in Peru people can barely feed their families during the harsh winter months. Through harnessing the power of their river to provide electricity people can grind their grain quickly with a mill, dry fruit and vegetables. A small scale micro-hydro scheme can also provide electricity to the school, health centre and workshops. Price: £5,000.00
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