Practical Action works with poor communities to help them choose and use technology to improve their lives for today and generations to come.

Practical Action is a development charity with a difference. We know the simplest ideas can have the most profound, life-changing effect on poor people across the world. This is why, for over 40 years, we have been working closely with some of the worlds poorest people using simple technology to fight poverty and transform their lives for the better. Practical Action has a unique approach to development – we don't start with technology, but with people. The tools may be simple or sophisticated – but to provide long-term, appropriate and practical answers, they must be firmly in the hands of local people: people who shape technology and control it for themselves.

Energy
Climate change
Water and sanitation
Food and agriculture
Shelter and urban poverty