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Lucy Stevens: Created page with "{{CSO |CSO name=Practical Action |CSO date=1966 |CSO type=NGO |CSO region=Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America and Caribbean |CSO countries=Bangladesh, Bolivia, India..."

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|CSO name=Practical Action
|CSO date=1966
|CSO type=NGO
|CSO region=Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America and Caribbean
|CSO countries=Bangladesh, Bolivia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Zimbabwe
|CSO country=United Kingdom
|CSO cooking=Clean cooking
|CSO cooking biomass=Biomass
|CSO cooking biogas=Biogas
|CSO cooking LPG=LPG
|CSO electricity=Electricity
|CSO electricity solar=Solar
|CSO electricity hydro=Hydro
|CSO electricity wind=Wind
|CSO minigrid=Micro or mini-grids
|CSO solution other text=
|CSO cooking targets=Households
|CSO electr targets=Households, Productive use and livelihoods
|CSO activity installation=Installation/ distribution of clean energy solutions
|CSO activity awareness=Awareness and demand creation
|CSO activity research=Research and knowledge creation
|CSO activity policy=Policy advocacy
|CSO activity other text=
|CSO theme other=Others
|CSO overview=Practical Action uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries. Through innovative thinking and technical knowledge we enable poor communities to produce practical solutions to their most pressing needs.
We work in four thematic goal areas:
* Energy Access
* Urban WASH and Waste Management
* Agriculture
* Disaster Risk Reduction
With cross-cutting themes of markets, gender, technology and climate change.
We work to demonstrate what is possible, share learning and inspire others.
|CSO key=In energy access we work in a number of areas from work on the ground , to global knowledge sharing, advocacy and partnerships.
* Sustainable Energy for Rural Communities (SE4RC) 2015-19 in Malawi and Zimbabwe with SNV, Hivos and others. Solar-powered mini-grids, prioritising productive uses and community services.
* Renewable Energy for Refugees (2017-2020) with the IKEA Foundation, bringing energy access to long-standing refugee camps in Rwanda and Jordan.
* Working with GACC on behaviour change in Kenya for the large-scale uptake of improved cookstoves
* Gender and energy mainstreaming with Energia
* Poor People's Energy Outlook since 2010
* KnowledgePoint for answering technical queries in energy
* Active Publishing and Consultancy arms
|CSO contact=Charlotte Taylor
|CSO email=charlotte.taylor@practicalaction.org.uk
|CSO url=http://practicalaction.org/
|CSO twitter=https://twitter.com/PracticalAction
|CSO facebook=https://en-gb.facebook.com/practicalaction/
|CSO logo=PA ML C.jpg
|CSO picture1=22394.jpg
|CSO picture2=22536s.jpg
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|CSO partners=Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Energia, Hivos, Oxfam, Smart Villages, SNV, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), ZERO Regional Environmental Organisation - Zimbabwe
|CSO intern gain=Working with the coalition members at global and national levels to strengthen voices for energy access - in terms of joint and coherent influencing.
Through our NGO Learning Initiative we would like to work to share knowledge from and with ACCESS members.
|CSO intern skills=Knowledge sharing and knowledge management expertise
Advocacy and influencing training
Facilitation
Skills in market activation
Technical advice services through PAC
Smoke, clean cooking, behaviour change expertise
Gender mainstreaming
|CSO learning=Awareness and demand creation, Policy advocacy, Livelihoods and agriculture
|CSO expertise=Awareness and demand creation, Capacity building and training, Research and knowledge creation, Policy advocacy, Gender mainstreaming and empowerment, Energy and migration
|CSO agree=I agree.
|CSO GDPR=I consent
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 |CSO theme other=Others
-|CSO overview=Practical Action uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries. Through innovative thinking and technical knowledge we enable poor communities to produce practical solutions to their most pressing needs.
+|CSO overview=Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world. Practical Action helps people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems, including challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. They work with communities to develop lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy.
 |CSO key=In energy access we work in a number of areas from work on the ground , to global knowledge sharing, advocacy and partnerships.
 * Sustainable Energy for Rural Communities (SE4RC) 2015-19 in Malawi and Zimbabwe with SNV, Hivos and others. Solar-powered mini-grids, prioritising productive uses and community services.

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 * Disaster Risk Reduction
 With cross-cutting themes of markets, gender, technology and climate change.
 We work to demonstrate what is possible, share learning and inspire others.
 |CSO key=In energy access we work in a number of areas from work on the ground , to global knowledge sharing, advocacy and partnerships.
 * Sustainable Energy for Rural Communities (SE4RC) 2015-19 in Malawi and Zimbabwe with SNV, Hivos and others. Solar-powered mini-grids, prioritising productive uses and community services.
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 |CSO contact=Charlotte Taylor
 |CSO email=charlotte.taylor@practicalaction.org.uk
 |CSO url=http://practicalaction.org/
 |CSO twitter=https://twitter.com/PracticalAction
 |CSO facebook=https://en-gb.facebook.com/practicalaction/
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 |CSO agree=I agree.
 |CSO GDPR=I consent
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