Books in English can be downloaded directly from this website, using the links on the pictures below; most books are available in the other languages and MissionAssist is currently revising the titles which are not yet translated into the other languages and uploading them as they become available.
If desired, MissionAssist can also supply them, free of charge, as MS Word files or in other ways (such as the use of CDs, DVDs or USB sticks). MissionAssist also accepts requests for producing specific booklets if nothing in the existing range meets your needs.
These are Shell Book titles in English relating to crafts.
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Cooking: Changu Changu Moto - 3/09/2023
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- English (en)
- Português (pt)
Adapted with kind permission from a project by Ripple Africa in Malawi
Additional text and illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist
Cooking: Fireless Cookers - 27/02/2023
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- English (en)
- Français (fr)
Adapted from a Practical Action Technical Brief and used with kind permission
Additional illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist
https://practicalaction.org/knowledge-centre/resources/fireless-cookers/
Another Way to Preserve Fruit - 29/07/2021
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- English (en)
- Español (es)
- Français (fr)
It uses material from Footsteps 65, the literacy publication ofTearfund with kind permission
Illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2021 MissionAssist
How to Make a Bicycle Trailer - 12/07/2021
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- Français (fr)
- Português (pt)
- Español (es)
- English (en)
This material was taken from Footsteps, the literacy publication of Tearfund, with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2019 MissionAssist
How to use a Sewing Machine - 6/07/2021
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- Français (fr)
- English (en)
Advice on setting up, using, adjusting and maintaining a treadle sewing machine.
Adapted from APRENDIZAJE DE LA COSTURA / SIRANA YACHAKUNA - (Learning Dressmaking) by the Ministry of Health of Peru in collaboration with SIL Peru, 1988.
Text and illustrations © 1988 Ministry of Health of Peru and SIL International 1988. Shared under a CC:BY-NC (4.0) licence.
This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.
Cooking: Two Fuel Saving Ovens - 22/05/2021
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- English (en)
- Español (es)
- Português (pt)
- Français (fr)
This material was taken from Footsteps - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
Preserving Food in Hot Climates - 21/05/2021
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- English (en)
- Español (es)
- Português (pt)
- Français (fr)
Two simple methods of keeping food cool and so prolonging its safe life.
This material was taken from Passo a Passo (Footsteps) - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
Compressed Earth Blocks - 6/04/2021
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- Português (pt)
- Español (es)
- Français (fr)
- English (en)
It uses material from Practical Action with kind permission
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2021 MissionAssist
Charcoal Briquettes - 4/03/2021
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- Português (pt)
- Español (es)
- Français (fr)
- English (en)
This uses material from "Footsteps 107", the literary publication of Tear Fund, with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.
How to Make a Donkey Cart or Ambulance - 4/03/2021
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- English (en)
- Français (fr)
- Português (pt)
This provides a detailed explanation of how to build a donkey cart or ambulance.
This uses material adapted from "Practical Action" with kind permission.
Additional illustrations by MissionAssist.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.