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  1. 2021-07-12 Advice on how to make a Box Trailer and a Flat Bed Trailer for a bicycle. Access to metal working tools is highly desirable. 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...
  2. 2021-07-06 Advice on setting up, using, adjusting and maintaining a treadle sewing machine. Adapted fromAPRENDIZAJE 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 Peruand SIL...
  3. 2021-05-22 Two designs for a simple oven using old oil drums that will use fuel much more efficiently than an open fire. Access to metal-working tools and, preferably, a workshop will be required. This material was taken from Footsteps - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This...
  4. 2021-05-21 Two simple methods of keeping food cool and so prolonging its safe life. This material was taken fromPasso a Passo(Footsteps) - the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
  5. 2021-04-06 This book describes how to make compressed earth blocks — low cost but durable — using soil, OPC and a manual block press. It uses material from Practical Action with kind permission This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist Copyright 2021 MissionAssist
  6. 2021-03-04 How to turn woody waste into charcoal briquettes.Woody waste materials are all around us; you can transform these into charcoal briquettes — a great source of fuel for cooking. This uses material from "Footsteps 107", the literary publication of Tear Fund, with kind permission. This edition...
  7. 2021-01-18 Fish can be preserved for a few days by smoking it. It can then be eaten at home or sold in the market. The course of the material for this book has, unfortunately, been lost.This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
  8. 2020-11-10 Water shortages are a problem in arid and semi-arid lands and this book introduces sand dams as a way of maintaining water supplies in times of drought. This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.
  9. 2020-11-03 A recipe for making soap, using caustic soda and vegetable or animal oil. This material was taken fromLIKLIK BUK, Papua New Guinea, by kind permission.This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.
  10. 2020-09-09 Delicious snacks that you can make at home. This book explains how to make fruit leathers as a way of preserving a plentiful harvest. This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.