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MissionAssist produces a wide range of adult literacy booklets in four widely used languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. They cover a range of subjects from health and hygiene to crafts, farming and practical issues like simple construction techniques. 

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.

57 Issues in this Publication (Showing 21 - 30) |

Smoking Fish - 18/01/2021

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. 

Rainwater Harvesting with Sand Dams - 10/11/2020

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.

Make Your Own Soap - 03/11/2020

A recipe for making soap, using caustic soda and vegetable or animal oil.

This material was taken from LIKLIK BUK, Papua New Guinea, by kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.

How to Make a Woodworking Bench - 03/11/2020

This booklet shows you how to make a woodworking bench without the use of steel parts.

This uses material from Practical Action’s "Technical Brief: How to make a Woodworking Bench", used with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Fruit Leathers - 09/09/2020

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.

Evaporative Cooling, Book 2 - 25/08/2020

This book explains how to make a zeer pot fridge, which can keep food fresh for up to twenty days in extremely high temperatures.

Adapted from "Footsteps 94" - the literary publication of TEAR Fund, with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Evaporative Cooling, Book 3 - 25/08/2020

How to build a static, cooling chamber. This book shows how to build a Naya Cellar Storage system to improve the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables in hot climates. This is the third in a series of three. The other books in this series are:
Book 1: Overview of Inexpensive Fridges
Book 2: How to Make a Zeer Pot Fridge

This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Evaporative Cooling, Book 1 - 25/08/2020

Inexpensive fridges to preserve your fruit and vegetables. This book gives an overview of evaporative cooling and the various designs of fridges that can be used to preserve fruits and vegetables. This is the first in a series of three. The other books in this series are:
Book 2: How to Make a Zeer Pot Fridge
Book 3: How to Build a Static Cooling Chamber

This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Cooking: Making a Mud Stove - 06/08/2020

Making a One-Door Two-Hole Mud Stove. This book explains how to make a mud stove to control the heat and help with your cooking.

This uses material from "Mud Stoves in East Africa 1997, Practical Action", Eastern Africa Office, used with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.

Candle-Making - 28/07/2020

Candles have been made since the earliest times. This book describes how a candle works and specifies the materials and methods needed for small-scale production of candles.

    
This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.