MissionAssist Books - Crafts and Skills

Cooking: Changu Changu Moto - 2023/09/03

This book examines the dangers of cooking over an open fire and suggests an alternative — the Changu Changu Moto (Fast Fast Fire), a fuel-efficient cookstove developed by Ripple Africa in Malawi.

    
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 - 2023/02/27

Fireless cookers are a simple insulating covering that allow pots to continue to cook food even when they are taken off a source of heat. This helps reduce the need for an open fire, for fuelwood and also reduces indoor air pollution.

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 - 2021/07/29

This book gives recipes for making low-cost but delicious and long-lasting fruit squashes which is also another way of preserving fruit.

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 - 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
Copyright © 2019 MissionAssist

How to use a Sewing Machine - 2021/07/06

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 - 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 edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by MissionAssist.

Preserving Food in Hot Climates - 2021/05/21

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 - 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

Charcoal Briquettes - 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 published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

How to Make a Donkey Cart or Ambulance - 2021/03/04

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.