Here are some examples of projects UK NGOs are supporting at home and abroad. Following the narrative of What Britain is doing, The great migration and This land is your land, they include power generation in Nepal and Peru by Practical Action, DFID- and IRRI-backed "scuba rice" crops in Bangledesh, "push-pull" planting in Kenya developed by ICIPE in partnership with Rothamsted Research, Thames renewal by the UK Environment Agency, Christian Aid education and housing projects in Brazil and the Philippines, WaterAid waste management and water treatment in India and Nepal, innovative responses to water shortages in Kenya, and community farming projects in Peru and Bangladesh, all from Practical Action.
Seeds of change
© Rakesh Shrestha/Practical Action
© Practical Action Peru
'Scuba rice', Bangadesh © International Rice Research Institute
Stemborer infestation on maize, Kenya © Zeyaur Khan/ICIPE
Punch cartoon from 1858, the time of the “Great Stink”
Atlantic salmon tagged prior to re-release into the Thames © Nigel Reader & Peter Gough/Environment Agency
City school, Brasilia © Christian Aid
Manila slum © Christian Aid
Solid waste management in Chinnavilai, Tamil Nadu © Dieter Telemans/WaterAid
Reed bed technology at the Sunga wastewater treatment plant, Kathmandu © Marco Betti/WaterAid
Shallow well at Lokiriama, near Lake Turkana, Kenya © Justine Williams/Practical Action
Camel herd, Turkana, Kenya © Georgina Cranston/Practical Action
Growing coffee under the forest canopy, Peru © Practical Action Peru
Floating garden, Bangladesh © Practical Action Bangladesh
