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Water Pumps - Solar-power

Solar-Powered water pumps: fresh water brought to you by the sun. This book, the fifth in a series on water pumps, explains how solar-powered pumps work and illustrates the different types available to assist in the provision of clean drinking water for the community, also water for livestock and for irrigation.

Other books in this series:
Book 1 — An Overview of the Different Types of Pumps
Book 2 — Human Powered Pumps for Domestic Use
Book 3 — Human and Animal Powered Pumps for Irrigation
Book 4 — Hydraulic Ram Powered Pumps

This uses material from "Practical Action", used with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

Water Pumps - Hydraulic

Hydraulic ram water pumps. This book explains how hydraulic ram pumps (hydrams) work and how to install and use them.

Other books in this series:
Book 1 — An Overview of the Different Types of Pumps
Book 2 — Human-Powered Pumps for Domestic Use
Book 3 — Human and Animal Powered Pumps for Irrigation
Book 5 — Solar-Powered Pumps

This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

Bombas D’Água 4: Hidráulico

Esse livrinho explica como funcionam, como instalar e como usar as bombas tipo carneiro hidráulico.

Livrinhos da série:
Livrinho 1 — Um panorama geral dos diferentes tipos
Livrinho 2 — Bombas a energia humana para uso doméstico e comunitário
Livrinho 3 — Bombas a energia humana e animal para irrigação
Livrinho 4 — Bombas tipo carneiro hidráulico
Livrinho 5 — Bombas a energia solar

Utilizamos material da Practical Action, que gentilmente permitiu seu uso.
Esta edição foi publicada no Reino Unido em 2023 por MissionAssist.
Direitos reservados © 2023 MissionAssist.
Materiais da Practical Action podem ser utilizados livremente
(inclusive para uso comercial).
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Water Pumps - Irrigation

Water Pumps - human and animal powered for irrigation. This book, the third in a series about different types of devices for pumping water, focuses on human and animal powered pumps for use in irrigation.

Other books in this series:
Book 1 — An Overview of the Different Types of Pumps
Book 2 — Human-Powered Pumps for Domestic Use
Book 4 — Hydraulic Ram Powered Pumps
Book 5 — Solar-Powered Pumps

This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

How to Build a Bio-dyke

How to build a bio-dyke for protection against floods. This is a low-cost flood defence that not only protects adjacent fields but can produce additional crops across its own surface area.

This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.
Illustrations by MissionAssist.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

Teaching Training 2

The second of two books on Training for Teachers, designed to give practical tips for teaching pupils in a one-to-one or classroom setting, with Book 2 looking particularly at the pupils and stressing how important it is for them to actively want to learn.

See also
Book 1: Assessing what the pupil knows and identifying the next steps
Inspired by an article in Footsteps 90 the literary publication of Tearfund
Written by Mary Bennett, a former lecturer at a teachers’ training college
Illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2021 MissionAssist

Water Pumps - Domestic

Water Pumps - human-powered for domestic and community use. This book, the second in a series of five, focuses on human-powered pumps, their specifications and applications, from single household use to pumps which can supply a whole village.

Other books in this series:
Book 1 — An Overview of the Different Types of Pumps
Book 3 — Human and Animal Powered Pumps for Irrigation
Book 4 — Hydraulic Ram Powered Pumps
Book 5 — Solar-Powered Pumps

This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

Waste Management - Rubbish Pits

This book tells you how to create a rubbish pit for single household waste after it has been reduced or recycled as far as possible and also introduces the idea of creating a community waste collection service.

This uses material from "Footsteps 59" and "Footsteps 107", literary publications from TEAR Fund, with kind permission.
Additional illustrations by MissionAssist.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

Water Pumps 1 - Overview

Water Pumps - An overview of the different types. Pumps are often needed to supply communities with water both for drinking and for use in agriculture. This first book in a series of five looks at different types of pumps and lists the criteria to be considered prior to installation.

Other books in this series:
Book 2 — Human Powered Pumps for Domestic Use
Book 3 — Human and Animal Powered Pumps for Irrigation
Book 4 — Hydraulic Ram Powered Pumps
Book 5 — Solar-Powered Pumps

his uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.

Waste Management

This book covers the three main ways of mitigating the impact of rubbish on our environment, by reducing, reusing, recycling. It also warns against careless disposal of hazardous waste.

This uses material from "Footsteps 59", the literary publication of TEAR Fund, with kind permission.
Additional illustrations by MissionAssist.

This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by MissionAssist.