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<p>Practical Action (previously known as the Intermediate Technology Development Group, ITDG) is a <a href="/facts/Developing_country/eTfS4kxl">development</a> <a href="/facts/Charitable_trust/7wNPIBHV">charity</a> registered in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> which works directly in four regions of the developing world – <a href="/facts/Latin_America/Qmx9Jx2a">Latin America</a>, <a href="/facts/East_Africa/WtsAyphI">East Africa</a>, <a href="/facts/Southern_Africa/Ak6C1vgf">Southern Africa</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Asia/7gTqe3hY">South Asia</a>, with particular concentration on <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a>, <a href="/facts/Bolivia/YNBoDKKR">Bolivia</a>, <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a>, <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a>, <a href="/facts/Zimbabwe/8Yqt8490">Zimbabwe</a>, <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a> and <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a>. </p><p>In these countries, Practical Action works with poor communities to develop <a href="/facts/Appropriate_technology/cJkI5lIt">appropriate technologies</a> in <a href="/facts/Renewable_energy/6Bu6IrpF">renewable energy</a>, <a href="/facts/Food_production/1JPhss6V">food production</a>, <a href="/facts/Food_processing/2vRFfCL9">agro-processing</a>, <a href="/facts/Water/0lkXnJPK">water</a>, <a href="/facts/Sanitation/NLGqBs2T">sanitation</a>, small enterprise development, building and shelter, <a href="/facts/Climate_change_adaptation/RoUgv5FF">climate change adaptation</a> and <a href="/facts/Disaster_risk_reduction/MBVvN6oF">disaster risk reduction</a>. </p>