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=__Industry in LEDC__=

=__Industry in LEDC__=

**__ 5 ways in which appropriate technology can provide a sustainable way of living in poorer less economically developed countries: __**
1, For the poorly educated of LEDCs who are most likely unemployed, appropriate technology is introducing cheap and simple machinery and providing labour intensive projects. These provide employment and do not require professionals for maintenance as the simple machinery can be fixed by the locals.

2, Farmers in LEDCs along with people with other partially skilled jobs can provide technology that utilizes these skills but increases the output.

3, Tools that use the natural resources (__eg__ rivers and raw materials) of the area and are appropriately chosen to use the knowledge of the people



4, Local craft industries can be expanded and more profitable by utilizing natural resources in the area and using better technology

5, Introduce low cost schemes using technologies that people in the area can afford and manage

**__ Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) __** ITDG is a British charitable organization that works with the people of LEDCs and focuses on implementing appropriate technology within their area. This is mainly in the form of providing tools and techniques that will benefit the person, the local community and the economy of the area. This means people can, move out of poverty and enable them to meet their nutritional and synthetic needs. ITDG uses the knowledge of the people to be as economically beneficial as possible by providing technical advice, training, basic equipment and financial support so that people are allowed to become “more self-sufficient and independent”. Overall the ITDG raises enough for a small surplus that is invested into the people’s small businesses and communities.

__**ITDG in Kenya**__
The ITDG has worked with Kenya in making inexpensive technology to help improve the quality of life. People in Kenya struggled living with the long tasks they did to survive. With ITDG's help they have made technology to reduce the time taken for certain tasks and improve the people's way of life. They all worked as a community to create a better environment for future generations.



=__**1:Housing Project**__= The traditional housing was called the __**enkang.**__ there were made of posts, a mixture of cowdung and soil, and grass. They had a small entrance for people to enter and exit, this was also used for ventilation in the house. Enkang are known for their: **__low, leeking rooves, dark rooms, cramped spaces, their foul stench of animal odour, termite infested atmosphere, lack of water and permanance.__** Most **__enkangs__** look like the ones in the picture below

These houses caused problems with health due to: __**lack of hygene**__, and posed health risks such as: **__eye and respiratory ailments__**. They were uncomfortable, and needed constant repair.



However this all changed when ITDG arrived and found a way of improving these houses to make them more permanent and keeping these changes sustainable and affordable. The new roofs were made up of polythene sheet laid betweena twigs/grass base and thin covering of cement. This now impermeable roof is also structured to collected water from the rain which saves women lots of trips to the nearest water source. The walls are now made of ferro-cement made by nailing wire mesh to termite-proof posts, with larger openings and a chimney cowl which makes the inside of the dwelling lighter and less smokey also allowing the fowl stench to clear up, improving the hygene of the habitants and leaveing them more healthy.

__**2:Roofing Materials:**__
ITDG has help modify the roofing material using improved roofing tiles made from natural fibres (eg,sisal) and lime (or cement) to soil. These tiles prove to be cheaper then the commercialy made ones. The picture below shows an example of what the roofing was like.

__**3: Energy.**__
The training potters have been improved in several ways to become fuel-efficient cooking stoves. These massively reduce the amount of firewood needed. This stove is made by metal workers who use recycled metal. This new stove reduces the time needed to collect furewood, and is modified to reduce the amount of smoke coming out of it, therefor improving the users health.

Overall, the ITDG has worked hard with the people of Kenya to improve the lifestyle and methods to survive. This will be proven useful for the next generations to come and will help bring these people closer together to work as a comunity.

We hope you enjoyed this presentation. By James Turney and Ryan Carden.