The very positive results of this second visit and the realization that the blacksmiths are able to develop themselves and their colleagues led to a third visit in 1988, at the blacksmiths' request." This led to a job invitation from the Intermediate Technology Development Group and further projects in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. "The Manie blacksmiths' cry for tools with which to work resulted in five weeks spent making tools with them in 1987. Poston's recognition of the significance of traditional blacksmithing to rural economies came during a study visit to Zaire and Zambia in 1986. "The Blacksmith and the Farmer - Rural Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa" by David Poston, 1994, Practical Action, ISBN 1853391271
It also supports blacksmith training programs in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone. The blacksmiths provide tools to artisans, including farmers, many of whom are women, and offer an accessible, cheap source of repair work. With tools sent from Britain they have already made well over a million items, now in daily use in their communities. It also supports the makers of tools - Africa's blacksmiths. TFSR refurbishes second-hand hand tools and sewing machines collected from British homes and sends them to community groups in Africa. Tools for Self Reliance: Practical Help to Practical People Overseas - "In the struggle to develop, bare hands are not enough - Could you work without tools?" This British charity supports workers in some of the world's poorest countries by providing basic hand-tools and promoting local tool-making. Then he makes everything everyone else needs: the farmers, builders, carpenters, craftsmen, householders, cooks. With an anvil and a hammer a blacksmith can make everything else he needs. Manuals, how-to's, research reports (full text online) Classics on organic growing, soil and health (full text online)
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