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Floating Gardens

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Registered Charity Number: 247257

Floating Gardens

  • Charity

    Practical Presents

In Bangladesh, poor people’s crop fields are destroyed by floods every year. However, by constructing a raft made of water hyacinth, families can grow the vegetables they need to survive. Then, when the growing season ends, the raft can be used as vital compost.

What You Get

  • A 3D Display Card showing how the gift will be put to use.
  • eCards available as the perfect last minute charity gift!

Your Gift in Action

Take a look at the great video clip below to see how your charity gifts are put into action in the real world.

Buying a Present with Practical Action

The process of buying a gift and helping Practical Action is simple :

  • Select a gift for your friend or loved one
  • Choose whether the gift pack and keepsake goes to you or your recipient first
  • Alternatively you can choose to send them an e-card and a link to information about their Practical Present and a downloadable keepsake

How Your Practical Present will help Practical Action

Over the last 40 years Practical Action have worked together with some of the world's poorest people throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America to help lift themselves out of poverty. The donation you make will be put to work straight away and will help Practical Action to transform the lives of poor people overseas. Their focus is on working with people and providing them with long-term solutions to enable them to better their lives and those around them.

Whichever gift people choose, their support helps to assist Practical Action's long-term projects in 13 developing countries.

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What are the Christmas delivery dates?

By Post - Sat 17th December – final deadline for Royal Mail Second Class - Tue 20th December – final deadline for Royal Mail First Class

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