Tools for Self Reliance

Tools for Self Reliance send tools to Africa in response to requests from our partners. So we only need certain types of tools. As the tools will be used to help people earn a living they need to be good quality and in good working order.The tools we need are:

• blacksmiths tools – especially anvils, leg vices and hand-operated pillar drills
• carpentry tools – especially large carpenters’ vices, metal jack planes and tri-planes, and drawknives
• engineering and metalworking tools – especially HSS twist drills, metric taps & dies, hand-operated bench grinders
• bicycle repair tools – especially spoke spanners
• Shoe repair tools – especially complete sets of individual lasts
• auto-mechanics tools – especially heavy duty screw jacks, tyre pressure gauges and foot-pumps
• electrical repair tools – especially multi-meters and desoldering equipment
• arc welders (240V)
• industrial quality power tools – especially heavy duty drills and bench grinders.

They also send certain types of sewing machines.