| | Please help us with our 2011
Christmas Tree & Dinner Appeal | | | A Christmas Message
| | | Christmas is a special time for families. It is a time for giving. Mother Teresa, Vita Founding Patron, understood the power of giving to people in need, helping them to become self-sufficient. Vita’s Founders
Fr Kevin Doheny and Fr Norman Fitzgerald continued this legacy.
For over 20 years Vita has supported vulnerable families around the world -particularly in Africa. At a time when we are buying festive trees and food, many families in Ethiopia and Eritrea are blighted by hunger. You can help them by providing the gift of the nutritious Irish Spud or Moringa trees. | | | | | About the Moringa “Miracle” Tree
| | | The Moringa tree is called “Miracle Tree” in
many languages because of its numerous,
valuable uses.
Modern science is proving that
these tiny leaves are packed with incredible
nutrition and contain
• Twice the amount of protein as yoghurt.
• Four times more calcium than milk.
• Seven times more vitamins than oranges.
• Three times more potassium than bananas. |
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| | | What Vita is doing
| | | Providing the Irish potato seeds in Ethiopia,
planting “Miracle” Moringa trees or building fuel
efficient stoves in Eritrea are some of the many
ways Vita’s projects help many thousands of
families.
Vita’s Christmas Wish - For rural families in Africa to enjoy sustainable livelihoods, free from risk of famine and aid dependency |
| What Vita is doing
| | | Their trees will be for life, not just for the
12 days of Christmas. A Christmas gift
of trees and/or potato seeds to
a family is a gift for life. You are giving these
families the means to provide vital nutrition for
their children. Your Christmas present will
enable them to survive, to grow their own food
and help them sustain their livelihoods. |
| About Vita
| | | Vita is an Irish registered charity working in
Africa since 1989. Vita works directly with
communities in Ethiopia and Eritrea to support
them in their fight against hunger and climate
change, leading to their own sustainable
development.
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| | | | €70 for Spud Appeal |  | €70 will provide 2 bags of Irish potato seeds for one family
With your help, we can provide families with improved seed potatoes, irrigation and training to grow food for life.
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| | €40 for Moringa Miracle tree |  | €40 will help families overcome poor health and malnutrition
A Christmas gift of Moringa trees to a family means more than just trees - it is the gift of life. You are giving these families the means to provide vital nutrition for their children.
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|  | Regular Donation:
Set Up a Standing Order to Donate to Vita Monthly |
| | | By making a regular donation, you are helping Vita to develop and support income generation activities with marginalised and deprived communities in the Horn of Africa.Our approach encourages and supports people to use resources available to them to meet the challenges they meet in their everyday lives
How you can help Vita Build Sustainable Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa:
1) Read the stories below to understand the effect that regular support can have
2) Click on the link below to download the standing order form, fill this in and send it to Vita
3) Apply for tax relief to increase the impact of your donation | | | | Click here to download the standing order form. | | |
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| | €20 per month... |  | €20 per month of your money will help Vita provide income generating activities such as bakeries for women like Elsa
Elsa who lives in Haykota in Eritrea, and the women who live in two nearby villages, Tessenei and Forto Sawa – no longer have to work in these conditions.
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| | Thanks to your donations Vita has built three new, properly equipped bakeries. | | | | €100 per month... |  | €100 per month will provide nutrition and literacy training for a community for a year
Women taking part in Vita’s nutrition and literacy training. |
| | This programme works with 1000 mothers who are faced with food shortages. Training includes demonstrations and information about new fruits and vegetables. | | |
| | €50 per month... |  | €50 per month will help us provide clean water
Abrehet no longer has to spend four hours walking every day just to provide water for her family. |
| | Thanks to your support a well has been sunk and the water piped to the centre of the village of Endagiorgis so that now she only has to walk 50 metres. Now she has clean water and more time to care for her family. | | | | €20 per month... | | €150 per month will help families like Caleb’s to benefit from Vita’s Income Generation Support
Caleb (17), pictured left, and his sister Eunice (16), were determined to keep their younger brothers and sisters together after their parents died of AIDS. |
| | This was possible through Vita’s Income Generation support. They rise early, Eunice makes doughnuts and Caleb takes them on his bicycle to sell in nearby small kiosks, before they all go to school. Caleb also plants corn and beans in their small plot of land. They have been able to buy blankets and food for themselves and their younger brothers and sisters and they continue to live as a family. | | |
| | €20 per month... | | €20 per month of your money will help Vita provide income generating activities such as bakeries for women like Elsa
Elsa who lives in Haykota in Eritrea, and the women who live in two nearby villages, Tessenei and Forto Sawa – no longer have to work in these conditions.
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| | Thanks to your donations Vita has built three new, properly equipped bakeries. | | | | €100 per month... | | €100 per month will provide nutrition and literacy training for a community for a year
Women taking part in Vita’s nutrition and literacy training. |
| | This programme works with 1000 mothers who are faced with food shortages. Training includes demonstrations and information about new fruits and vegetables. | | |
| | €50 per month... | | €50 per month will help us provide clean water
Abrehet no longer has to spend four hours walking every day just to provide water for her family. |
| | Thanks to your support a well has been sunk and the water piped to the centre of the village of Endagiorgis so that now she only has to walk 50 metres. Now she has clean water and more time to care for her family. | | | | €20 per month... | | €150 per month will help families like Caleb’s to benefit from Vita’s Income Generation Support
Caleb (17), pictured left, and his sister Eunice (16), were determined to keep their younger brothers and sisters together after their parents died of AIDS. |
| | This was possible through Vita’s Income Generation support. They rise early, Eunice makes doughnuts and Caleb takes them on his bicycle to sell in nearby small kiosks, before they all go to school. Caleb also plants corn and beans in their small plot of land. They have been able to buy blankets and food for themselves and their younger brothers and sisters and they continue to live as a family. | | |
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| | | Tax Relief on Donations
| When you donate more than €250 per annum, Vita benefits from tax relief from the Irish Government.
PAYE workers in the lower tax bracket who make a donation of €250 pa generate an extra €62.50 in additional income.
PAYE workers in the higher tax bracket generate an extra income of €181.04 pa.
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How do I apply for tax relief? | Click to download the tax relief form here and print. | Complete and return the form today to Vita, 73A Blessington St, Dublin 7.
Even if you have made several separate donations to Vita throughout the year, you only need to fill out one tax relief form for the whole year. |
Self Assessment
If you are self assessed simply send your donation receipt with your annual tax return form as proof of payment, to the Revenue Commissioners. | See www.revenue.ie for further information on charity tax relief for self assessed individuals. |
Company Assessment
A company may treat its donation as normal business expenses, deductible at the appropriate rate of corporation tax.
If you need more information on any of the above, please call Vita at 01 882 0108 |
Company Assessment
A company may treat its donation as normal business expenses, deductible at the appropriate rate of corporation tax.
If you need more information on any of the above, please call Vita at 01 882 0108 | | | | | | | | Other Ways You Can Change Lives... | | | | | |
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