Home About Us Programmes Donations Fundraising & Events Vita Challenges 2011 Upcoming Events in Ireland Summer 2011 Spud Appeal 2011 Birr Bank Holiday Golf, May 2011 Wellness Workshop No.1 : Mindfulness Meditation March 2011 'Miracle' Moringa, Christmas Tree Appeal 2010 The Great Ethiopian Run 2010 Women's Mini Marathon, 7 June 2010 Women in Afirca Evening, 8 April 2010 We Don't Care Less 'Trees for Life', Marlay Park Dungarvan Mini Marathon, 27 September 2009 Laois Mini Marathon, 6 September 2009 Castlecomer Fundraising Classic, 28 August 2009 Monaghan Walk, 26 July, 2009 Women's Mini Marathon, 2009 Lyons Tea Charity Giveaway Buy a Miracle Tree 'Go Green with Vita' Recycling 'Angels for Africa' Campaign The Hibernian Orchestra/Vita Concert "Summer Promenade" Vita Launches New Name at Ploughing Championship, 2006 Vita Challenges 2011 Vita Carbon Credits Green Giving Just World Gifts Schools Vita Volunteers Vita Charity Shops News Links Section Contact Us          Sign up for our email newsletter If you would like to hear more about Vita’s work , fill in your email address below Name Email   Online Secure Facility                 Vita beneficiaries, Fetenech & Zegeye with their successful potato harvest from the new seed potato variety provided by Vita          With your help, we can provide families with improved seed potatoes, irrigation and training to grow food for life          - Donate here to plant seeds of change        The Seed Potato is helping to free families from Hunger        Vita have shown local families that one bag of seed can yield ten bags thus allowing an increase in income from €50/year to €500/year and an ability to pay back, in kind, the original bag plus another bag. These 2 bags will go into a community based co-op to be used by other families in delivering overall food security and income generation in the region.        Sharing the Irish Love for the Spud        Vita has become renowned in Ethiopia for turning hungry families dependent on our aid, into thriving farmers, with food and money to raise their families. During 2010, Vita piloted the seed potato program to 300 farmers and the yields were five times more than for the traditional Ethiopian potatoes. In September, the European Union awarded Vita with top marks of A for the work with farmers in Ethiopia.        Planting Seeds of Change        Now Vita is targeting thousands more families in an area the size of Ireland. Eanna Ni Lamhna lauded the role of the potato in Vita’s work. “The Irish potato, so much part of Ireland’s history, is a key to a sustainable future for Ethiopia”. The UN have called potato a “hidden treasure” for poor countries for its high starch content, and 2008 was declared the “Year of the Potato” Vita is looking for funds from communities, individuals and organisations throughout Ireland by May 1st, with no amount being too small, in order to meet the deadline time for growing the seed potatoes.        About Vita        Vita is an Irish registered Charity working in Africa. For over twenty years, Vita has been working directly with communities in Ethiopia and Eritrea to help them to fight hunger and the effects of climate change on their lives and to lead their own sustainable development.

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