Home About Us Programmes Donations Fundraising & Events 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 Latest News          Vita's New Location Vita, Equity House, Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 7 Ph: +353 (01) 8734303 Fax: +353 (01) 8734325 We have moved office to a new cost-effective location. Please take note of our new address and contact numbers and feel free to drop in and visit us any time.        Leave a positive footprint in Ethiopia Join us on our Ethiopian Village Walk        The Legacy of Fr. Kevin Doheny Vita is commemorating the 10th anniversay of the death of our founder, Fr. Kevin Doheny who set up Refugee Trust (now, Vita) after his work in Chencha during the 1974 Ethiopian Famine. We ask you to support the Emergency Summer Planting Appeal to help us continue his Legacy in Africa. Magic Stoves Made from Mud        Deirdre Lynam of the European Commission (on the left) and Anne Maria Dennisson, national president of the Irish Countrywomen's Association with a model of the magic fuel-efficient stove which is being built locally in Eritrea.        Watch a video of women making the magic stove        Please support our Easter 'Power to the People' Appeal Click here to donate        Vita Calendar 2012 2012 A3 Wall Calendar with beautiful images of Ethiopia and Vitas project work. Click here to purchase for €20               Providing families with improved seed potatoes, irrigation and training to grow food for life        Vita is sharing the Irish love for the spud in Ethiopia. With your support, we can provide food security for an area in Ethiopia the size of Ireland using the seed potato Pictured above: Planting seed potatoes at the European Commission Office, Dublin (L-R, front) Barbara Nolan, Head of Representation, European Commission; John Weakliam, Vita Chief Executive; and Eanna Ni Lamhna, renowned botanist (L-R, back) Deirdre Ruane, Vita Development; Rosaleen McMenamin, Vita Finance and Operations Director        Click here to enter the shop...        Award-Winning Vita Stoves and Edible Trees Changing Lives with a Green Footprint Vita is empowering women in Eritrea by providing them with the local resources and training needed to build their own fuel-efficient stoves and plant edible Moringa 'Miracle' trees. The trees can be used as food, fuel, water purification, rope, soap and even medicine. The award-winning stove design reduces fuel consumption by 60% and eliminates smoke in the house. The project also helps the environment by offsetsing the equivalent of 5.5 tonnes of CO2 emmissions per household.               THE LATE BERNADETTE MCKENNA The Board and Staff of Vita mourned the passing of Bernadette McKenna, dearly loved long serving staff member and colleague. Bernadette was inspired by Vita's Founder Father Kevin Doheny to become our greatest fundraiser as well as the guardian of the values inherited by Father Norman Fitzgerald and Father Kevin. Bernadette was hugely devoted to the welfare of others and she will be sadly missed by everybody in Vita and all who had the privilege to know her. Most especially all of our sympathies go to Bernadette's mother Mary, Sister Maura, great friend Pauline as well as to her family and friends. May she rest in peace and may her special nature endure and inspire Vita's work.          Operation Weight Loss Sligo You lose while they gain! - Free weight loss advice - 40% off at month membership at Sligo Sports Complex - 7wks Get Fit programme - Great Prizes This project was launched by the Srs of Mercy in Sligo on 5th September, 78 people have signed up and it's not too late to join us to lose weight, get fit and healthy and help families in Ethiopia to become free from poverty and hunger. For more information or to register, contact: 087 205 1715 Join us on Facebook Create an Online Fundraising Page with MyCharity        Bring Business to the Table to Fight World Hunger John Weakliam, CEO of Vita, advocates for a new approach which enables communities in Africa to adopt initiatives which support sustainable living. He further calls on Irish business to help change how hunger is tackled and says that business has much to gain in the process. - Read full article - Corporate Support Information        Geraldine O'Loughlin Fund Helping Women in Africa Click here for further information        Vita Update Newsletters        Vita Update April 2010 Vita Update December 09 Vita Update April 09 Vita Update December 08 Vita Update September 08 Vita Update April 08 Multiply your Money! Claim Tax Relief for 2009 If you are a PAYE only tax payer, and have given €250 or more to Vita in the course of a tax year, Vita can reclaim the tax paid on your donations. Your details are confidential to Vita and the Revenue Commissioners. The information will not be used for anything other than the tax claim. Once a year Vita automatically mails a tax relief form to all individual donors whose donations qualify for a tax reclaim. We will soon be sending out the forms for 2009 reclaims.        Vita Acknowledges the Funding of Irish Aid and EuropeAid Vita is delighted to acknowledge the vital contribution of Department of Foreign Affairs, through Irish Aid, to Vita’s Sustainable Livelihoods Programme in the Horn of Africa. Irish Aid has been pro-active in supporting organisational development at Vita, in addition to providing a block grant for the period 2008-2010 from the Civil Society Fund. Vita also acknowledges the funding contribution of the European Union to Vita’s Eritrean and Ethiopian Livelihoods Programmes through EuropeAid’s Forestry and Environment Programme and the Food Facility - Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries. The EU has also recently awarded Vita with a fund of €3m for the implementation of three new food security projects in Africa.                 Click here to measure your carbon footprint now          .

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