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   September 2006 - Vita launches its new name at the National Ploughing Championships        Online Secure Facility Farmers V City Slickers Challenge          Noel Hickey and Richie Mulally from the Kilkenny Hurling Team                 In September 2006, Refugee Trust International (RTI) officially launched its new name, Vita, with a challenge at the National Ploughing Championships.        The Vita - Farmer v City Slicker Challenge took place at the Macra Na Feirme Stand where 15 Farmers pitched their skills against 15 City Slickers in a Milking Competition. The challenge was launched by Damian O’ Reilly from RTE’s Farm Week, along with Noel Hickey and Richie Mulally from the winning Kilkenny, All-Ireland, Hurling Team.        The choice of The Ploughing Championships to relaunch RTI as Vita was very apt given the change of Vita’s focus to building sustainable livelihoods in Ethiopia and Eritrea, where it is working with local farmers to enable them to return to productivity.                          John Wallace, Vita Chief Executive pictured centre with Noel Hickey, Richie Mulally, Caithriona McCarthy and Jenny Douglas. Not so long ago Irish people too were forced from their traditional agricultural livelihoods as small farm sizes and successive crop failure meant the land could no longer support their families. As a result, ownership and the farming of land became deeply ingrained in the Irish psyche.        The Vita - Farmers V City Slickers Challenge at The National Ploughing Championships paid tribute to the common histories of the Ethiopian/ Eritrean and Irish farming communities and of the acceptance that aid and investment righted problems that once seemed insurmountable in the Irish Farming Community.

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