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Vita is looking for an EU Procurement Specialist
Consultant Wanted: EU Procurement Specialist Vita is an Irish International Development partner focusing on climate-smart rural development in the Horn of Africa. Vita seeks an EU Procurement Specialist to provide technical support and guidance on [...]
Potato seeds and their power to transform lives
The Story of Layhugni Berihun Layhugni Berihun is 36 and lives with her husband and five children in the Ata kebele of the Farta district in South Gonder, Ethiopia. She is, like [...]
Bigger yields and better crops: potato farmer Birhan Tilaye
Bigger yields and better crops: how Vita’s potato project is transforming the lives and livelihoods of farmers like Bihran in South Gonder, Ethiopia In Amhara State in the South Gonder Zone of [...]
Learn more about the Irish Potato Coalition
Climate Smart Agriculture: Irish Potato Coalition Vita acts as the driver to coordinate a seven country Potato Coalition covering Ethiopia, Malawi, Eritrea, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Kenya. The Coalition involves Irish and [...]
A family’s sustainable future powered by the potato
Tozene Nada builds her family’s sustainable future powered by the potato Tozene Nada was born in the mountains of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia. Despite the steep and hilly countryside [...]
Women’s Savings and Investment Coop
Women’s Savings & Investment Co-op, Ethiopia Nothing invigorates a community like a successful enterprise, and the women of the small village of Doko Yoyeri, high in the African Ridge Mountains of Southern [...]
Trekking to collect firewood is a thing of the past
Alemitu Yalew’s four hour trek to collect firewood is a thing of the past Before joining Vita’s improved cookstove project, Alemitu was using the traditional three stone stoves cooking for meal preparation [...]
Two small stoves transforming Meselech’s life
Meselech Meriya’s Story: How one Small Change has made a Monumental Difference Before joining Vita’s fuel-efficient cookstove programme, Meselech Mergiya used three stones surrounding an open fire on the ground to boil, cook, and prepare her [...]
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