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Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is a US-based private, nonprofit, international development organization that worked for 42 years helping to empower the poor and fostering [[self-sufficiency]] in developing countries, with emphasis on [[appropriate technology|appropriate]] [[small-scale technologies]] for agriculture, food processing, [[renewable energy]], water supply and sanitation, housing and construction, small business development. VITA's worldwide roster of volunteer technical experts responded to thousands of technical inquiries from around the world on development issues and problems each year. In 2005 VITA merged with [http://www.enterpriseworks.org/ EnterpriseWorks], a Washington-based international non-profit organization that works with small business development programs. <ref name="ftn1">http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html</ref>. | Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is a US-based private, nonprofit, international development organization that worked for 42 years helping to empower the poor and fostering [[self-sufficiency]] in developing countries, with emphasis on [[appropriate technology|appropriate]] [[small-scale technologies]] for agriculture, food processing, [[renewable energy]], water supply and sanitation, housing and construction, small business development. VITA's worldwide roster of volunteer technical experts responded to thousands of technical inquiries from around the world on development issues and problems each year. In 2005 VITA merged with [http://www.enterpriseworks.org/ EnterpriseWorks], a Washington-based international non-profit organization that works with small business development programs. <ref name="ftn1">http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html</ref>. | ||
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All VITA publications are available in full text for free online at [http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html this website].<ref name="ftn1">http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html</ref> There are currently a total of 160 publications. | All VITA publications are available in full text for free online at [http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html this website].<ref name="ftn1">http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html</ref> There are currently a total of 160 publications. | ||
See also [[VITA document and link list]] | |||
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Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) is a US-based private, nonprofit, international development organization that worked for 42 years helping to empower the poor and fostering self-sufficiency in developing countries, with emphasis on appropriate small-scale technologies for agriculture, food processing, renewable energy, water supply and sanitation, housing and construction, small business development. VITA's worldwide roster of volunteer technical experts responded to thousands of technical inquiries from around the world on development issues and problems each year. In 2005 VITA merged with EnterpriseWorks, a Washington-based international non-profit organization that works with small business development programs. [1].
Publications
All VITA publications are available in full text for free online at this website.[1] There are currently a total of 160 publications.
See also VITA document and link list