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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 (DC) based international non-profit organization that works with small business development programs.

In 2009 Enterprise Works/VITA merged with Relief International, "a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide".

Publications

VITA produced approximately 160 publications. These are mostly introductions to various technical fields. These publications were produced by VITA technical advisers on a volunteer basis or by other organisations on behalf of VITA - see the introduction to each document for details. Any copyrights owned by VITA are now owned by Relief International.

Relief International advise (3 May 2011) that:

They do not believe VITA publications have ever been published under an Open Access license.
They are considering options for how they want to license VITA content.
Until they decide this any VITA content on Appropedia should have the following template:

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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.
-= Publications =
+In 2005 VITA merged with [http://www.enterpriseworks.org/ EnterpriseWorks], a Washington (DC) based international non-profit organization that works with small business development programs.
-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.
+In 2009 Enterprise Works/VITA merged with [http://www.ri.org Relief International], "a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide".
-See also [[VITA document and link list]]
+== Publications ==
+VITA produced approximately 160 publications. These are mostly introductions to various technical fields. These publications were produced by VITA technical advisers on a volunteer basis or by other organisations on behalf of VITA - see the introduction to each document for details. Any copyrights owned by VITA are now owned by Relief International.
-<references/>
+Relief International  [[Talk:Volunteers_in_Technical_Assistance#My_reply_May_3.2C_2011|advise (3 May 2011) that]]:
+* They do not believe VITA publications have ever been published under an [[Open Access]] license.
+* They are considering options for how they want to license VITA content.
+* Until they decide this any VITA content on Appropedia should have the following template:
+{{Template:VITA}}
+== See also ==
+[http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html http://www.journeytoforever.org/farm_library/VITAlist.html]<br />
+[[VITA document and link list]]
 [[Category: VITA]]