{"id":6905,"date":"2012-09-12T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T12:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=6905"},"modified":"2012-09-13T14:52:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T13:52:28","slug":"mastercard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2012\/09\/12\/mastercard-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MasterCard And WFP Team Up To Deliver \u201cDigital Food\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfp.org\/stories\/mastercard-and-wfp-team-deliver-digital-food\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6908\" title=\"MasterCard And WFP Team Up To Deliver \u201cDigital Food\u201d\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/120913_mc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>MasterCard and WFP have announced a global partnership that will use  digital innovation to help people around the world break the cycle of  hunger and poverty. This game-changing partnership will combine  MasterCard\u2019s expertise in electronic payment systems with WFP\u2019s global  reach among the world\u2019s hungry. Food assistance programmes harnessing widespread mobile technology  and an &#8216;Integrated Giving&#8217; platform that will allow virtually anyone in  the world to contribute to WFP\u2019s operations are the central features of  the partnership between WFP and MasterCard announced in London on  Thursday. \u201cOur partnership with MasterCard is a great example of how  transformative private sector partnerships innovate against hunger,\u201d  said Nancy Roman, WFP Director of Communications, Public Policy and Private Partnerships. By drawing on MasterCard\u2019s technical know-how and international  reach, WFP will further develop both its electronic voucher programme  that enables hungry families around the globe to buy nutritional food on  local markets, Roman said. The UN food assistance agency will also be  able to develop its online donation mechanism, extending its ability to  engage individuals and brands in a &#8220;global community working together to  solve hunger&#8221;, she added. Where markets are stable, WFP often distributes vouchers that are  redeemable in local shops for food and other staple items. These vouchers help boost local economies while allowing poor communities to receive food assistance with dignity. Through the \u201cDigital Food Project,\u201d MasterCard\u2019s payment and  technology expertise will help WFP to refine and improve its systems  that deliver food vouchers via mobile phones or banking cards to people  without regular access to banks or financial services. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfp.org\/stories\/mastercard-and-wfp-team-deliver-digital-food\" target=\"_blank\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: Global |  Company: MasterCard\u00c2\u00a0 | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfp.org\/stories\/mastercard-and-wfp-team-deliver-digital-food\" target=\"_blank\">World Food Programme<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MasterCard and WFP have announced a global partnership that will use digital innovation to help people around the world break the cycle of hunger and poverty. This game-changing partnership will combine MasterCard\u2019s expertise in electronic payment systems with WFP\u2019s global reach among the world\u2019s hungry. 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