The United Nations World Food Programme will soon distribute Mastercard prepaid debit cards, each loaded with $27, to Syrian refugees in Lebanon so they can buy their own food and boost the local economy.
The cards will be reloaded each month with a fresh $27, an amount the World Food Programme determined should be sufficient per person over that amount of time. That money means refugees won’t have to wait in line for new paper vouchers every 30 days, and they will no longer be dependent on pre-packaged rations. Instead, they can buy produce at any of the 300 stores across Lebanon that have signed up to participate. Read more…
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