UN sends food vouchers by SMS


	UN sends food vouchers by SMS

mona

10-27-2009 9:39 PM

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10-27-2009 10:58 PM

chestnut501

Wait a minute, I don't even have a mobile phone. Something doesn't seem right about this.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/61236572-7fbd-4938-b144-483716c2fb20/E3AD31EC-834F-46C3-9C26-39F8FE9661D2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html" href="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html"><HEADLINE>UN to text message food vouchers to Iraqi refugees</HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html"><P>Iraqi refugees in Syria will receive UN food vouchers through text messages on mobile phones, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html"><P>In a test project targeting 1000 Iraqi refugee families, the United Nations agency will send a $US22 ($24) voucher every two months by SMS to each family, who will be provided with a special SIM card.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html"><P>The beneficiary can then exchange the electronic voucher for rice, wheat flour, lentils, chickpeas, oil, canned fish, cheese and eggs at selected shops.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html"><P>Addressing concerns about mobile phone ownership among the refugee population, WFP spokeswoman Emilia Casella said all the 130,000 Iraqi refugees currently receiving food aid from the agency in Syria have mobile phones.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/un-to-text-message-food-vouchers-to-iraqi-refugees-20091028-hjmv.html"><P>"This if it bears fruit will potentially be continued," she added.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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