ShareTheMeal

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ShareTheMeal is the donation app of the World Food Program of the United Nations , with which users donate money directly to children in need.

description

With an amount of 70 cents, one child can be provided with food for a day. The app went online in 2015 for iOS ( App Store ) and Android ( Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore ). As of May 2020, according to the company, more than 60 million meals had been financed.

However, children are actually not provided with food on 70 cents a day. The original amount of the donation was 40 cents. In July 2020 this amount was increased to 70 cents, but associated with it was only a significant increase in marketing expenses: "62% flow directly into the nutrition of families in need. 28% are invested in fundraising and marketing. This is how we build our community and we can help even more people in the future. 6% will continue to be used for operational costs of our organization and 4% will continue to cover payment fees in the future. " This means that the percentage of those classified as "low" by the DZI has been increased to "reasonable".

reception

The app was developed in April 2014 by Sebastian Stricker and Bernhard Kowatsch in Berlin. In November 2015, ShareTheMeal received the Lead Academy's LeadAward for Startup of the Year. In December 2015 ShareTheMeal was included in Google's collection of the best apps of 2015 and was part of Google's collection of Christmas themes 2015. In March 2016, ShareTheMeal won the Innovation Interactive Award at SxSW in the New Economy category.

In April 2016, ShareTheMeal won the People's Voice Award at the 20th Annual Webby Awards in the Mobile Sites & Apps Best Practices category. In April 2016, ShareTheMeal was nominated for the Classy Award as one of the most innovative charitable and social companies of 2016. In October 2016, ShareTheMeal won the 2016 Lovie Awards in the Mobile Sites & Apps Best Practices category.

In November 2016, ShareTheMeal received 3 Shorty Social Good Awards, including “NGO of the Year”. In December 2016, ShareTheMeal was voted one of the best apps of 2016 by Google. At Google I / O in May 2017, ShareTheMeal won the Google Play Award for Best Social Impact.

ShareTheMeal has been endorsed and endorsed by several celebrities, including the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz , actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens , soccer player Kaká , and singer Grimes .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article on the start of ShareTheMeal
  2. ↑ ShareTheMeal. Counter reading when called: 60m. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Sharethemeal.org FAQ
  4. ↑ https://www.dzi.de/spenderberatung/hilfstexte/Share-wv-kosten/