{"id":5090,"date":"2015-11-19T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2015-12-03T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T17:01:06","slug":"the-surprisingly-easy-app-of-the-week-sharethemeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/19\/the-surprisingly-easy-app-of-the-week-sharethemeal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprisingly Easy App of the Week: ShareTheMeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every Thursday, we bring you an app that\u2019ll make your life easier. This week, however, we\u2019ve decided to highlight an app designed to improve the lives of others: ShareTheMeal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The concept behind ShareTheMeal is simple yet wonderful: you tap a button and a hungry child receives a meal.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the latest initiatives from the United Nations\u2019 World Food Programme, which was set-up to combat world hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Each meal costs just 35p. Once you\u2019ve registered, you\u2019re able to donate with a single tap.<\/p>\n<p>Each donation goes towards a meal for one of the 20,000 Syrian children displaced by war and in refugee camps in Jordan. The aim is to provide at least a year\u2019s worth of meals through the app.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier version of the app launched in Germany, Austria and Switzerland provided 1.8 million meals for children in Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2ilsK-GUFE\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Why is surprisingly easy? <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A single tap is all it takes to donate. You can donate as you sit down for lunch or dinner, before you go to work or even just before bed. You can donate as many times as you like too.<\/p>\n<p>The WFP claims that the world\u2019s 2 billion smartphone users outnumber starving children by 20 to 1, so the potential impact of just a small percentage of those smartphone users donating could be huge.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>The best bit<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve made your donation, the app will show you where your meal has been distributed and the impact it has. You\u2019re also able to share your donation on social media, encouraging more people to download the app.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about the World Food Programme and the ShareTheMeal initiative by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/sharethemeal.org\/en\/\">https:\/\/sharethemeal.org\/en\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sharethemeal\/id977130010?l=en&amp;mt=8\">Download ShareTheMeal on iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.sharethemeal.app\">Download ShareTheMeal on Android<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to give our surprisingly easy app a try too; it\u2019s the easy way to get cash for your stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/musicmagpie-sell-your-cds\/id416562292?mt=8\">Download musicMagpie on iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=uk.co.musicMagpie&amp;hl=en\">Download musicMagpie on Android<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Thursday, we bring you an app that\u2019ll make your life easier. This week, however, we\u2019ve decided to highlight an app designed to improve the lives of others: ShareTheMeal. What is it? 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