December 20, 2021 10:21:03/Source: Akta.ba
Mastercard Company in Bosnia and Herzegovina and SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina united through online donations for even better working conditions of “SOS Day Care Centers”.
Mastercard in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the humanitarian organization SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, launched a campaign to support online donations through the platform www.sos-ds.ba, bearing in mind the importance of the role of all of us individually in terms of commitment to sustainable development, digitalization and creation better opportunities for local community life.
Therefore, Mastercard and SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina invite us all to join the joint online donation campaign where every donation made with a Mastercard® card online, in any amount, Mastercard increases by another 10 KM.
As user habits are increasingly moving into the online environment, it is necessary to encourage users and point out that donating can be easier, safer and more sustainable through continuous or one-time online payments via cards.
In SOS Children’s Villages, children grow up with siblings and SOS parents, where the emphasis is on the family environment, and by donating funds through this platform, additional funds will be provided for even better work of day care centers – where children are provided with a stimulating environment, way they acquire knowledge, skills and habits through educational and creative work in accordance with the individual development plan of the child.
“Mastercard has a long history of supporting philanthropic goals through functional inclusion. So, not only through financial assistance, but through mentoring knowledge sharing and making technologies available with the goal of empowering end users. Following the trend of increasing digital payments, Mastercard supported online donations to SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina with uncompromising security of transactions of each user. We are realizing this partnership and campaign by putting all the key functionalities of digital payments in the function of charity and we hope that in this way we will reach new users and inspire them to join us in creating positive changes in children’s lives in SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Jelena Ristić, Director for Markets of Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina at Mastercard.
“SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through various programs, takes care of more than 1,000 children and young people without parental care, as well as children and young people who are at risk. Children get a warm home thanks to donations from noble people and companies, but above all the care of SOS parents. Partners like Mastercard bring us new opportunities to improve our work and the conditions in which children live, learn and develop. We are glad that the efforts we invest in encouraging online donations have been recognized, because we see it as a sustainable way through which we can easily and long-term establish a relationship with donors, and provide funding for important initiatives for healthy and happy development and creating better opportunities for children and youth which we take care of“, said Mirela Gruenther-Đečević, National Director of SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Campaign “Being part of children’s joy. Priceless”, lasts from December 20, 2021 – February 28, 2022. Funds collected and increased by Mastercard will be directed to even better working conditions of Day Care Centers, SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of continuous work with children of all ages, in accordance with their needs: developmental, educational, creative, psychological, because every child deserves to grow up healthy and safe.
