Fri, 14 Mar 2008

New GLS Bank credit card to support humanitarian projects

NUREMBERG (NNA) – The German ecological GLS Bank has launched a new credit card the use of which will automatically support the international children’s charity Terre des Hommes and the German association for the protection of nature Bund Naturschutz.

The card was presented at this year’s BioFach in Nuremberg, the largest organic products trade fair in the world.

GLS Bank will make a donation to the beneficiary organisations from its commission on the turnover on the credit card and there will be no additional charges to users other than would accrue in any case.

The Bank said that the Terre des Hommes MasterCard will support projects all over the world which provide help for girls who would otherwise have no future. Thus it will provide financial support for school projects in India and Burkina Faso, for example.

The BUND Wildcard would help to support research into wild cat habitats in western and central Germany and the planting of trees and bushes to improve their habitats and those of other similar animals.

Both Terre des Hommes and BUND hope that the cooperation with the GLS Bank will lead to a rise in membership numbers and donations.

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Link: www.gls.de/unsere-angebote/girokonto/kreditkarten/terre-des-hommes-mastercard.html Item: 080314-01EN Date: 14 March 2008

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