In a high tech era, ‘giving us our daily bread’ has a whole new meaning. At least in Dubai, where an initiative called  Bread for all is providing bread  free of charge to those in need via 10 vending machines spread around the country which prepare and dispense two kinds of bread.

Not only is it yet another example of innovative use of vending machines, this time for humanitarian support, but it is “a modern and sustainable model of charitable work”, says the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre for Endowment Consultancy, whose inspiration it is.

The bread is free for underprivileged families and labourers. People who want to help by contributing can  donate directly through the machines or by SMS.