Too good to be true it seemed! But, after playing the vocabulary game on FreeRice.com I have already donated 1,000 grains of rice to the hungry! Then I added the button to the side of the blog to make it easy for you to go play!
They also have other subjects like math, science, geography, art history, and even foreign languages. More material will be added to each of these subjects shortly. This game gave my brain a little work out! The site starts you off on a basic level, and then adjusts the difficulty of the questions depending on your answers, so it will be a challenge for people of all ages.
For every correct answer you 20 grains of rice are donated to a hungry person somewhere in the world through the UN World Food Program. The sponsor companies pay for the rice according to how many questions you answer correctly.
My question was- why don’t they just donate the rice without anyone having to play the game? People are hungry now, not after I am done playing the fun little games! But the FAQ sheet on the FreeRice website was ahead of me on that one, and here is what they had to say: “FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 20 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, sponsor banners appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these banners is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.”
See? Playing a game is necessary to donate to saving others from hunger on this site! Best justification I have ever heard. So take a break from whatever you are doing, go play a game, and give back!
*The FreeRice.com button is on the right side bar
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