Improve your vocabulary and help feed the world
Spend a lot of time surfing the Net? Now you can help others as you get smarter with the freerice.com site.
The idea is pretty simple: Learn a new word… help feed the world. It starts out slow, asking you the definition of a word. As you pick the correct one, the words get progressively harder. There are 55 levels of increasing difficulty. So far, since the site went online last fall, few have gone past level 48,
But with each correct answer, the site donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
How so? Ads, that’s how. Advertisers attach banners at the bottom of the vocabulary screen. The money they pay the site pays for the rice. You can even see a video of the rice being distributed.
The site makes no money. It has just come up with a way to help feed the world… to date… about 47 tons of rice to 22 countries.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
great idea, I’ll try it.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I will try it.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Worth a try!
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 am
I love the idea of increasing my vocab-
uabulary and giving away food to those
less fortunate. Great Idea! Great Job!
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
i will try it
April 29th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I tried this, it is a fun way to help the hungry. I try to send some several times a week. Thanks for the info to help people in need.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:28 am
Another great charity site is AIDtoCHILDREN.com. It donates money to children in need through World Vision.
Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com