Free Rice: Improve your vocabulary and end world hunger.
By Neena on Dec 5, 2007 in Parenting Tips
Q: What do vocabulary and world hunger have in common?
A: FreeRice.com
At FreeRice.com you will find a fun game designed to improve your vocabulary. But there is a twist - for every correct answer Free Rice donates 20 grains of rice to help end world hunger.
Here is an excerpt from the Free Rice About page that explains their mission:
About FreeRice
FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com.
FreeRice has two goals:
- Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
- Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.
Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.
Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you.
You can now do something as simple as playing a game to help end world hunger.
2 Comment(s)
By jenny-up the hill on Dec 9, 2007 | Reply
Neat! I had heard about this on the news but had forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder!
By Mike Thorn on May 1, 2008 | Reply
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