Saturday, December 27, 2008

Free Rice

I would like to direct some attention to a website. Yes it is one of those "you can help" ones. Stay with me here. http://www.freerice.com The UN World Food Program is giving out rice to hungry countries. All you have to do is play a little game. No really. They are several subjects to choose from such as math and foreign language development. It's a vocabulary test more or less. For the english subject, less than common english words are displayed. Four options are given but only one of them is actually what that obscure word means. Sounds boring but just try it. It's ADDICTING. Every question right awards 20 grains of rice in you bowl. That is actual rice that will be shipped and flown to needy countries.

http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=148&Key=193 Here is a video of a shippment of rice reaching Blangledash on March 10, 2008

As of this date, Freerice.com users have "played" to over 55 billion grains of rice.