Play the free academic English vocabulary building game at www.freerice.com
, learn new words, review for standardized tests, and help feed the
world's poorest poor. Designed by computer programmer John Breen, the
creator of The Hunger Site, www.freerice.com donates 20 grains of rice
to the UN World Food Program each time you correctly answer a
vocabulary question.
The vocabulary has been drawn from a test bank of words used on a wide
variety of standardized exams such as the SAT, GRE, TOEFL, and MCAT.
Each time you answer a question correctly, you are given a more
difficult vocabulary word. "Freerice.com is an international, viral
sensation. Folks from Thailand to Germany and India are just as
enthusiastic . . . improving thousands of lives, all with a simple,
collective, click of a mouse" re****ts CBS Evening News. Check it out!
You can learn more about the site by reading this short, yet
informative Wa****ngton Post article titled What's the Word? We Can
Feed the Hungry published back in November 2007. You can find
additional information on this project at excellent fact checking
website Snopes - Free Rice . The project is just a tiny drop of
assistance into an ocean of need, but some drops add up and help some
hungry people.
As 2007 ends and we prepare to create even more satisfying personal
lives in 2008, let's also remember the more than 1 billion people who
continue to live on planet earth on less than $2 a day. Will the next
year bring some overdue help to people living - literally - hand to
mouth, often without clean water, or a roof over their heads? Many
outstanding organizations battle hunger on a daily basis such as the
Heifer Society and Oxfam to UNICEF and Wateraid. They all deserve our
sup****t.
We can at least click on a few keys on our computer and send a few
grains of rice. Can't we?
Besides, playing word games is fun!
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