Check this out.
If you haven't seen this cirulating yet, where have you been?? :-)
I finally played it today* - I had to make myself stop as it's rather addictive and I had to get back to work.
I was a bit skeptical when I first heard about it, but after reading the FAQ I'm pretty sure it's an honest & worthy cause. Here are a couple of the answers that were important to me:
Who pays for the donated rice?
The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen. This is regular advertising for these companies, but it is also something more. Through their advertising at FreeRice, these companies support both learning (free vocabulary for everyone) and reducing hunger (free rice for the hungry). We commend these companies for their participation at FreeRice.
If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?
FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 10 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.
Here are a couple of articles that I came across while researching the cause:
Web game provides rice for hungry
That Rice Really Isn't Free
Bottomline:
It's free, you don't have to login or give information, you expand your vocabulary, you help feed the hungry. What's not to love?
selam
* Evidence I had this post hanging about in my Draft folder for ages (like 3 weeks ages).
