FreeRice~ Play and feed hungry people

Ras Asad · 12-04-07, 11:06

I found this and thought it was cool, ......
pretty easy..and for good cause....
252,053,160 grains donated yesterday..
not sure how real it is, but it cant hurt..
FreeRice

1 word = 20 grains
5 words = 100 grains

Click on the answer that best defines the word.
If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.
For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance... (more)

weed4all · 12-04-07, 11:23

cool find ras

mrpanda · 12-04-07, 11:37

Woo im up to 1000. I is books smartz me is

bb4 · 12-04-07, 12:07

cool little game there i hit the 1000 mark too

Ras Asad · 12-04-07, 12:18

yeah very cool...

you can also set the options to save your vocab level and donations....
..I like that fact that hungry people will be eating rice for us doing such a trivial thing..

Ras Asad · 12-04-07, 12:27

I was asking myself this and found this...

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 20 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.

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.

AlsahrGlib · 12-04-07, 12:39

I cant get past vocab level 31...

Hippie3 · 12-04-07, 12:44

kind of a scam, he's making big $$ off his advertisers for just a few grains of rice.

Quote:

the ads only pay when the FreeRice visitor clicks through the ads and make a purchase.

so unless you click/buy
there's no rice.

cf.FreeRice: Legit or Not, It's Fun
also cf. FreeRice

Ras Asad · 12-04-07, 12:56

damn. I had a similar feeling....

Thanks Hip...

LocoH · 12-04-07, 19:57

Yea its real, I saw it on MSNBC in a lot of middle grade schools.

Ras Asad · 12-04-07, 23:09

seems part of the world food program..WFP

certainly not going to hurt anything..and if it does help feed some ppl ,great. lol

Hippie3 · 12-04-07, 23:19

not part but
the WFP is who gets the rice donated by FreeRice.

still you have to click the ads & buy something -
just playing does not earn rice.

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Ras Asad Human Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,934	FreeRice~ Play and feed hungry people I found this and thought it was cool, ...... pretty easy..and for good cause.... 252,053,160 grains donated yesterday.. not sure how real it is, but it cant hurt.. FreeRice 1 word = 20 grains 5 words = 100 grains Click on the answer that best defines the word. If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word. For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance... (more) __________________ - Xa Ta Zac Xa Ta Amac -

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weed4all travel...without moving Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 878	cool find ras __________________

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mrpanda It is big and I am clever Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 615	Woo im up to 1000. I is books smartz me is __________________ Weeeeeeeee. That is all.

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Ras Asad Human Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,934	yeah very cool... you can also set the options to save your vocab level and donations.... ..I like that fact that hungry people will be eating rice for us doing such a trivial thing.. __________________ - Xa Ta Zac Xa Ta Amac -

12-04-07, 12:07	#4 (permalink)
bb4 Lurker Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 236	cool little game there i hit the 1000 mark too

12-04-07, 12:27	#6 (permalink)
Ras Asad Human Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,934	I was asking myself this and found this... 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 20 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. 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. __________________ - Xa Ta Zac Xa Ta Amac -

12-04-07, 12:39	#7 (permalink)
AlsahrGlib Mycophage Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 102	I cant get past vocab level 31... __________________ Little bit harder, just a little bit more ~Little bit further than you've gone before~

12-04-07, 12:56	#9 (permalink)
Ras Asad Human Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,934	damn. I had a similar feeling.... Thanks Hip... __________________ - Xa Ta Zac Xa Ta Amac -

12-04-07, 19:57	#10 (permalink)
LocoH The Sage Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 332	Yea its real, I saw it on MSNBC in a lot of middle grade schools. __________________

12-04-07, 23:09	#11 (permalink)
Ras Asad Human Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,934	seems part of the world food program..WFP certainly not going to hurt anything..and if it does help feed some ppl ,great. lol __________________ - Xa Ta Zac Xa Ta Amac -

12-04-07, 23:19	#12 (permalink)
Hippie3 Admin Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 36,274	not part but the WFP is who gets the rice donated by FreeRice. still you have to click the ads & buy something - just playing does not earn rice. __________________ GROW SUPPLIES: www.Mycrotopia.com ------------Simply The Best------------ Namaste Temet Nosce

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