Play an online game to improve your vocabulary and donate free rice

I usually receive chain emails asking to click on links that would donate some money in charity and before I tell others about it, I do some research on the claims of such websites offering donations. Almost every site I have seen so far is not really donating any money but making money by displaying ads on their pages. But, this one is different and is genuine.

Freerice is a sister of the world poverty site, Poverty.com with two goals.

1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

From Freerice.com’s FAQ section:-

FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most scholarly professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, homemakers, doctors, truck drivers, retired people… everyone!

FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your vocabulary, where learning can take place.

There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48.

How do you donate rice by playing the vocabulary game at Freerice.com?

Everytime you get one answer right, you get 10 grains of rice to donate. 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).

The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The World Food Program is the world’s largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Program helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good. Wherever possible, the World Food Program buys food locally to support local farmers and the local economy.

I initially said that Freerice.com is a genuine initiative, you can read more about them on WFP.

Start playing the vocabulary game at Freerice.com and help end world hunger. Also, if you could, please tell your friends about it and let your kids start playing this game. We all can make a difference!