FreeRice.com
February 4, 2008
Freerice.com is a website that strives to solve world hunger (or at least, as much of it as it can) by utilizing your vocabulary skills. All you have to do is select the correct definition of a word; the more you answer, the more grains of rice that get donated through the United Nations.
A simple concept that improves your english, feeds the poor and kills boredom all at once! Give it a try. :)
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ruth | March 11, 2008 at 10:07 am
Hope it may help a lot of hungry people! This way it seems really amazing!
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Irene Davenport | April 16, 2008 at 12:14 am
This is so simple and yet a wonderful lesson for everyone. I work at an elementary school and I hope we can begin a program to study vocab and help the hungry. Such a great way to introduce young children to be aware of others in need. It adds up. If the creator is making money, good, I’m sure he donates a great deal of it to these same charities. Try it! It’s fun and educational! Tell everyone you know!
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Rajesh | July 3, 2008 at 10:39 am
Hey,
Avanoo is a startup that is trying to help make the world better by letting people use a new support channel- web presence. Web users can go to Avanoo.com get a badge for a cause and start raising awareness and donations 24/7 effortlessly. And each time one of these badge is clicked, a donation is made to the nonprofit organization on the badge. If you could put a badge on you blog or write about this growing movement, you would be helping to make the world a better place!
Thanks,
Rajesh
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cathy | September 25, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I’m recommending this to our teachers to use with students who finish their work early. Talk about Win-Win. The students improve their vocabularies and score higher on tests, and food is earned for hungry people.
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Phillipp | April 22, 2009 at 7:47 am
this is dum