Free Rice

Posted by Bane Rowe | 23.3.08 | | 0 comments »

There is a website out there that is unlike any other. It is a site that is dedicated to the alleviation of world hunger. But what's so different about it is not that. It is in the way of how it does that. So how does it do it? Well, basically it is not through the usual way of asking for solicitations through the web. Rather, it lets you play a game. A vocabulary game, to be exact. So let me put that down again. You play a game.

Yes, that's right. In freerice.com, you play a vocabulary game in their website and your winning streak dictates how much rice will be donated. Oh, don't worry if you are thinking that the game is easy. It just starts out that way and it increases in difficulty as you keep on getting the right answers. It was, how do I put it... entertaining... challenging... ummm, ultimately, it was addicting. Oh, well.

At any rate, how much more cooler can it be? You're just clicking and enjoying, and all the while you are helping in the donation of rice to impoverished people. Ingenious idea, indeed. It makes me wonder what can the makers of the site think of next. Now only if I can do the same where I will be the beneficiary of the game... Hmmm...

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