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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Free Rice
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Free Rice is an online vocabulary "test" were rice is donated to people in need for each question that is answered correctly. Below is a quote from the FAQ on the site so you can understand how it works.  
"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."

Thought i'd tell people cause they might want to help the cause and it seemed a pretty inventive way to help people.
 
dljourdain2007-12-22 15:41:07
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I thought we got free rice.

Owell still a good idea. I have given 120 grams of rice to some African family now.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I donated 1000 grains of rice. What a humanitarian i am!!
 
EDIT: Make that 2000 grains of rice.
Buffon II2007-12-22 18:08:01

Three for me, and two for them.

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I'm doing it now.

Do they actually give rice to the poor?
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Oh, I thought this was about liberating rice from oppression by Asian restaurants the world over...my bad.

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
loyalgunner wrote:
I'm doing it now.

Do they actually give rice to the poor?
 
Apparently. There are stats and stuff on there. You could say there's no proof that its actually getting to the poor but thats just synical, especially when it's free.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yes, Donated 200 Grains of Rice!!!
 
 
*Raises Bat*
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

dljourdain wrote:
loyalgunner wrote:
I'm doing it now. Do they actually give rice to the poor?

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Apparently. There are stats and stuff on there. You could say there's no proof that its actually getting to the poor but thats just synical, especially when it's free.


OK, cheers for that.

I've raised 1500+ grains of rice.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
10,000.
 
 

 

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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
30620

But I can't get above level 40 constantly. It's annoying me.
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