Freerice is a website where users play various educational, multiple-choice games in order to fight world hunger. For every question the user answers correctly, 10 grains of rice are donated. The games include English vocabulary (the game the site began with), multiplication tables, pre-algebra, chemical symbols (basic or intermediate), English grammar, basic foreign language vocabulary for English speakers (French, German, Italian, and Spanish), geography (world capitals and country identification), and the identification of famous artwork. The website went live on October 7, 2007 with 830 grains of rice donated on its first day. In March 2009 FreeRice website was donated to the UN World Food Programme. And, In September 2010, the UN World Food Programme launched a new version of the game with social networking, groups, rankings and achievements. As part of the launch, the site dropped the second capitalization in its name, going from “FreeRice” to “Freerice.”

Freerice.com

World Food Programme

Freerice Milestones:

October 7, 2007 – Freerice launches with 830 grains of rice donated on its first day
November 10, 2007 – Freerice breaks the one-day 100,000,000-grain milestone with 122,377,240 donated grains
November 28, 2007 – With continued sponsor support, Freerice doubles the number of grains donated for each correct definition from 10 to 20
December 17, 2007 – Freerice breaks the one-day 300,000,000-grain milestone with 358,559,540 donated grains
December 19, 2007 – 10 billion grains donated in total
January 20, 2008 – 15 billion grains donated in total
February 25, 2008 – 20 billion grains donated in total
April 2, 2008 – 25 billion grains donated in total
April 30, 2008 – 30 billion grains donated in total
May 30, 2008 – 35 billion grains donated in total
July 29, 2008 – 40 billion grains donated in total
September 29, 2008 – 45 billion grains donated in total
November 11, 2008 – 50 billion grains donated in total
February, 2009 – 60 billion grains donated in total
September 2009 – 70 billion grains donated in total
June 2010 – 80 billion grains donated in total
September 2010 – a new version of the game was launched with social networking and group functionality

Information courtesy of wikipedia..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freerice

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I want to give thanks to my friend James who shared a note about these sites on Facebook. I was familiar with a couple of them and knew that many of my readers here at LP&P would appreciate them too. These are not your typical charity sites. They offer trivia to play and educate.. so not only are you feeding your mind, but when you make a answer correctly, you’re feeding others with your donation. Play to Give at:
http://charitii.com/
http://www.freerice.com/
http://www.freeflour.com/
http://www.helpthirst.com/
http://www.freepoverty.com/

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