If you have some free time, you might want to try out this game at www.freerice.com. It’s a multiple choice game vocabulary game. For each correct answer you get, they donate 10 grains of rice. If you check out the totals, it seems that the trend is upwards and they are getting to give away more and more.
A friend of mine mentioned that it would have been better if it was a cup of rice instead of just 10 grains. Imagine how many people you can feed with that rice! I had just come from the company out-of-town activity and we just breezed through 10 kilos of rice. (Note: about 30 people were in the event.)
They also explained in their FAQ that the site was able to give way rice because of the advertising revenue it generated, but if I never click on any of those ads, would they still make money? My Google Adsense only has about $24 in it and its been running, or rather walking, on and off for the better part of four years.
This seems to be a growing trend these days. It started out with volunteer organizations setting up their own sites, then it moved into soliciting funds via the web, and then eventually sites that allow you to volunteer by using your PC. The Free Rice site works on a different model and tries to take up a different market, think of all those casual gamers. Just a few minutes a day and you could feed a family—plus you get to learn new words.
Try it out and let me know what level you get. They said its normal for people to reach level 48. I’m just at 42-44. Better brush up on my vocabs! Off to www.freerice.com.
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