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Learn new vocabulary... help fight hunger!
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Want a good, fun way of learning new words and sharpening your vocabulary? Want to contribute to alleviating world hunger? You probably want both! Coz you can... try www.freerice.com

By clicking on every correct word meaning, you get to donate 20 grains of rice to the world's poorest of the poor. The website is a project of the UN World Food Program and I personally was introduced to this after reading it on the local news. It's kinda addictive and have actually introduced it to my English Language Proficiency students.

Know what's "tremulous" and gotta have the chance to donate 20 grains to end hunger. www.freerice.com


Here's what they are saying about FreeRice.com:

“What if just knowing what a word meant could help feed hungry people around the world? Well, at FreeRice it does . . . the totals have grown exponentially.” - The Washington Post

“Web game provides rice for hungry . . . FreeRice went online in early October and has now raised 1 billion grains of rice [by November 9].” - BBC News

“Addictive, yes. But . . . each correct answer results in the donation of rice to help feed the hungry around the globe. Perhaps that qualifies the game as a good addiction . . . one with redeeming qualities, something that’s, oh, didactic and edifying.” - Kansas City Star

“People from all walks of life and from around the globe have written in to express their appreciation for the game . . . Secretaries admit to playing it during boring business meetings.”
- Christian Science Monitor

“Every grain of rice is essential in the fight against hunger . . . FreeRice really hits home how the Web can be harnessed to raise awareness and funds for the world’s number one emergency.”
- UN World Food Program

“A teacher of fourth and fifth graders on the Yurok Indian reservation in Klamath, CA, . . . emailed the WFP. ‘My students absolutely LOVE the free rice site. Almost daily they earn several thousand grains of rice!’ she wrote. ‘You cannot imagine the joy in my heart when I look out and see 25 kids doing vocabulary work and enjoying it.’” - School Library Journal

“The Web site offers a greater gift, the gift of awareness about world hunger.”- NPR National Public Radio

“Freerice.com is an international, viral sensation. Folks from Thailand to Germany and India are just as enthusiastic . . . improving thousands of lives, all with a simple, collective, click of a mouse.”
- CBS Evening News


January 6, 2008 | 7:21 AM Comments  2 comments

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josh24 gidge24
January 10, 2008 | 12:10 PM
lovely!
Thank you for posting this. I think its great that we can help other people and sharpen our vocabulary at the same time.
ernierojo Ernesto B. Rojo Jr.
January 15, 2008 | 9:56 AM
Hi lovely!
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, its really great there are innovative ways that we can help other people. Best regards to you.

Ernie
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