What if there was a website that had
oodles of educational games you could play and all the while you'd be
helping to feed the hungry?
Welcome to Freerice.com, a site run by
the United Nations World Food Programme. As you play vocabulary
games and others involving subjects like math, science, geography,
art history, foreign languages and more, you're earning food for
those in need as Freerice sponsors donate 10 grains of rice for every
correct answer you enter.
That doesn't sound like a lot, right?
Yet thanks to people around the world playing on this site, millions
of people in developing countries have been fed. Donations go to
countries that need it most and are often ones that don't make news
headlines, yet are still places where hunger runs rampant.
Worried that you might not be smart
enough to get the answers correct? No a problem!
If you get an
answer wrong, Freerice repeats the same question another time which
gives you an opportunity to get it right.
And Freerice has a custom
database that contains questions at varying levels of difficulty to
challenge beginners and experts alike. It automatically adjusts to
your level; when you get an incorrect answer, you move to an easier
level and when you get three questions in a row right, you progress
to a harder level. All the while, you're having fun and learning!
The site is completely non-profit with
all monies raised going to the UN World Food Programme to help feed
the hungry. Sponsors make all payments to the WFP directly.
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Note: This post originally appeared on the website thegeekparent.com.