Thursday, December 06, 2007
Free Rice
Have you heard of the website, www.freerice.com? Feed the hungry.
The Kid told me all about it last night, saying that her English teacher had all the kids in class (and each of his periods throughout the day) in the computer lab at this site. They practiced their vocabulary (SAT words) and for each vocabulary word they get right, you "win" 20 grains of rice to feed a hungry person.
This is a sister site to www.poverty.com which also has some cool visuals on poverty and disease. I found one other part, an International Aid solution, where 22 countries promised to give 0.7% to help end poverty. Sadly, the US has not done much work on it. So, there is a letter you can print out to send to the president. :)
The Kid told me all about it last night, saying that her English teacher had all the kids in class (and each of his periods throughout the day) in the computer lab at this site. They practiced their vocabulary (SAT words) and for each vocabulary word they get right, you "win" 20 grains of rice to feed a hungry person.
This is a sister site to www.poverty.com which also has some cool visuals on poverty and disease. I found one other part, an International Aid solution, where 22 countries promised to give 0.7% to help end poverty. Sadly, the US has not done much work on it. So, there is a letter you can print out to send to the president. :)
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