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Learn New Words - Donate FreeRice
At FreeRice.com you can learn new words, improve your vocabulary at the same time you are donating free rice for the United Nation's World Food Program.
When you play the game for each word you get right, FreeRice donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme.
By playing the FreeRice word game elementary school children are learning new words as they learn about giving back and donating free rice.
FreeRice is a website committed to the cause of ending hunger around the world. While it is not a registered non-profit organization, it is run entirely for free and makes no profit. All money collected by the site goes to the UN World Food Program to help feed the hungry.
Purpose of FreeRice.com
- 1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
Improve Your Vocabulary
as You Donate Free Rice
Word Challenge 1
Here is one word challenge from the FreeRice game.
100 Grains of Rice
More about FreeRice.com
- FreeRice - Main Page
- Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple word game.
- FreeRice: FAQ
- Frequently asked questions about the FreeRice Program.
- FreeRice: About
- More about the FreeRice program.
- FreeRice: Press
- FreeRice in the Press.
About FreeRice.com
Play a word game.
Learn new words.
Become smarter.
Donate Free Rice.
Make a Difference.
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FreeRice: Fighting World Hunger on YouTube
FreeRice: Joining The Fight Against World Hunger
www.freerice.com Have a go! For each word you get right, FreeRice donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme.
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More about the World Food Programme
- WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - the UN food aid agency
- WFP works to put hunger at the centre of the international agenda, promoting policies, strategies and operations that directly benefit the poor and hungry.
- Vlog: FreeRice reaches Bangladesh
- A Video Blog from the World Food Programme, showing the first consignment of rice bought with funds raised through the award-winning FreeRice site reaches refugees from Myanmar sheltering in Bangladesh.
- FreeRice internet game emerges as web phenomenon
- Article about the FreeRice.com program on the World Food Programme website.
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FreeRice.com in the News
- BBC NEWS | Europe | Web game provides rice for hungry
- An internet word game raises money to provide rice for the United Nation's World Food Programme.
- FreeRice: Play a Game and Feed the Hungry : TreeHugger
- It's not exactly on-message but it's addictive and it's for a good cause. FreeRice is a computer 'game' that tests your vocabulary and for every word that you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated through the United Nations.
- FreeRice.com - Brush Up Your Vocabulary and Donate | Visit FreeRice.com
- Want to brush up on your vocabulary and at the same time do something good? FreeRice.com is a site that offers you a vocabulary game that gives hungry people rice.
- FreeRice | Gamers With Jobs
- A look at FreeRice, an online vocabulary quiz with from Gamers with Joba.
- The price is rice: LV West fifth-grades feed the needy by learning words
- On May 8, Chris Shell, a fifth-grader at La Vista West Elementary School, won two cups of rice. Shell's winnings were part of the rice challenge. The rice challenge is in association with www.freerice.com
The More You Play,
the More Rice You Donate
Word Challenge 2
Here is another word challenge from the FreeRice game.
580 Grains of Rice
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Word Challenge 3
Here is another word challenge from the FreeRice game.
1000 Grains of Rice
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The FreeRice - Donate Free Rice Lens has received the All4Care award.This award is for a Lens or Lensmaster who is doing outstanding work for charity sponsored by Janusz Biela.
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Reader Feedback for FreeRice
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Danali
Hi I just wanted to let you know that freerice has updated it's site to include other subjects including math, chemistry, basic french, and famous paintings. It is a very cool new feature that you might want to check out and add when you have the time. Posted September 08, 2008 |
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story3girl
I LOVE the freerice page. I have a list of other sites that let you click to donate for free on my lens http://www.squidoo.com/clicktodonate . Posted July 02, 2008 |
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gotiges
Hi - This is such a cool idea for a site - I love it! Posted June 27, 2008 |
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KimGiancaterino
Welcome to the Help Africa Group. Posted June 03, 2008 |
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DAD1104
Yo Doc, Do these 3rd world countries have a Celiac (gluten) problem?? Posted June 03, 2008 |
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