{"id":966,"date":"2009-08-22T08:11:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relishments.wordpress.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2013-02-03T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T14:49:40","slug":"you-should-play-free-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/you-should-play-free-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"You Should Play Free Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, triggered by Mashable’s article 20 Ways to Change the World in Only 15 Minutes a Day<\/a>, I decided to start playing FreeRice<\/strong><\/a> again. \u00a0My husband, it turned out, had never heard of it. \u00a0Based on this travesty and the fact that others out there may not have heard of it either, I thought I better share.<\/p>\n

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FreeRice is a simple (but not always easy) multiple choice game from the UN World Food Program. \u00a0For every answer you get correct, 10 grains of rice are donated to those in need in an effort to end world hunger. \u00a010 grains may not sound like much, but it certainly adds up–I managed 2000 just this morning. \u00a0Moreover, FreeRice makes this point on their site:<\/p>\n

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The rice you donate makes a huge difference to the person who receives it.<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations,\u00a025,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes<\/a>, most of them children.<\/p>\n

Though 10 grains of rice may seem like a small amount, it is important to remember that while you are playing, so are thousands of other people at the same time. It is everyone together that makes the difference. Thanks to you, FreeRice has generated enough rice to feed millions of people since it started in October 2007.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

FreeRice was one of the few “games” students were allowed to play online at the school I previous worked at, and for good reason:<\/p>\n

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Learning new vocabulary has tremendous benefits. It can help you:<\/p>\n