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Go over to FreeRice. A word shows up and you click on the word that means closet to the same thing. This can be confusing for the anal-retentive like myself “spelt” does not mean “wheat” but ok. “Apocryphal” does not mean “false” but, ok. Ge the word right and 10 grains of rice are donated to hungry people. Doesn’t sound like a lot? They gave away 16 Million grains of rice on Saturday. Just to be clear that’s about 320kg of dry rice which (if my math is correct, which it may not be) comes out to about 1,612 cups of rice or about that many meals. Not bad for a day’s word games.

FreeRice. Go play.

How does it work? Here’s from the F.A.Q.:

If you have all this rice to donate, why don’t you just give it to the hungry people right now?

We are not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 10 grains at a time. Here’s how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.

Who distributes the donated rice?

The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The World Food Program is the world’s largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Program helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good. Wherever possible, the World Food Program buys food locally to support local farmers and the local economy. We encourage you to visit the United Nations World Food Program to learn more about their successful approach to ending hunger.

Will the rice I donate make a difference?

The rice you donate makes a huge difference to the person who receives it. To a mother or father watching a loved child die in their arms from hunger, the rice you donate is more precious than anything in the world.

(Props to JewSchool.)