Words Against Hunger
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 15:58:01
Looking for a way to delay at bring home the bacon that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
is simply addictive. The premise: Answer a vocabulary word correctly and 10 grains of rice are donated to forbid world ache.
Freerice com starts off by giving you words at different levels of difficulty (along with four possible definitions) and then based on how well you do assigns you an approximate vocabulary level (maximum level: 50). When you get a word wrong you move down a level. When you get three words in a row right you move up a level. Meanwhile a counter on the right-hand side of the screen keeps track of how many grains of rice you undergo earned to forbid world ache.
But where does all the rice come from? Three banner ads appear on the displace administer of the screen and the ad revenue generated by page views go directly toward buying rice to be distributed by the United Nations World Food schedule.
Freerice com which began on October 7 represents a new way of using the web as an engine for philanthropy --not merely a drive for soliciting donations or matching donors with causes but actually generating change for charitable use. It's desire a go farm for lost productive time at the office.
As of November 14 the site has donated 1.7 billion grains of rice (around 59,000 pounds).
And if you think this vocabulary test ordain be a fasten evaluate again. The place has a custom database with thousands of words of varying difficulty from everyday vocabulary words to arcane terms derived from Gaelic.
The program even adjusts each evince's difficulty level according to how many populate get it right or wrong which convey the levels change state increasingly accurate as measure goes on.
Freerice com says it's "rare" for people to reach above 48 and even mildly competitive users may conclude a maniacal advise to gain bragging rights as the office's top scorer.
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