Freerice.Com: How to Save the World While Sitting on Your Ass

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Tesl Goddess
Ever feel like your life is meaningless? Like you want to give something back to the world? Like, wouldn't it be great if I could help people less fortunate than myself without having to spend money or do much of anything at all? Would you like to save the world while sitting on your ass?

We all feel this way, sometimes. This article will help you save the world while sitting on your ass. You can be a philanthropist from your armchair without giving any donations or leaving the gaze of your computer screen. Heck you are definitely even going to learn something.

Surf on over to freerice.com. These people have it going on. When you arrive at freerice.com you can choose from several academic games. To save the world by sitting on your ass simply click the correct answer to the given question. Because you have chosen the correct answer freerice.com donates grains of rice through United Nations World Food Program to Help End World Hunger. You can repeat this process as many times as you want to and increase your free rice donation.

To choose from their different games click the words "Change Subjects" directly below the freerice.com logo. Or click on the word "Subjects" and the top center of the web page. One of the more intellectual games on freerice.com is based on famous paintings. You are shown great works of art and asked to choose the correct painter. I admittedly did not do so well on this section, but now I have something new to learn.

With a message of achieving excellence in academics and ending world hunger, freerice.com seems to have good karma in its favor. Freerice.com grew considerably between 2007 and 2008. In 2007 freerice.com had user generated donations that totaled 12,255,121,230 grains of rice. However in 2008 this number swelled to 43,942,622,700.

Freerice.com is a great to save the world while sitting on your ass and you can't help but learn something too. This fun website is user friendly for both children and adults. Everyone could use a brush up on Geography; identifying countries and capitals of the world. The Chemistry quiz to practice the periodic table is a trip down memory lane.

My favorite games on freerice.com are the language games. I find I get a little addicted. I like to practice Spanish but you can also practice English, French, German and Italian.

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Tesl Goddess has a B.S. in Natural Resources from Michigan State University and is currently working on her Masters in TESOL from Shenandoah University. She is a certified Hatha yoga teacher and licensed mas...  View profile

  • At freerice.com you can choose from several academic games.
  • Freerice.com grew considerably between 2007 and 2008.
  • My favorite games on freerice.com are the language games.
Freerice.com donates grains of rice through United Nations World Food Program to Help End World Hunger.

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