Attention all you nerdlets out there — next time you need a break from your day-to-day, pay a visit to FreeRice.com, where you can test your brain power and help feed the hungry at the same time. For every question you answer correctly from the variety of subjects available – from math and chemistry to art and vocabulary, 10 grains of rice are donated to the feed the hungry by sponsors whose advertising appears on the site.
Just 10 grains of rice? Yes, and it all adds up! The program provides roughly 400 grams of rice per person per day or about 19,200 grains of rice, which covers two meals. Since its launch in October, 2007, over 72 billion grains of rice have been donated to help ameliorate hunger around the world. That’s enough to feed over 3.7 million people for a day. So every question you answer correctly not only helps you augment your brain power, but does some good for others as well.
