#FreeRice

[the-maddened-hatter]

Hey, so I made a group on Free Rice called "Let's Gain the Grains"

The join code is 2YL7W8VQ if you want to come play :)

[faggotfungus]

Freerice is an educational trivia game that provides 10 grains of rice to the UN World Food Programme with every correct answer.

[thatdamnokie]

gentle reminder that freerice.com still exists 🍚

[still-bright-to-me]

Freerice (Taylor's Version)!!

Freerice is a game from the World Food Programme, where you answer fun trivia questions in a variety of topics! Each correct answer donated the equivalence of 10 grains of rice to people struggling with hunger all over the world

You get smarter while doing your part to change the world -- it's a win-win!

There are also groups that you can join to have a bit of friendly competition and sense of community while you play <3

Anyways I made a swiftie group, but anyone can join with code CAYBLFVW !!

[angelacheung-comm]

Play📱Learn 📚 Give 💚 Help us fill a bowl!

For this blog, I want to talk about a non-profit website, Freerice. This website is created by computer engineer John Breen, then donated to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a humanitarian organization that is committed to ending hunger and achieving food security and improved nutrition by 2030.(https://www.wfp.org/overview) This website was launched in 2007, it combined education and charity, allowing people to fight world hunger with their knowledge(https://freerice.com/about-us). 

Freerice provides trivia questions in multiple categories like math, languages, science, geography, etc., and 10 grains of rice will be donated to WFP for each correct answer. This system allows people to contribute even when they don’t have the financial ability. My teacher from my middle school introduced me to this website, and I have been using it on and off for the past few years. It gave me a great sense of achievement knowing that I’m able to help fight world hunger without donating my parent’s money. Freerice has raised more than 220 billion grains of rice ($1.8M worth of rice) over the past years. The website reached 1 million users in 2012 and has grown into a global community of 8 million players a year.(https://www.wfpusa.org/get-involved/) However, I question how much better the results would have been if they have better promoted their website.

From what I can find, Freerice has an active Facebook page and an active Twitter account. The Twitter account (https://twitter.com/Freerice) was created in May 2009, it has 11.6k followers and they post a few times a month. Unfortunately, most of the content is only getting less than 10 likes. The Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/freerice) is in a similar situation, with 62k followers, but only 10-20 likes for each post. There used to be an Instagram account, but the page may have been removed and merged with the Facebook page. The TikTok link on the Freerice website is for the WFP account that’s not specifically for Freerice, but there is only one video about Freerice in the last 30 videos they posted. As I was going through the Twitter page(https://www.twitch.tv/wfpfreerice/videos), I found out that there is actually a Twitch account created in November 2022, which I believe is a great way to reach out to the younger generation.

I would say that they have made different attempts to raise awareness, such as creating campaigns and challenges during the holiday seasons, posting visual content, reacting to comments, and even collaborating with famous chefs and influencers for interviews. They understand their targeted user base and try to get their attention through social media platforms that they are more active on. The strengths they have in the past campaigns are the visual and educational content, the posts with quotes and challenges brought the most attention to their pages. Another advantage is their user base is different from most other non-profits, so there's less competition between the organizations. According to Similarweb (https://www.similarweb.com/website/freerice.com/#demographics), 30.79% of the users of Freerice are between 18 and 24 years old (the website doesn't show the age distribution status of underage). Their biggest weakness is not using many trendy hashtags or keywords, therefore, the algorithm is not able to promote them to the correct audiences. I believe their posts will be more popular if they can create or “hop on some trends”. It’ll also be beneficial if the website can collaborate with certain schools for some events, creating a somewhat competitive environment for the trivia games, because the main audience group of the non-profit is younger people who can't support charities financially. Challenging influencers to create videos or live streams about the games or educational content can greatly promote the website too. In my opinion, WFP could create something that can be compared to the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” to raise awareness. They can even utilize the charity features on Twitch to set fundraisers, collaborate with streamers to do charity streams, and give the viewers event related emotes to further promote the website (https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/twitch-charity?language=en_US). In that case, the threats would be how to make the challenge as meaningful (if not more meaningful) as the ALS challenge and make sure the donations are transparent so it wouldn’t negatively impact the reputation of the organization.(https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-swot-analysis/)

All in all, this is a non-profit that I think is contributing to a great cause while providing opportunities for people to expand their knowledge. I hope one day it'll get the attention it deserves, and reach their goal of ending world hunger by 2030.

[kidneys-and-custard]

Today I found out the FreeRice app has added a bunch of subjects. Basically you answer multiple choice questions and for every correct answer WFP donates rice to families in need. I’ve been playing for years and I highly recommend it if you like to learn fun facts or just want to help out.

[sunnywalnut]

Did you know that Freerice.com still is up and running, donating to countries such as Palestine?

They donate 10 grains of rice for every question answered right- all of the questions designed with gradeschool kids in mind.

All for free. You don't even need to sign up for an account.

So why don't you have a try?

Go for it. Make a difference.

[raybeansbooks]

Freerice

Freerice - Website Launched 2007

(Image Copyright Freerice and the United Nations World Food Programme)

Freerice, originally penned FreeRice, is a web-based application that allows users to participate in a myriad of categories, multiple choice quizzes whose correct answers translate to donations of rice to communities in need. For every question the user answers correctly at any category, at any difficulty level, results in 10 grains of rice donated via the United Nations World Food Programme. 

I remember first being introduced to this program when I was in high school in the early 2010s and there's a nice feeling about seeing a production like this still going along almost a couple decades after launch. Language arts teachers specifically at my school really enjoyed its use to help with vocabulary and as the only French student who didn't get into honors society for French I was pleased that it at least allowed my struggling foreign language student self pass. I also remember having competitions between myself and my classmates, especially my one friend in the class, to see who could earn the most grains of rice during our computer lab/ library time session. The website now seems to play to the strength of kind hearts and competitive teens in hosting events that challenge users to participate in gaining a goal grain count. It would be interesting given the global events happening currently between Gaza and Congo to see how organizations like Freerice respond in their Food Programme efforts.

Rather than this being an application used in frequency in a public library space when they would probably much rather indulge in Roblox, I could see this being something that we discuss in conversation with school teachers. Considering the range of categories a user of the site can quiz with, there could be a range of opportunities in the classroom and perhaps beyond given proper planning and initiative. 

FREERICE. Freerice. (n.d.). https://freerice.com/home 

[thequivernews]

Free Rice Scheme Politics: BJP's Golak Mohapatra Hits Out to CM Naveen Patnaik Government in Odisha

[a-passing-storm]

Oh My God! Freerice still exists! Like, freerice.com! They have a bunch of languages, math, a few types of science, some pop culture things too… a lot more than just those things! (Also, if it was unclear, they donate rice.) I forgot about Freerice! This is so cool! They Also Have Latin!!!

[the-maddened-hatter]

Freerice keeps resetting my daily totals around 9:30 pm :(

[archaeopter-ace]

I got top 0.13%! All that time spent on freerice has paid off lol

I got the Top 4.47% on this English Vocabulary test

[cyphyree]

FREE RICE - Official UN World Food Program free nonprofit game that Feeds those in Need!! https://freerice.com/

What does it do?

You play simple trivia games in-browser, and for every correct answer you will help raise "rice" (meaning money to go into emergency relief such as rice and other foods) to help feed those most in need.

Freerice officially works with the United Nations World Food Program (see: https://unric.org/en/freerice/ ), which serves, as of writing:

State of Palestine

Afghanistan

Ethiopia

Ukraine

Sudan

Yemen

See more listed here: https://www.wfp.org/emergencies, as linked from Freerice

How does it work?

Private sponsors now match the rice grains earned in the game. Every question you answer correctly earns 10 grains of rice, triggering a financial payment to WFP. The donations generated through Freerice help support WFP's work in emergencies around the world. (source: https://freerice.com/frequently-asked-questions )

100% of all funds generated via Freerice go to the World Food Programme. Freerice does not earn or keep any money it raises.(source: https://freerice.com/about-us)

Important Notes!

If nothing shows up when you hit "PLAY GAME," try enabling cookies to reveal the site shown above

Making an account is OPTIONAL, not having one does not lessen your impact

Can be used towards virtual community service (download a certificate to fill out yourself)

Freerice has no time limit and perfect for using in conjunction with arab.org, a single click website for various good causes

[mightyoctopus]

So, a lot of you have heard of arab.org, a site where you can click a button to help Palestine for free. But did you know they have other buttons as well?

Children, Women, Poverty, Environment, and Refugees

According to their numbers (which you can see when you click on "proof" for each charity category), their donations for Palestine went up a lot in the fourth quarter of 2023. And I mean truly a lot. From January till September of 2023 they had a combined click count of 66.484. That's 66k clicks in 9 months. Then from October till December they had 570.859 clicks. That's 570k in 3 month. That's an increase of more than 2500% a month!

The clicks for their other charity categories also saw a steep incline, but none as much as Palestine. For example, Environment reached 183.585 clicks, Women 170.029 clicks, Poverty 163.130 clicks, and Refugees 167.475 clicks. These are great numbers and all are more than in the beginning of 2023, but they are far below Palestine.

Clicking these buttons doesn't take a lot of time and it does make a real impact. The next time you click for Palestine, consider the other buttons too.

(In case you've never heard of arab.org, here's how it works: When you visit the website, it gets paid to show you adds. It then donates that money to a variety of charities. The UNRWA, UNHCR, UNDP, UN Women, GreenPeace, and UNICEF. There's also other websites that operate like this. The WFP's FreeRice used this same model until recently, for example.)

[pineappleciders]

pineappleciders masterlists/introduction!!

hello!! i've been posting for a bit now but i decided i'd do a re-introduction and masterlist.

you can call me pineapple or cider, i use he/him and i'm 16! i don't put alt text on every image post but i try to do the ones i can!! all posts with alt text will be tagged #alt text and ones without will be tagged #no id . this is something i started doing very recently so minority of posts atm are tagged!

my linktree! you can find my tumblr, tiktok, twitter, and bluesky! also a link to this 🍉 resource post

please DNI/DNF if you're homophobic racist zionist proshitter etc. NSFW blogs can interact but please don't follow!!!

REQUEST STATUSES

writing reqs: open!!

drawing reqs: open!!

matchups: closed!!

what do i post?

i post my art and writing (mainly x reader headcanons!) i will also babble about anything and i will answer questions :)

i try to tag spoilers and trigger warnings on general things (like blood etc.)

fandoms i write for

OMORI (no romantic for the HS kids, but will do platonic!!)

DDLC

south park (platonic only for the kids, yes i will do non-platonic post covid adults!)

project sekai

eddsworld

requirements/what i will not write?

anything NSFW/smut

anything proship (pedophilic, incest, big age gaps, etc.)

yandere/toxic relationships (unless it's apart of a side story, such as contributing to the main relationship)

romantic x readers with characters 13 or under (this includes south park and omori headspace kids, platonic only)

graphic depictions of suicide or extreme gore

certain ships! i'm a huge multishipper but certain ships i'm just not as big of a fan of. so feel free to ask my opinions on a ship!

what do i prefer to write?

angst, fluff, headcanons/drabbles, fanfics, x readers and character x characters, and even stuff self harm or eating disorder related.

i will do matchups for OMORI, eddsworld, and project sekai. feel free to specify if you want a platonic one or not

what about drawing requests?

i take drawing reqs!!! moreso like drawing ideas or prompts and less like free commissions. i might draw your OC or AU characters!!!

examples of a good request:

example of a bad request:

can i use your art?

yeah! i think it's really cool when i see my art in a pfp and stuff. there is no need to credit me, but you can if you'd like :)

MASTERLISTS

OMORI

SOUTH PARK

DDLC

EDDSWORLD

PROJECT SEKAI

IMPORTANT RESOURCES

how you can help 🍉

call for ceasefire

daily click to donate

🍉 children's relief fund

resources on 🍉 history

resources1 and resources2

call for ceasefire

sudanese organizations to donate to

master document on palestine, the congo, sudan, haiti, yemen etc. (please check this out!!!)

verified 🍉 gofundme

world food program

freerice website

ty for reading :-)

[shurple]

you guys should play this! it's a fun free trivia game that raises money for food for people that need it! they're supporting

if you're unable to give money for whatever reason or just wanna kill time, playing this can do a little to help!