The game was both amusing and addictive. Still the investigator in me forced me to delve a little further.
Turns out Mr. Breen, the creator of the site (and poverty.com) is reluctant to become a legitimate nonprofit organization. Absent the accountability (and transparency) of this designation, we're all generally supposed to "trust him" that the money raised by adverts is actually going to to the World Food Program. [1] The upside to Mr. Breen's work, is that he's done this before, with apparently a good track record. Hey, he even won a Webby (not sure if that says much, but still) [2]. Admittedly, the World Food Program seems to find him legitimate enough, so for now, I'll keep clicking (and boosting my vocabulary). [3] [1] http://www.thepcspy.com/read/is_freericecom_making_150k_each_day_in_profits [2] http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/wavlength/archive/2007/11/should_you_trust_freericecom.shtml [3] http://www.wfp.org/english/?n=681 On Dec 18, 2007 7:02 AM, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Persisted upto 2000 grains. Hope that kid isn't very hungry today. > > shiv > > > On Tuesday 18 Dec 2007 3:27 pm, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2007 3:19 PM, Valsa Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > *Read on … http://www.freerice.com/ * > > > > > > * * > > > Cheers ! > > > > > > Valsa > > > > Valsa...I just spent TWENTY minutes there and I hope that was enough > > rice to feed at least one child! > > > > Thanks, will be visiting often. What an enjoyable way to do something > nice! > > > > Deepa. > >
