The question is really whether the world food program is legitimate enough...rather than mr.breen, who is a small fish in what is a large teeming pond.
the free rice site by itself is misleading on various fronts. the WFP for one is primarily involved in the logistics of food delivery rather than buying and selling food (their cost of logistics however is usually abnormally high when compared to other similar organisations doing the same thing)... Secondly, most of the food that is distributed is "free", subsidy powered surplus from america and europe. What they buy locally is usually significant in comparison to what is imported and dumped.... ashok On 12/18/07, Lawnun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > >
