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Blog entry 1 World Freerice Week: 6 Degrees of Freerice
You may have noticed something different about Freerice.com. Here’s a hint - look up, towards the top right of this screen, just next to "About" and "English"? See it yet? Now you get the idea: we're launching the first ever, official World Freerice Week from February 6 - 11!
Blog entry 2 One Million Registered Freericers, And Counting!
It’s official. As of today, you are playing alongside ONE MILLION registered Freerice players! This milestone represents a significant step in our online movement to end hunger. Together, by doing our small part, we’ve earned BILLIONS of grains of rice for the world’s hungriest through the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
Blog entry 3 Snapshots Of World Hunger: 2011
From conflict in Libya to the drought in the Horn of Africa, 2011 presented a challenging sequence of emergencies to the World Food Programme and other aid agencies.
Take a look at the WFP's 12 photos looking back on a year in the fight against hunger
Wishing all Freericers a Happy New Year! Thank you for all your ongoing support, feedback and time in 2011.
Blog entry 4 Freericers Don't Forget to be Awesome
The Don't Forget to be Awesome (DFTBA) is an annual event that takes place in December.
Blog entry 5 How to: Make this season merrier
It's the season of goodwill and giving. Between wrapping presents and opening them, there is nothing that can leave you feeling happier and more gratified than knowing you've made someone else's life better.
To help you get into the spirit, here are some ideas to make a difference this year:
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Blog entry 6 And the winner is...
For the month of November, Canadian schools battled it out for the Canadian Freerice School Challenge organized by the World Food Programme and our Canadian Ambassador against hunger and CBC Television presenter, George Strombolopolous.
Blog entry 7 Food Force: an online game with real-world impact
The World Food Programme has launched Food Force, a game on Facebook with real-world impact, developed by KONAMI.
Blog entry 8 Freerice in Motion
Freerice like you’ve never seen it before! This brand-new video is another reminder that Freerice is not your average trivia game....
We hope this video will help introduce the site to new players. Why is that important? Because the more people who play, the more rice we raise and the more people we can help. So far, we have raised enough to feed almost 5 million people.
The power of Freerice lies in everyone doing our small part. So please share this video with friends and family, and let's rice up against hunger!
Blog entry 9 Take part in World Change
On November 22, TakePart will dedicate one of their "30 Ways in 30 Days" calendar days to Freerice and fighting hunger. The campaign encourages us all to take small steps during the month of November to make the world a better place.
Blog entry 10 Cambodia: A woman's struggle to beat the floods
Chin Cheng Hong’s house is built on stilts, but this year the floodwaters have risen so high in Cambodia that even this was not enough to protect her. When the waters crept through her floorboards, she knew things were really bad.
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WFP is funded entirely through voluntary donations. |