freerice.com

so i found this pretty awesome website.
lists of vocabulary words. you pick the definition. for every word you pick correctly, 20 grains of rice are donated to people in need in third world countries.
it's easy to play, it doesn't cost you anything but time. i've been reading about it and it seems pretty legit.
they say that 7000 grains of rice equals one cup of uncooked rice or about 3 cups cooked rice.
it's a non-profit site and here are some of the things they've used the grain for so far:

* In Bangladesh, to feed 27,000 refugees from Myanmar for two weeks.

* In Cambodia, to provide take-home rations of four kilograms of rice for two months to 13,500 pregnant and nursing women.

* In Uganda, to feed 66,000 school children for a week.

* In Nepal, to feed over 108,000 Bhutanese refugees for three days.

* In Bhutan, to feed 41,000 children for over 3 days.

* In Myanmar, to feed 750,000 cyclone affected people for 3 days.

click on the link to the right to play. but beware, it's pretty addictive! i donated 8,160 grains today. to date, almost 40 billion grains of rice have been donated, if my calculations are correct, that's over 17 million cups of rice. that's 11.5 million bowls of rice!

happy vocabulary!