United Nations World Food Hunger Game

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Rebecca, Aug 8, 2008.

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    FreeRice.com is a company that will donate rice to the UN World Food Program, if you play their game. It is a game of "guess the right meaning of the word", for every correct answer you give them, the UN gets more rice. Kind of crazy, but I played for awhile. It looks like they are legit, the same company also owns poverty.com, and they have been in the newspapers.
     
    Rebecca, Aug 8, 2008 IP
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    Clifford Peon

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    The UN isn't feeding anyone but some corporation fat cats pocket and the bulldozers gas tank knocking over the rainforests.
     
    Clifford, Aug 8, 2008 IP
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    Rebecca Prominent Member

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    They did track donations directly from freerice.com, and this is what they said they did so far:

    In Bangladesh, to feed 27,000 refugees from Myanmar for two weeks. Please click here to watch FreeRice being distributed in Bangladesh.
    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.
    source
     
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    Yeah, well I used to fly when I was a kid, and see ufo's on a monthly basis. Do you believe me?
    If no...

    why in the *blurp* do you believe the people who fund all the wars suddenly are fighting to feed the poor??

    ... ya... right.

    Ever heard of a mask???
     
    Clifford, Aug 9, 2008 IP