Good Causes, Quick Rewards, Partial Solutions

Yesterday was World Malaria Day, and sadly I didn't realize this until today. So now it appears too late to play the "Deliver the Net" game, an interactive online game in which your success results in the delivery of free bednets to fight malaria in places where it is endemic.

One game that's always available is Free Rice, a vocabulary quiz in which each successful result yields 20 grains of rice for the UN World Food Program.  That's especially important right now, when the prices of many staples like rice are shooting up.

Let's not forget the Hunger Site, where one simple click yields 1.1 cups of food a day.

These are all quick and easy ways to make a difference. It's easy to forget that this is only part of the solution, though; tackling the systemic reasons for world hunger is  much harder and can quickly seem daunting.  But as we all play Free Rice, let's keep in mind the larger issues at stake.

Comments

[Jane]

I'm addicted to the Free Rice game