Fighting Hunger 20 Grains of Rice at a Time

While most parents deter their kids from surfing the Internet for very long, Neal and Sandy Lorberbaum encourage their children to spend time online. Perry Lorberbaum, 13, and Eryn Lorberbaum, 12, are strengthening their vocabulary skills while sending food to impoverished nations, thanks to the Web site FreeRice.com. The site features a vocabulary game that donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nation's World Food Programme for each correct answer. John Breen, founder of Poverty.com, created the site to help his children study for the SATs. He decided to partner with the World Food Programme, and when the site debuted in October, it donated 10 grains of rice for every correct answer. Since then, the amount has doubled to 20 grains of rice, and the total grains of rice raised as of Feb.

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