Claim: Playing a word definition game at FreeRice.com results in food being donated to the needy. FreeRice.com is the creation of 49-year-old American computer programmer John Breen, and is the sister ...

— -- Feeling guilty about wasting time at work on computer solitaire? Join the growing guilt-free multitude at FreeRice.com, an online game with redeeming social value. The game presents a word ...

The World Food Programme announced Saturday that Berkman Award Winner John Breen has expanded FreeRice to include more games; and he will be collaborating with the Berkman Center on further developing ...

WASHINGTON – Nearly a billion people worldwide are undernourished, according to 2010 estimates, and hunger contributes to the deaths of 5 million children each year. The number of hungry people ...

Freerice.com, an online game that has been developed can help increase one's knowledge while also providing rice to millions around the world. The game, launched in 2007, challenges people to find the ...

FreeRice.com is one of the most ingenious websites of 2007. In the best spirit of the Internet, it offers education, entertainment and a way to change the world -- all for free. All you have to do is ...

Ingenious. That's probably the best word to describe computer programmer John Breen. He's the man behind Freerice.com, a new Web site with a unique, two-pronged approach to tackling literacy and world ...

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This article is part of The Food Fight, a series that explores how the United Nations’ World Food Programme is using technology to battle food scarcity and put an end to hunger by 2030. One in nine ...

When we think of Valentine's Day, irresistible chocolate comes to mind of course. But let's change things a bit this year and think FreeRice for the world's hungry. FreeRice is an online trivia game ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The viral quiz game that provides grains of rice to hungry children with every right answer is now ...