Internet businessman John Breen created FreeRice. Since October, five hundred seventy metric tons of rice have been donated.Enough to feed about a million and a half people for one day.The game is set said to be especially popular with college students and younge people who visit social networking sites.

网络商家约翰创建了FreeRice。10月份以来,已经捐赠了570吨大米,足够150人食用一天。据说这个游戏在大学生和经常访问社会互联网的年轻人之间很流行。

Jennifer Parmelee is a World Food Program spokeswomen in Washington. She says cash donations help the angency to buy food locally and transported it quickly to where it is needed.

詹妮弗是世界粮食组织在华盛顿的发言人。她说资金帮助机构可以在当地购买粮食,也可以迅速被运往需要它的地方。

For example, with donations from the site, rice for Nepal was recently bought in the area at half the world market price.Bangladesh Cambodia柬埔寨 and Uganda also have recieved food through FreeRice.

比如说,有了网上捐赠的钱,给尼泊尔捐赠的大米可以在附近用世界市场粮食价格的一半购买到。

Over the last 9 months, though,the cost to secure food aid has increased 55%.Jennifer Parmelee says this is the biggest crisis the World Food Program has faced in its 45-year history. She says creative projects like FreeRice are badly needed right now.

但是在过去的9个月里,确保粮食援助费用已经增加了55%。珍妮弗说这个世界粮食组织在它45年的历史上碰到的最大的危机。她说像FreeRice这样的创造性项目是现在急需的。