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Food Programme, and %93.5 of every payment received by the World Food
Programme goes directly towards helping children and their families. Freerice
does not earn or keep any money it raises. You can learn more about the
different ways the World Food Programme is funded here.
Where does the rice go?
WFP doesn’t use the funds raised via Freerice to only purchase rice. Instead,
money raised via Freerice funds a variety of WFP projects around the world,
depending on where needs are greatest.
The ‘food basket’ is what WFP calls the mix of foods provided to people
in different places around the world, depending on their emergency and
nutritional needs, local customs, and other factors. In countries where rice
is a staple part of the diet, WFP provides, on average, about 400 grams of
rice per person per day (for families, including children and adults). This is
intended for two meals that include other ingredients to ensure a minimum
of 2,100 kilocalories per day. There are approximately 50–40 grains of rice in
a single gram.
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