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I found this really fascinating. Oli, I applaud your curiousity. If more people were prepared to ask questions and have a think about the repercussions of personal actions, this world would be a much better place. On the other hand, whoever wrote post #7, I really don't get why you are so rude. If Oli was prepared to put out there an intellectual question and was seeking an intellectual answer, bagging him personally just really misses the point and highlights your own deficiencies.
I went hunting myself to see what I could find out about FreeRice because, like you, Oli, I get a little nervous about the idea of a non-registered charity and accountability. I got tenuously involved with an organisation called AidWatch, a really excellent Australian organisation that keeps an eye on the provision of aid, mostly governmental, but also from NGOs, and it really is astonishing how much aid comes with hidden strings and how much aid never quite makes it to where it should go. It pays to be really careful about where you donate to. I will avoid giving a list here because I think it is up to the individual to investigate this themselves. And, thankfully, there are some incredible organisations out there.
In terms of FreeRice, there is the FAQ section - http://www.freerice.com/faq.html - which claims that this is totally non-profit. Now, it may seem in direct opposition to what I have written earlier about the necessity of asking questions etc, but I also do believe that giving people the benefit of the doubt is pretty important, too. If FreeRice claims to be totally nonprofit and they have written it down, I am going to believe them. And if they are lying, well, I just hope they can sleep at night.
If anyone objects to anything I have written, I would be delighted to hear about it, but please keep the personal comments to yourself. Just like you, I don't really like people being cruel to me for no good reason.