FreePoverty: Donate cups of water

We can't resist games that combine global awareness with global causes. Earlier this year, we wrote about FreeRice, which donates grains of rice. Today, we found another addictive online game that donates cups of water.

The wonderful map blog Cartophilia: Maps and Map Memorabilia tipped us off to FreePoverty.com.

FreePoverty is a similar game to the Traveler IQ Challenge that we mentioned in December. You just click on a world map to locate specific sites, which range from "easy" to "super hard." The closer you get to the correct answer, the more cups of water you donate.

So far, more than 21.5 million cups of water have been donated to people in need all around the world.

My best effort is 291 cups of water. I'm particularly proud of pinpointing Yerevan, Armenia, exactly. The best score I've seen so far is 922.

Can you top that? Let us know how you do in the comments below.

Comments

[Tom]

There are a few free charity game websites like freepoverty out there now, such as Charitii.com (donate drinking water) and Freeflour.com (donate flour). I guess people can be choosy about what cause they want to donate to and what game they want to play to do it.

[Tom]

Excellent game! There are a few free charity game websites like freepoverty out there now, such as Charitii.com (donate drinking water) and Freeflour.com (donate flour). I guess people can be choosy about what cause they want to donate to and what game they want to play to do it.