A Facebook Game Brings Real-World Gains

David Cohen on June 29, 2012 10:30 AM

A post on the Nonprofits on Facebook page offered some statistics showing the success of WeTopia, a game from Sojo Studios in which game play benefits real-world projects.

According to the post, WeTopia players are responsible thus far for:

Providing 603,503 hot meals to children in Haiti.
Constructing a new school in Moline, Haiti.
Providing 2,951 warm coats for children in Afghanistan and the northeast United States.
Planting 6,286 papaya trees and 19,465 tomato plants for children in Kenya.
Providing 14,400 hours of nutrition education programming for children in Appalachia, Louisiana, and rural California.

Readers: Would you be more willing to try out a Facebook game if you knew it would benefit a real-world cause?

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