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Shawn Ahmed

person · in 14 videos (2008–2012)

Mentions by year: 2008: 6 · 2009: 3 · 2010: 4 · 2012: 1

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What the videos say

2008

  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — A Nerdfighter named Sean left graduate school at Notre Dame for Bangladesh; his project Uncultured films poverty there and uses his Xbox 360 savings to help kids go to school. (00:01:51)
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — John admires that Sean realised poverty is about us and simply went; John admits he could not do that himself. (00:01:51)
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — Because Sean's Xbox 360 money will only go so far, John proposes that Nerdfighters help Sean help people in Bangladesh, via the link in the sidebar. (00:02:20)
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — The children Sean works with may not know in-your-pants jokes, speak English or have fast internet, but they are still part of us. (00:02:20)
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — Sean will make videos on his YouTube channel so donors can see exactly where the money goes, whom it helps and how; John made this video a response to one of Sean's. (00:03:03)
  • 2008-04-10 · Barack John Obama Green — Reasoning that if Sean could give his Xbox money he could too, Hank finds an Xbox 360 costs $250 and gives $250 through Sean's PayPal. (00:03:25)
  • 2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — John thanks the hundreds of Nerdfighters on six continents who have given money to Sean in Bangladesh; they have raised more than $3,000. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John shows what Nerdfighter Sean did with the Xbox money Hank sent him: in a very rural part of Bangladesh where few NGOs work, it will help a family keep their kids in school. (00:01:05)
  • 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John reports that months ago Nerdfighters sent Sean money to help people in Bangladesh; Sean has used much of it and wants to spend the rest with Save the Children. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John says Sean, like many charities in the developing world, lacks money to do everything and must choose between vital needs such as clean water, infant health and education. (00:00:36)
  • 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John tells viewers that Sean has laid out several options and that everyone can vote on what should be done first with the money, which Sean will then do. (00:01:05)
  • 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John favours sending Sean more money but says it would not solve the problem; the question is hard, and everyone should share the tough choices Sean makes daily. (00:01:05)
  • …and 4 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

  • 2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John says he will then make a video of himself eating the Peeps, and months later Shawn will make a video showing the real school viewers built. (00:02:15)
  • 2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John says the link to donate and more information about Shawn's work are in the sidebar. (00:02:15)
  • 2009-07-13 · On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments — John says Nerdfighters have a guy in Bangladesh, Sean, who pwns poverty with their money, and that Sean has an amazing new video about his work there. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-09-29 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — John urges Nerdfighters in or around the Bay Area to attend an October 10 gathering raising money for Sean Ahmed's Uncultured Project, where Wheezy Waiter's Driftless Pony Club will play. (00:01:11)

2010

  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Hank says Nerdfighter Shawn Ahmed, doing amazing work in Bangladesh, is one of five finalists to possibly attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, and asks everyone to vote for him via the sidebar. (00:02:55)
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says Sean from the Uncultured Project is now in Bangladesh, working with Save the Children to help 10,000 kids in a project funded by Nerdfighteria. (00:00:01)
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says Sean has heard since arriving that the pond-sand filter Nerdfighteria funded is still up and running. (00:00:01)
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — As evidence John cites Nerdfighteria's work with Save the Children and Shawn's Uncultured Project on a pond sand filter in Bangladesh that still provides clean water after two years. (00:01:34)
  • 2010-12-21 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — On the end screen Hank recommends Shawn's Uncultured Project P4A video, uploaded a little late and little promoted, saying viewers will weep. (00:03:27)

2012