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Savann Tabak well

charity project · in 8 videos (2011)

A well for the Haitian village of Savann Tabak, built through Water.org after Hank travelled to Haiti in 2011 and asked viewers to donate. The village formed a well committee and chose a location and a guard, and by late 2011 had a community-owned well whose users pay for its upkeep.

Videos by year: 2011: 8

Also known as: the well that Nerdfighteria built in Haiti

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) · Hank: make one more Haiti video on how Water.org changes charity from dependence to independence (2011)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

aid effectiveness (4) · Project for Awesome (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2011

  • 2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti — Hank explains Water.org requires a well committee spanning genders, religions, neighborhoods and families, so the well becomes a community asset rather than one church's or family's. — 00:01:12
    • Hank asks viewers to go to my.water.org/vlogbrothers to follow the Savann Tabak community as it meets its milestones. — 00:02:48
    • Hank says a key lesson from Haiti is that not all non-profits are equal; having done due diligence on how Water.org operates, he is comfortable asking viewers to donate to it. — 00:03:06
  • 2011-03-23 · Why Does My Dog Eat Poop? — ask: John thanks Hank for his extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced video about Haiti, which gave viewers a real way to really help, linked in the description. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-04-04 · Thoughts from The Well — Hank says what the village needs is a well plus community infrastructure to keep it a sustainable water source for the community's lifetime, and that Water.org is going to get them that. — 00:03:08
    • Hank points viewers to my.water.org/vlogbrothers to see Savann Tabak's progress toward a sustainable water source and to give Water.org money for them and others like them. — 00:03:25
  • 2011-04-06 · Tales of Nerd Love! — John says Hank's Haiti videos inspire him and Nerdfighteria and that, to thank Hank, he has made a $300 gift to Water.org. — 00:03:08
  • 2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — announcement: Hank reports via my.water.org/vlogbrothers that Savann Tabak has formed a well committee, created a budget and chosen a location and a guard for the well. — 00:02:25
  • 2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: Back home, Hank told viewers about the villagers and asked them to donate to Water.org; working together, Nerdfighteria gave the village something it needed. — 00:00:29
    • Hank names several villagers and says they now have a well, thanks to Nerdfighteria and Water.org. — 00:00:58
    • More than a well, the village has a community-owned asset that users pay a fair price for, the money funding maintenance so it still gives clean water 20, 30, 50 years from now; the community invested in, controls and maintains it. — 00:00:58
    • Hank asks viewers to consider donating to Water.org, which he says does it well and does it right. — 00:01:53
  • …and 11 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011