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173 statements about Save the Children in 85 videos, by upload date.

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2008

  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — John is a big believer in giving to charities like Save the Children and Oxfam, which do amazing work with impressive efficiency. — 00:00:48
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — ask: John: Because Shawn's Xbox 360 money will only go so far, John proposes that Nerdfighters help Shawn help people in Bangladesh, via the link in the sidebar. — 00:02:20
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — John calls this not charity but an experiment in community, and says donors should still give to Save the Children and Oxfam; it does not get them off the hook. — 00:02:20
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John: Shawn 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 Shawn's. — 00:03:03
  • 2008-04-10 · Barack John Obama Green — Hank: Reasoning that if Shawn could give his Xbox money he could too, Hank finds an Xbox 360 costs $250 and gives $250 through Shawn'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 Shawn in Bangladesh; they have raised more than $3,000. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — ask: John says those who still want to donate can find a link in the sidebar; with Shawn's help they will make many lives more awesome. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John shows what Nerdfighter Shawn 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
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John: Everyone in the family but the father has had malaria; Shawn brought them a mosquito net, and Hank's money will fix the roof that leaks onto their bed. — 00:01:42
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John calls it sort of miraculous that Hank can see the actual people his money helps, and says all who donated to Shawn will experience that as he distributes more of the funds. — 00:01:42
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — announcement: John says Shawn is slow to post videos because he is in Bangladesh, but they will keep track of him; his YouTube channel is linked in the sidebar. — 00:01:42
  • 2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John: Asked (thing eight) to be like Hank and give an Xbox's worth of money to a charity, John says he already did so before leaving, to Save the Children. — 00:02:45
  • 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John reports that months ago Nerdfighters sent Shawn money to help people in Bangladesh; Shawn has used much of it and wants to spend the rest with Save the Children. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John: In Plano they met Shawn, the man from Bangladesh who has been working with Save the Children to decrease worldsuck with Nerdfighters' money. — 00:01:11
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John says they will collect money for Save the Children Bangladesh throughout the entire tour. — 00:01:11
  • 2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank announces that he and John have both decided to put up a thousand dollars to donate to a P4A charity, chosen on the quality of the charity and its video. — 00:02:38
  • 2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — announcement: John says that in the end he chose five P4A charities and is giving $200 to each. — 00:00:40
  • 2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — announcement: John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — 00:00:40

2009

2010

  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John says Shawn 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 — announcement: John says Shawn has heard since arriving that the pond-sand filter Nerdfighteria funded is still up and running. — 00:00:01
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — ask: John says the $540 is not his money but Nerdfighteria's, so Nerdfighters must decide where it goes, and asks them to say so in the comments. — 00:02:04
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John's inclination is to give it to This Star Won't Go Out and then hold a matching BlogTV fundraiser for the Uncultured Project and Save the Children, or the reverse, or something else. (hedged) — 00:02:04
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John: Citing his known hatred of pennies, John says he and Hank will donate one penny for every P4A comment, up to one million comments, to Save the Children and Partners in Health. — 00:00:28
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John: 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
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — ask: John repeats that each P4A comment, up to a million, is worth a penny to Partners in Health or Save the Children, and asks viewers to donate at projectforawesome.com. — 00:02:16

2011

  • 2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — John: Feeling his pee-joke book was outclassed, John remembered that Nerdfighters had helped rebuild a school in cyclone-ravaged Bangladesh and wanted to tell Mortenson. — 00:01:03
  • 2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — John: At the cocktail party John told the man he took for Mortenson about Nerdfighters' pond sand filters, Kiva loans and the school, talking for twelve minutes without letting him speak. — 00:01:33
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 they created the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers gave the money to things like Save the Children and train fare for two Nerdfighters to meet. — 00:00:37

2012

2013

  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank: The P4A money goes to the Office of Letters and Light, Not Forgotten, the Wildlife Waystation, the Alzheimer's Society, the Harry Potter Alliance, Save the Children, BGSU Dance Marathon, Uncultured Project, a charity heard as 'Taycho', and Love146 Dayton Task Force. — 00:01:27
  • 2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — announcement: Hank says people make videos promoting their favorite charities, upload them around noon Eastern on December 17, and submit them to projectforawesome.com, where the whole community votes. — 00:00:29
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says 100% of the money raised goes to organizations the community chooses by voting at projectforawesome.com, so it is up to everyone to be good stewards of it. — 00:00:24
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says schools in the Central African Republic are closed and growing numbers of children are conscripted into militias, while Save the Children treats children injured by machetes and gunshots and offers basic health services. — 00:01:21
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says Save the Children also works in the countries bordering Syria, where more than two million Syrians live in sprawling refugee camps, more than half of them children. — 00:01:34
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John introduces Sammy, whose siblings (in the clip) came to their mother saying they were hungry, and says Sammy no longer has to worry they won't eat; that is what Save the Children and others in the camps fight for. — 00:02:43
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John truly believes Sammy and more than a million children like him will be better off if Nerdfighteria partners with effective and efficient organizations like Save the Children. — 00:02:54
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — ask: John asks viewers to vote at projectforawesome.com for Save the Children and other organizations fighting poverty and disease in the developing world. — 00:03:28
  • 2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — The description thanks everyone who watched the livestream, voted, made or watched videos, commented or donated, and says the day's awesome is because of them; perks can still be bought. — video description

2014

2015

2016

2017

  • 2017-08-22 · The Causes of Cholera — recommendation: The description points viewers to the WHO's overview of the crisis in Yemen and Save the Children's coverage of the crisis and its interventions to learn more. — video description
  • 2017-08-22 · The Causes of Cholera — John credits NGOs like Save the Children, working in extremely difficult conditions to provide oral rehydration solution, and unpaid Yemeni health workers who keep providing care. — 00:02:31
  • 2017-08-29 · 40 — ask: The description asks viewers to donate to help those affected by flooding in South Asia, the worst in decades, through Save the Children or Oxfam India. — video description
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John: In P4A's first half money goes to pre-selected charities: this year (2017) Save the Children, a partner for a decade, and Last Mile Health, which trains and pays community health workers in Liberia. — 00:01:26
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says donors to both pre-selected charities will also match donations, so viewers' money will go a long way. — 00:01:47
  • 2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — recommendation: John: Of the many organizations keeping progress going, John highlights Save the Children, helping kids and families from refugee camps to remote villages, and Last Mile Health, which trains and employs community health workers in Liberia. — 00:02:55
  • 2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — announcement: John: The P4A fundraiser begins at midnight tonight; in this first half the money raised goes to Save the Children and Last Mile Health. — 00:03:18
  • 2017-12-15 · Why Big Solutions Fail — Hank: Delivering health care, water or food where they are lacking used to be work that didn't get done; Save the Children and Last Mile Health now do it, training and employing local people as community health workers. — 00:01:53
  • 2017-12-15 · Why Big Solutions Fail — announcement: Hank: In P4A's first part all money up to $700,000 will be matched, and the first half's money is split between Last Mile Health and Save the Children. — 00:02:41
  • 2017-12-19 · History Is Happening — John: In the first half of this year's (2017) Project for Awesome they raised money for Save the Children and Last Mile Health. — 00:02:27

2018

2019

  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — announcement: In a comment John says the Project for Awesome will not change, at least this year (2019): it keeps raising unrestricted funds for groups like PIH and Save the Children; they want, if possible, to fund this project separately, but whether they can without the P4A remains to be seen. — creator comment
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — announcement: John says the first half of the P4A raises money for pre-selected Save the Children and Partners In Health, which the community has worked with for over a decade and which reach the most vulnerable. — 00:01:48
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — announcement: John says the P4A, as in past years, raises unrestricted funds that Partners In Health and Save the Children can spend wherever most needed. — 00:02:19
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — John says the charities know better than the brothers where the funding gaps are and unrestricted funds are really important to charities, so the Sierra Leone project stays separate. — 00:02:31
  • 2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — John: Save the Children has helped reduce stunting from malnutrition and build safe places for children in refugee camps, amid the greatest refugee crisis since World War II. — 00:02:47
  • 2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — announcement: John: Right now every donated dollar is matched by nerdfighters who contributed to a matching fund and by donors to PIH and Save the Children. — 00:03:28
  • 2019-12-06 · It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create — The description explains the P4A: first-half money goes to PIH and Save the Children, second-half money to community-voted charities, and the company pays non-volunteer staff, so after perk costs all money goes to charity. — video description
  • 2019-12-06 · It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create — Hank says we need to support the master puzzle-solvers who understand each problem's unique shape, like the people at Partners In Health and Save the Children, the P4A's first-half charities. — 00:02:36
  • 2019-12-06 · It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create — Hank: Healthcare is a hard puzzle everywhere, but these organizations help communities build more robust healthcare, decrease illness and provide stability. — 00:02:50

2021

  • 2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — announcement: John: The first half raises unrestricted funds for pre-selected charities, this year (2021) Partners In Health and Save the Children, long-time community partners; the second half funds charities chosen by viewers. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — announcement: Hank: First-half money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, very effective at decreasing world suck; second-half money to organizations viewers vote for. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-02-12 · Doing Better — announcement: Hank: The 2021 Project for Awesome starts today, Friday the 12th at noon, and runs through the 14th; the first half raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:02:52

2022

Also named in: On the Death of My Hero

2023

  • 2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — Hank: The first half of the P4A raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health; the second half for organisations the community votes for after watching viewers' videos. — 00:01:41
  • 2023-02-07 · Mid-Morning Existential Crisis: The Format Returns — John says the first half of the P4A raises money for Partners In Health and Save the Children, the second half for charities chosen by viewers. — 00:01:32
  • 2023-02-17 · COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME — Hank says both organizations help people with the least by building strong foundations for communities, and that evidence and experience show people given resources and a foundation will build. — 00:02:33

2024

  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Some Project for Awesome money goes to preselected charities, usually Partners In Health and Save the Children, and some to charities Nerdfighteria chooses by voting on P4A videos at projectforawesome.com. — 00:02:24
  • 2024-01-19 · The Project for Awesome is Changing! — Hank says every year this worked out to within a couple of percent of 50% to Partners In Health and Save the Children and 50% to community-voted charities. — 00:01:40
  • 2024-01-19 · The Project for Awesome is Changing! — announcement: Hank announces that this year (2024) all P4A money will be pooled, with half going to Save the Children and Partners In Health and half to community-voted charities. — 00:02:00
  • 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank says Save the Children focuses where children need most support, now Gaza, where it delivers aid, and also works in war- and disaster-hit places like Yemen, Syria and Ukraine. — 00:04:36

2025

  • 2025-01-17 · How the P4A is Changing in 2025! — announcement: Hank says that, as for many years, half the money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health and half to charities viewers vote for. — 00:02:35
  • 2025-02-11 · What's at Stake — announcement: John says he is proud that half the money raised during the Project for Awesome will go to Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:04:22
  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — announcement: Hank says half of the money raised during the Project for Awesome will support the work of Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — Hank says these organizations need support more now than they have in quite a while. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — Hank says both organizations sometimes receive USAID funding and both serve populations that USAID also serves. — 00:00:16
  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — Hank says Save the Children and Partners In Health both now have more work to do and less money to do it with. — 00:00:29
  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — Hank says that for those able to give there are many good reasons to give now, since everything these organizations do is vitally important. — 00:00:29

2026

  • 2026-01-09 · There is Only One Source of Value — Hank says that is why years ago the brothers began working with Partners In Health and Save the Children during the Project for Awesome: they reject the idea that some lives are worth more. — 00:03:53
  • 2026-01-16 · 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) — announcement: Hank says half the money goes to charities advocated for and voted on by the community, the other half split between Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:00:29
  • 2026-02-06 · One week until P4A! — John says half the money raised goes to Partners In Health and Save the Children. — 00:00:25
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John thanks the P4A 2026 matching donors (Partners In Health, Save the Children and hundreds of Nerdfighters) and the people who run the fund, including his father Mike Green. — 00:27:16
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John explains that P4A money pays for community health workers and children's services in refugee communities through Partners In Health and Save the Children, plus charities the community votes for. — 00:51:13
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — ask: Hank points viewers to the P4A videos at projectforawesome.com: half the money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health and half to charities the community votes for. — 01:13:07
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says they have worked with Partners In Health and Save the Children for over 15 years and trust them: extraordinary organizations expanding access to healthcare and nutrition for the most vulnerable. — 01:13:35
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the P4A makes meaningful change: community health workers hired in Lesotho, Save the Children's work in refugee camps he visited on the Syrian border, and small charities like This Star Won't Go Out. — 01:24:38
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — Hank tells his Save the Children guest that in Montana he has not shoveled his walk once this year (2026). — 03:24:04
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — Hank says he is building a board of directors right now and asks his Save the Children guest for advice. — 03:42:45
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: Hank explains that the P4A raises money through a Tiltify campaign and other ways, and that half of it goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, two extraordinarily effective global health organizations. — 06:01:35
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the P4A 2026 matching funds include $500,000 from a Save the Children matching donor and almost $1.5 million from Nerdfighters who came together to form a matching fund. — 06:40:31
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — Hank explains that the Project for Awesome splits the money it raises: half goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, half to organizations the community votes for. — 01:19:43
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: John says the P4A is close to $950,000 at the Tiltify and to maxing out Save the Children's donation: Save the Children found a matching donor for $500,000 of donations to it. — 06:50:02
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — Hank says half the money donated to the 2026 Project for Awesome goes to Partners In Health and Save the Children, and the other half to charities voted on by viewers. — 07:03:13
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — ask: John says voting at projectforawesome.com stays open for three days: half the money raised goes to Partners In Health and Save the Children, half to charities chosen by viewers, so they should watch P4A videos and vote. — 02:39:24
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John asks people not to donate if they cannot afford it: deciding where the money goes matters as much as raising it, since the P4A has always crowdfunded the money and crowdsourced its destination, from big organizations to small ones. — 03:01:29
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John thanks the Partners In Health matching donor, who gave $100,000, the Save the Children matching donors, who gave $500,000, and about 700 Nerdfighters who formed a $1.5 million matching fund matching donations up to $1.492 million. (hedged) — 03:22:50
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John pledges they will not buy a yacht with the money: the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a real charity, and donations fund community health workers, education for kids in refugee camps and charities chosen by the community. — 04:06:30
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank explains how the money works: it all goes into the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; after paying perk shipping costs, half the pool goes to Partners In Health and Save the Children and half is shared among the organizations voted for at projectforawesome.com, and the Foundation zeroes out its bank account every year. — 05:03:22
  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank recalls that at the 2011 Project for Awesome they pledged $10,000 to Partners In Health for its work in Haiti for a number of comments, he thinks their first direct gift to PIH. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2026-08-28 · Why the Deadliest Virus Was the Easiest to Kill — Hank thanks everyone who has supported Partners In Health or Save the Children over the years; much good has been done. — 00:09:44