Save the Children
charity · in 87 videos (2008–2026)
Charity and recurring Project for Awesome beneficiary (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018).
Videos by year: 2008: 9 · 2009: 4 · 2010: 2 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2014: 12 · 2015: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2017: 6 · 2018: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2026: 9
Threads
- John asks Nerdfighters to help fund Shawn Ahmed's work in Bangladesh (2008) — ask, reported back, 2008–2009
- Nerdfighter donations to the Uncultured Project for rural Bangladesh (2008) — project history, completed, 2008–2012
- Hank (with John): donate $1,000 to a P4A 2008 charity chosen by video quality (2008) — promise, changed, 2008
- John asks Nerdfighters where the $540 left over from the cat-surgery fundraiser should go (2010) — asked in 2010; no response reported, 2010
- John (with Hank): donate one penny per P4A 2010 comment, up to one million comments, to Save the Children and Partners in Health (2010) — promise, the project it belongs to reported its result, 2010–2026
- Hank asks viewers to vote for P4A 2013 videos at projectforawesome.com (2013) — ask, reported back, 2013–2014
- P4A 2014 edition — project history, completed, 2014–2015
- John asks viewers to donate to his Save the Children fundraiser for Syrian refugees, or another (2015) — ask, reported back, 2015
- John: match Nerdfighters' donations to the Save the Children refugee fundraiser up to $20,000 (2015) — promise, kept, 2015
- John's one-week Nerdfighteria fundraiser for Save the Children's work with Syrian refugees (2015) — project history, completed, 2015
- John asks viewers to donate to the UN's and Save the Children's refugee work via links below (2015) — asked in 2015; no response reported, 2015
- The brothers' reunion in New York City during Pizzamas (November 2015) — story, followed over 2 videos (2015), 2015
Also named in the threads: Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007) · Foundation project: train fare to bring a secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend together (2007) · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2010 charities at projectforawesome.com (2010) · P4A 2012 edition · P4A 2013 edition · P4A 2015 edition · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2015 through its Indiegogo, with first-half donations matched (2015) · John and Hank: match $250,000 of P4A 2015 first-half donations (2015) · P4A 2016 edition · John asks would-be large donors (over $1,000) to email hankandjohn@gmail.com to join the P4A 2016 matching fund (2016) · P4A 2022 edition · P4A 2017 edition · John and Hank: match donations to P4A 2017's pre-selected charities up to $250,000 (2017) · John asks viewers to donate to Partners In Health at pih.org/hankandjohn (2019) · John asks donors of $1,000 or more to join the P4A 2019 matching fund by emailing ftdws@complexly.com (2019) · P4A 2021 edition · Hank asks donors of more than $500 to join the P4A 2026 matching fund at projectforawesome.com/matching (2026) · P4A 2024 edition · P4A 2025 edition · P4A 2026 edition
Often together
What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.
Partners In Health (51) · Project for Awesome (65) · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (11) · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (7) · world suck (14) · othering (6) · global health (7) · Indiegogo (4) · aid effectiveness (3) · child mortality (6)
What the videos say
The most important statements of each year; all statements.
2008
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2008-05-19 · 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
- 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
- 2008-09-11 · 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 — 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
- 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
- …and 6 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008
2009
- 2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John says nerdfighters have raised thousands of dollars, now being spent to rebuild schools and build water filtration systems in rural Bangladesh. — 00:01:15
- 2009-07-12 · On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments — John says Nerdfighters have a guy in Bangladesh, Shawn, who pwns poverty with their money, and that Shawn has an amazing new video about his work there. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — ask: John urges Nerdfighters in or around the Bay Area to attend an October 10 gathering raising money for Shawn Ahmed's Uncultured Project, where Wheezy Waiter's Driftless Pony Club will play. — 00:01:11
- …and 1 statement more in 2009 — all statements of 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
- John says Shawn has heard since arriving that the pond-sand filter Nerdfighteria funded is still up and running. — 00:00:01
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — John says he loves Save the Children because it responds to a complex problem complexly: training teachers, HIV/AIDS work for orphans, training farmers for drought, disaster response, and training midwives and frontline health workers. — 00:01:21
- John recalls that in 2009 Nerdfighters worked with Shawn's Uncultured Project and Save the Children to build a pond sand filter giving a Bangladeshi village clean water. — 00:01:21
- John says that for this year's (2012) Project for Awesome he is supporting Save the Children. — 00:02:20
- John says Save the Children works with astonishing efficiency: 91% of donations go directly to programs rather than fundraising or overhead, and it works worldwide, from Pakistan to Angola. — 00:02:20
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John: The ten $50,000 winners: Harry Potter Alliance, This Star Won't Go Out, Not Forgotten, Save the Children, Liberty in North Korea, Child's Play, Thirst Project, Water.org, Partners for Mental Health, TECHO. — 00:01:07
- 2014-07-29 · Listen: Thoughts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — John: Saying he is no expert, John credits Ethiopia's seriousness about health and groups like the Gates Foundation and Save the Children helping execute an Ethiopian strategy rather than imposing one. (hedged) — 00:01:37
- 2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — announcement: Hank: Because of the Paper Towns shoot dates, the Project for Awesome is moving up this year (2014), to December 12 and 13. — 00:03:50
- 2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — announcement: Nat Wolff announces the P4A will be on December 12 and 13, not its usual time around his December 17 birthday, because that is the end of the Paper Towns shoot. — 00:01:06
- John proposes that day one of the P4A raise money for three organizations known to be excellent and efficient against global poverty and disease, attracting matching donations and fighting a known cause of world suck. — 00:02:41
- 2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — announcement: John says the Project for Awesome starts in five days and he made this bonus video so everyone in Nerdfighteria is ready. — 00:00:22
- John announces a trial: day-one donations are split between Save the Children and Partners in Health, longtime Nerdfighteria partners highly rated for efficient work on poverty and disease. — 00:01:39
- John says the day-one split will decrease world suck and unlock at least about $250,000 in matching donations. — 00:01:59
- 2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health — announcement: Hank says money from the first half of P4A is split between Partners in Health and Save the Children, with matching for the first $500,000, making a million dollars if reached by Saturday (13 December 2014) noon; second-half money goes by vote. — 00:01:16
- 2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — John says P4A 2014 has raised over $1.2 million for charity, by far the most successful P4A ever; at the end he cheers "$1 million… actually like 200,000 more". — 00:00:36
- 2014-12-19 · BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! — John: The livestream total passes one million dollars and John celebrates: 'we did it'. — 00:02:02
- Hank thanks everyone for P4A 2014: six trending hashtags, dozens of guests donating tens of thousands of perks, hundreds of thousands of votes on 900+ videos, and $1,282,750 raised. — 00:03:33
- …and 16 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014
2015
- 2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — John says the half of the 2014 Project for Awesome that raised money for Save the Children and Partners in Health raised over $700,000. — 00:02:22
- John announces the ten charities that, by viewers' votes at projectforawesome.com, will each receive $25,000 from the 2014 Project for Awesome. — 00:02:35
- 2015-05-19 · Pain Destroys Language: John after the Dentist — announcement: John says this led him to start a fundraiser at Save the Children for its work with Syrian refugees. — 00:01:38
- 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John reports the one-week fundraiser for Save the Children's work with Syrian refugees raised over $15,000, $30,000 with matching, which eases his feelings about the world and his post-operative mouth pain; he thanks donors. — 00:00:07
- 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — announcement: Hank: Money raised in the first half of P4A will be split between Save the Children and the UN refugee agency; second-half money goes to the charities in the most-voted videos. — 00:02:18
- 2015-11-17 · The Things that People Do (Thoughts from New York City) (Pizzamas Day 7) — Hank met up with John for a reunion, and Sarah took them around a number of art galleries in Chelsea. — 00:00:13
- 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John says the P4A's first half raises money for Save the Children and the UNHCR, matched by $350,000 from Save the Children donors plus $250,000 from Hank and John. — 00:01:41 · also in: The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015
- 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — John says more than 60% of refugees arriving in Gambella are children, many of them unaccompanied minors separated from their families. — 00:01:08
- John says he sees donations to Save the Children or the UNHCR as investments, not gifts: healthier, better-educated kids become productive adults and the cycle of poverty can be broken. — 00:03:18
- 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — John says the first half of the Project for Awesome raised more than a million dollars, with matching donors, to be split between Save the Children and the UN Refugee Agency. — 00:00:34
- …and 10 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015
2016
- 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank finds it a little immoral that he spends money on unnecessary things like Coca-Cola, flights to San Francisco and a fifth Force Awakens ticket rather than giving it to Save the Children, for the same reasons he eats meat. — 00:02:05
- 2016-01-26 · Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — John met representatives of Save the Children and the UN Refugee Agency to learn about improving health care and education for the world's most vulnerable people. — 00:01:55
- 2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: John says the first half of the P4A raises money for pre-selected charities, this year (2016) Save the Children and Partners in Health, long-time partners of the community. — 00:02:28 · also in: Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report
- John says the community has seen the impact of its donations to the two charities from Bangladesh to Haiti, Ethiopia, the United States and refugee camps in Jordan. — 00:02:39
- 2016-12-06 · Exactly Like the Human Sternum — announcement: John says all money raised in the first half of the P4A will be split between Save the Children and Partners In Health, which do amazing work helping the most vulnerable children and families. — 00:00:42
- John announces that a group of Nerdfighters with Hank and him offers $300,000 in matching donations, and donors from Partners In Health and Save the Children also match, so every dollar donated from midnight is worth $4; he thanks the matching donors. — 00:00:59
- 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — announcement: John says the first half of P4A raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health, two of the most highly regarded and efficient nonprofits in global health and education. — 00:00:16 · also in: We Are Cats Now, I Guess?, When You Can't Fix Everything…
- John says Save the Children provides nutrition, health care and educational opportunities to millions of kids every year, though such a number is not a picture. — 00:01:50
- John says Save the Children is very active in the ongoing South Sudanese refugee crisis, providing education and safe spaces for children and trying to reunite families torn apart by war. — 00:02:04
- John tells how Grace, separated from her two daughters in an attack and not knowing for two years whether they survived, was reunited with them by Save the Children caseworkers through a database of missing kids. — 00:02:14
- John says the challenge remains overwhelming, but support lets Save the Children and Partners In Health hire more community health workers, build more hospitals and schools, and reunite more families. — 00:02:42
- 2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — both: A montage of P4A 2016 livestream moments: confetti, Save the Children staff, Big Bird, YouTuber guests, John answering questions and the Cheez Doodles Guy. (playful) — 00:00:00
2017
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- …and 1 statement more in 2017 — all statements of 2017
2018
- 2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John says the community has worked with Partners In Health and Save the Children for over ten years, supporting Save the Children's work in refugee camps and its health, education and nutrition help for children. — 00:02:26 · also in: Project for Awesome 2026 part 5!
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — announcement: John: In the P4A's first half they raise unrestricted funds for pre-selected charities, this year (2022) Partners In Health and Save the Children, long-time partners, not for a particular project. — 00:02:26
- 2022-02-25 · When You Can't Fix Everything… — Hank says both organizations have proven good at looking at long-term crises and staying focused on them so the world can get better. — 00:00:56
- 2022-03-04 · The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! — Hank says Ettore from Save the Children visits every P4A stream to talk about the charity's work. — 00:07:22
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 · also in: The Project for Awesome is Changing!
- 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 · also in: COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME
- 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
- 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
- Hank says these organizations need support more now than they have in quite a while. — 00:00:00
- Hank says both organizations sometimes receive USAID funding and both serve populations that USAID also serves. — 00:00:16
- 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
- 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
- 2026-02-13 · 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 2026-02-15 · 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
- 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
- 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
- …and 10 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026