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168 lists in parts of videos about global development (a written list: in videos about it), oldest first. All topics · Overview

2007

2008

  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh · John, 2 named — 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)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Oxfam

  • 2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! · Hank, 3 named — Hank's first way to take part: make a Project for Awesome video about your favourite charity (e.g. Toys for Tots, the Nature Conservancy, Save Darfur) and why you give to it. (00:00:41)
    1 Toys for Tots · 2 The Nature Conservancy · 3 Save Darfur Coalition

  • 2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping · John, 5 named — 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)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Wounded Warrior Project · 3 Susan G. Komen · 4 multiple sclerosis “MS research” · 5 Save Darfur Coalition

2009

  • 2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! · Hank, 4 named — Videos go to the Global Geek Week YouTube group and are judged by a committee including Hank, Lisa Nova, HotForWords, Guy Kawasaki and the 2008 U.S. Sudoku champion. (00:00:58)
    1 Lisa Donovan · 2 Marina Orlova “HotForWords” · 3 Guy Kawasaki · 4 Wei-Hwa Huang “Wee Wah Hung”

  • 2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria · John, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — Eyelash research vs malaria research: the free market underfunds malaria, a drain on the world economy; Bill Gates and Ashton Kutcher (00:01:13)
    … · 2 2007–2008 financial crisis · 3 Tiger Woods

  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome · John, 5 named — John thanks the livestream hosts, from Maureen Johnson and Natalie Tran to several Five Awesome Girls, Liz, Karen Kavett and Alan of Fall of Autumn Distro, and the 2009 logo designer. (00:01:22)
    1 Maureen Johnson · 2 Natalie Tran · 3 Five Awesome Girls · 4 Karen Kavett · 5 Alan Lastufka

  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome · John, 3 named — John thanks everyone who rated, commented and favorited, and above all everyone who made a video, from big YouTubers like Lisa Nova, Shay Carl and Kassem G to people with under 100 subscribers. (00:01:22)
    1 Lisa Donovan · 2 Shay Carl · 3 Kassem G “Kasim G”

2010

  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank · Hank, 3 named — 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)
    1 extreme poverty · 2 YouTube · 3 Nerdfighteria

  • 2010-02-03 · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! · Hank, 7 named — Prizes listed include Harry Potter books signed by J. K. Rowling with a thank-you note, a guitar signed and used by Tom Felton, a cast-signed Deathly Hallows, signed Gaiman, Pratchett and John Green books, and Where the Wild Things Are artwork. (00:01:17)
    1 Harry Potter (book series) · 2 Tom Felton · 3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · 4 Neil Gaiman · 5 Terry Pratchett · 6 John Green · 7 Where the Wild Things Are

  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther · John, 2 named — The prize would let the HPA continue getting books to kids from the Mississippi Delta to Rwanda and grow its human-rights advocacy. (00:02:31)
    1 Mississippi Delta · 2 Rwanda

  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! · Hank, 3 named — Hank tells a stranger that teen smoking, teen pregnancy and teen drug use have all declined significantly since the late 1990s. (00:00:59)
    1 tobacco smoking · 2 teenage pregnancy · 3 illegal drugs “teen drug use”

  • 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger · Hank, 2 named — Hank says they just spoke with YouTube, which is giving them treatment like Conan O'Brien and the President get: a four-hour live stream on YouTube. (00:00:57)
    1 Conan O'Brien · 2 Barack Obama “the president”

  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health · John, 2 named — 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. (00:00:29)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health · John, 4 named — John lists P4A raffle prizes from YouTubers including Meekakitty, WheezyWaiter, Nerimon and Ryan Higa, plus Nerdfighter raffles including his nerd glasses and the last remaining BobbleJohn. (00:02:28)
    1 Meekakitty · 2 Craig Benzine “WheezyWaiter” · 3 Alex Day “Nerimon” · 4 Ryan Higa

2011

  • 2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti · Hank, 2 named — Hank thanks Water.org and Haiti Outreach, and points viewers to Lisa Nova's and Timothy DeLaGhetto's channels: they were in Haiti with him and made videos about it. (00:03:38)
    1 Lisa Donovan · 2 Timothy DeLaGhetto

  • 2011-10-26 · 7,000,000,000 People · Hank, 5 named — Good news, per Hank: birth rates are down to 2.5 babies per woman, near replacement; contraception use is up dramatically; disease and poverty rates are lower; education is higher. (00:02:11)
    1 total fertility rate “Birth rates are down to 2.5 babies per woman” · 2 birth control “Use of contraception” · 3 global health “Disease rates are lower” · 4 extreme poverty · 5 education

  • 2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria · John, 2 named — John says the Nerdfighter Kiva loans are remarkably well spread geographically, and the two favourite countries are Peru and the Philippines. (00:03:05)
    1 Peru · 2 Philippines

  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath · John, 2 named — Other P4A projects also succeeded, such as iJustine's project to get wells built in the developing world and Rosie raising money for the Stroke Association. (00:00:43)
    1 iJustine · 2 Rosie

  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail · Hank, 5 named — Hank announces the P4A charities by votes: Kids in Need of Desks fifth (915), Kiva fourth (1,043), the Harry Potter Alliance third (1,393), Water.org second (2,000), This Star Won't Go Out first (2,224). (00:00:00)
    1 Kids in Need of Desks · 2 Kiva · 3 The Harry Potter Alliance · 4 Water.org · 5 This Star Won't Go Out (charity)

2012

2013

  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! · Hank, 10 named — 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)
    1 Office of Letters and Light · 2 Not Forgotten · 3 Wildlife Waystation · 4 Alzheimer's Society · 5 The Harry Potter Alliance · 6 Save the Children · 7 BGSU Dance Marathon · 8 Uncultured Project · 9 P4A 2012 recipient charity (heard as 'Taycho') · 10 Love146 Dayton Task Force

  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria · John, 2 named — Currently Germany is fifth and the Netherlands seventh in donations, so if they meet the brothers back Germany; Switzerland is last. (00:01:11)
    1 Germany · 2 Netherlands

  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria · John, 3 named — Recent Nerdfighter loans include college tuition for a student in Bolivia, a restaurant in Samoa and a furniture business in Uganda, among tens of thousands of others. (00:02:39)
    1 Bolivia · 2 Samoa · 3 Uganda

  • 2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! · Hank, 3 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank says the Indiegogo campaign raises the actual money, with perks including a Men of YouTube and a Women of YouTube charity calendar, Nerdfighter-made art, and a George Watsky haiku with his signed CD. (00:00:29)
    1 Men of YouTube calendar · 2 Women of YouTube calendar · … · 4 George Watsky

  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! · John, 3 named — John points viewers to the P4A fundraising page, whose perks include the Men of YouTube and Women of YouTube calendars and a 20-page snippet of the story he has been working on for months. (00:00:16)
    1 Men of YouTube calendar · 2 Women of YouTube calendar · 3 John's work in progress (December 2013) “the story I've been working on for the past few months”

  • 2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome · Hank, 4 named (3 unnamed items) — Hank says the P4A Indiegogo page stays open about 36 more hours, with perks: his Christmas album, a sneak peek of John's new writing, shirts, posters, coins, the YouTube charity calendars and headshots. (00:03:02)
    1 Hank's P4A Christmas album (2013) · 2 John's work in progress (December 2013) · … · 6 Men of YouTube calendar + Women of YouTube calendar · 7 Michael Aranda

  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever · John, 3 named — John says the share of people living on under $1.25 a day, adjusted for inflation, fell from 43% in 1990 to 20% today, mostly through gains in China, India and Brazil. (00:01:27)
    1 China · 2 India · 3 Brazil

2014

  • 2014-01-03 · The Golden Gate Bridge Didn't Collapse!! · Hank, 2 named (playful) — The world is okay, but not all good: inequality, incarceration, climate change; be cautious, not pessimistic (00:03:19)
    1 unicorn · 2 Sherlock

  • 2014-01-03 · The Golden Gate Bridge Didn't Collapse!! · Hank, 3 named — The world is okay, but not all good: inequality, incarceration, climate change; be cautious, not pessimistic (00:03:25)
    1 economic inequality · 2 mass incarceration · 3 climate change

  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 · John, 10 named — 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)
    1 The Harry Potter Alliance · 2 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · 3 Not Forgotten · 4 Save the Children · 5 Liberty in North Korea · 6 Child's Play · 7 Thirst Project · 8 Water.org · 9 Partners for Mental Health · 10 TECHO

  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 · John, 10 named — The ten further winners: To Write Love on Her Arms, Office of Letters and Light, World Food Programme ('World Food Project'), Feeding America, Wayne Foundation, Pencils for Kids, Women for Women International, First Book, Kiva, Doctors Without Borders. (00:01:56)
    1 To Write Love on Her Arms · 2 Office of Letters and Light · 3 World Food Programme · 4 Feeding America · 5 The Wayne Foundation · 6 Pencils for Kids · 7 Women for Women International · 8 First Book · 9 Kiva · 10 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders”

  • 2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed? · John, 3 named (joke) — Joking, John invokes a 'rule of Twitter following' he just made up: you may call anyone you follow on Twitter by first name — like Barack, Beyonce and Ellen. (00:00:52)
    1 Barack Obama · 2 Beyoncé · 3 Ellen DeGeneres

  • 2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed? · John, 2 named — John says that in the last fifty years income per person has quadrupled in India and nearly quintupled in Brazil. (00:01:41)
    1 India · 2 Brazil

  • 2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed? · John, 3 named — John says malaria, measles and TB have all declined dramatically, and healthier kids go to school more and later work more than if chronically ill or disabled. (00:02:09)
    1 malaria · 2 measles · 3 tuberculosis “TB”

  • 2014-07-22 · Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers · John, 4 named — John says much data shows that over the last twenty years people with the right resources have transformed their communities: rising income, food security, literacy, lower infant mortality. (00:02:51)
    1 Income · 2 Food security · 3 literacy · 4 infant mortality rate

  • 2014-07-22 · Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers · John, 4 named — John says he keeps rereading Behind the Beautiful Forevers because it contains no unambiguous victories, not for its characters nor for foreign aid, government spending, microfinance or charity. (00:03:04)
    1 Development aid · 2 Government spending · 3 microfinance · 4 Charity (practice)

  • 2014-07-29 · Listen: Thoughts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · John, 2 named — John says humans are generous within their social networks, but lack of access to Tumblr and YouTube leaves people in absolute poverty voiceless online, so we imagine their problems as other. (00:02:29)
    1 Tumblr · 2 YouTube

  • 2014-07-29 · Listen: Thoughts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · John, 2 named — John says if our kids were dying of malaria and diarrhea we wouldn't stand for it, but these are our kids: our world is very literally their world. (00:02:41)
    1 malaria · 2 diarrhea

  • 2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis) · John, 2 named — Ten days before falling ill with what turned out to be viral meningitis, John was in Ethiopia, on the same continent as Guinea and Sierra Leone, where Ebola is spreading. (00:00:35)
    1 Guinea · 2 Sierra Leone

  • 2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis) · John, 2 named — John says Ethiopia is as far from the outbreak as England is from Afghanistan, mocking the 'same continent, ergo Ebola' inference. (00:00:40)
    1 England · 2 Afghanistan

  • 2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis) · John, 4 named — In hospital, doctors worried he might have meningitis, malaria, typhoid or dengue fever, all potentially fatal, but were not worried about Ebola. (00:01:04)
    1 meningitis · 2 malaria · 3 typhoid fever · 4 dengue fever

  • 2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis) · John, 2 named — Ebola is not coming for this vague 'us' either: John says it is not going to spread widely in the US or Europe. (00:02:49)
    1 United States “the U.S.” · 2 Europe

  • 2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis) · John, 3 named — In Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, health workers must choose between abandoning their work and risking Ebola for themselves and their kids, because of inadequate infrastructure and supplies. (00:03:02)
    1 Liberia · 2 Guinea · 3 Sierra Leone

  • 2014-08-19 · Baby Names: Thoughts from Rural Ethiopia · John, 3 named — Their progress is real and should be celebrated, but much remains: children should not die of diarrhea, pneumonia or malaria, and far too many still do. (00:03:12)
    1 diarrhea · 2 pneumonia · 3 malaria

  • 2014-09-23 · Looking Away · John, 2 named — John says the poor are voiceless in too much contemporary discourse: the boy's mother has no Twitter or YouTube channel, so we hear her challenges less directly than others'. (00:01:08)
    1 Twitter · 2 YouTube

  • 2014-10-21 · Ebola: What IS Terrifying · John, 3 named — There have been about 10,000 reported Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, an undercount, and the infection rate is not levelling off, which is terrifying. (00:00:29)
    1 Guinea · 2 Liberia · 3 Sierra Leone

  • 2014-10-21 · Ebola: What IS Terrifying · John, 4 named — If we enjoy globalization's benefits (Argentinian beef in Big Macs, West African chocolate in Hershey's Kisses, Kenyan roses, Bangladeshi clothes), we also live in a global health community. (00:01:26)
    1 Argentina “Argentinian” + Big Mac · 2 West Africa + Hershey's Kisses · 3 Kenya · 4 Bangladesh

  • 2014-10-21 · Ebola: What IS Terrifying · John, 2 named — We imagine diseases like cholera or malaria happen to poor faraway people, but Ebola shows the us/them dichotomy is false: better health care in Liberia is good for all humans. (00:01:39)
    1 cholera · 2 malaria

  • 2014-10-21 · Ebola: What IS Terrifying · John, 4 named — The heroes will be the American, Cuban, Botswanan and many West African people who build and run the clinics, doing courageous work on behalf of all humans. (00:03:04)
    1 United States “American” · 2 Cuba · 3 Botswana · 4 West Africa

  • 2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love · John, 3 named — John asks that, whatever we grow up to do, we remember the times everything rested on 50 cents of Pedialyte, refrigerated penicillin or access to clean water. (00:02:02)
    1 Pedialyte · 2 penicillin · 3 water scarcity

  • 2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love · John, 2 named — John says that despite difficulties and failures, organizations from Save the Children to Water.org to many local charities are helping to decrease child mortality. (00:02:21)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Water.org

  • 2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome · John, 3 named — John thanks everyone who donated time and effort, from Natalie Tran to Troye Sivan to Nerdfighters who made art perks like French the Llama paintings; many perks are one-of-a-kind. (00:00:58)
    1 Natalie Tran · 2 Troye Sivan · 3 Nerdfighteria “all the nerdfighters who made the nerdfighter art perks”

  • 2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome · John, 2 named — 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. (00:01:44)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

  • 2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health · Hank, 3 named — Hank calls Ebola, antibiotic resistance and pneumonia world health problems from which no community is exempt. (00:00:52)
    1 Ebola virus disease · 2 antimicrobial resistance · 3 pneumonia

  • 2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health · Hank, 5 named — More perks: a calendar of YouTubers' baby pictures including Hank, pressed pennies stamped with P4A and Nerdfighteria logos, Hank's Hanklerfish drawings, Hank and Katherine's Princess Bride commentary, Nerdfighter music and art compilations. (00:02:09)
    1 An Imperial Affliction · 2 The Fault in Our Stars · 3 Hanklerfish · 4 The Princess Bride (film) · 5 Nerdfighteria “nerdfighter music and amazing nerdfighter art”

  • 2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome · John, 3 named — John says the Indiegogo is live today only, with perks from a calendar of YouTubers before they were YouTubers to the P4A-exclusive TFIOS, MinutePhysics art, An Imperial Affliction, P4A socks and pressed pennies. (00:01:35)
    1 The Fault in Our Stars · 2 Henry Reich “Minute Physics” · 3 An Imperial Affliction

  • 2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome · John, 3 named — John says the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck works because it has no overhead: DFTBA Records warehouse workers who pack and ship perks volunteer, as do Sam Rudge, Karen Kavett, Laura Chernikoff and dozens of others. (00:02:03)
    1 Sam Rudge · 2 Karen Kavett · 3 Laura Chernikoff

2015

  • 2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome · John, 2 named — 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. (00:02:00)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

  • 2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome · John, 10 named — John announces the ten charities that, by viewers' votes at projectforawesome.com, will each receive $25,000 from the 2014 Project for Awesome. (00:02:41)
    1 Not Forgotten · 2 The Harry Potter Alliance · 3 Office of Letters and Light · 4 Thirst Project · 5 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · 6 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders” · 7 Days for Girls · 8 She's the First · 9 Pencils for Kids · 10 Ultimate Peace

  • 2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome · John, 10 named — John says smaller grants of still over $10,000 go to the next ten charities chosen by Nerdfighteria, and names them. (00:03:21)
    1 We Need Diverse Books · 2 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · 3 Book Truck · 4 To Write Love on Her Arms · 5 Donate Life · 6 Garczyńska's Foundation · 7 Books for Africa · 8 Stella's Circle · 9 Water.org · 10 Sound of Hope

  • 2015-01-27 · Will Life Get Better for the Poor? · John, 5 named — Halving child mortality again with cheap measures: breastfeeding, antibiotics, oxygen masks, warmth, cord care; no population explosion (00:01:22)
    1 breastfeeding · 2 Antibiotic · 3 oxygen mask · 4 kangaroo care “drying the baby and offering skin-to-skin contact to keep it warm” · 5 umbilical cord

  • 2015-01-27 · Will Life Get Better for the Poor? · John, 3 named — John says 2.5 billion people lack a bank account, and that polio, river blindness and guinea worm kill or disable tens of millions of people. (00:02:20)
    1 polio · 2 onchocerciasis “river blindness” · 3 dracunculiasis “guinea worm”

  • 2015-01-27 · Will Life Get Better for the Poor? · John, 3 named — John says we do not actually live in two worlds; it only feels so because no one in his neighborhood, or whom he follows on Tumblr, Twitter or Instagram, has stunted kids. (00:02:43)
    1 Tumblr · 2 Twitter · 3 Instagram

  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts · John, 2 named — Bank of Nerdfighteria update: Vlogbrothers ad revenue is split in half between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content such as Physics Girl and The Financial Diet. (00:02:16)
    1 Physics Girl · 2 The Financial Diet

  • 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World · John, 3 named — Refugees pay smugglers thousands of euros for boat passage from Turkey, Morocco or Egypt to Malta, southern Italy or Greece's southern islands. (00:02:27)
    1 Turkey · 2 Morocco · 3 Egypt

  • 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World · John, 3 named — Refugees pay smugglers thousands of euros for boat passage from Turkey, Morocco or Egypt to Malta, southern Italy or Greece's southern islands. (00:02:30)
    1 Malta · 2 Italy · 3 Greece

  • 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World · John, 3 named — About half of sea-route asylum seekers are Syrian, 12% Afghan (Afghanistan led the world in refugees for 30 years until Syria) and 8% Eritrean: about 70% from three countries. (00:04:51)
    1 Syria · 2 Afghanistan · 3 Eritrea

  • 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World · John, 5 named — The powerful are at fault when the oppressed and marginalized die for it; Aylan Kurdi would be alive had the EU, Canada, Australia, the US or Brazil welcomed his family. (00:07:12)
    1 European Union · 2 Canada · 3 Australia · 4 United States · 5 Brazil

  • 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World · John, 4 named — John partly blames the mess on the delusion that regional crises lack global importance: Ebola in Liberia is Liberia's problem until it's Nigeria's, Germany's and America's; so with Syria's war. (00:07:49)
    1 Liberia · 2 Nigeria · 3 Germany “a German problem” · 4 United States “an American problem”

  • 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World · John, 3 named — We also must financially support the less developed countries, from Jordan to Pakistan to Iraq, that shoulder 90% of the world's refugee burden. (00:09:05)
    1 Jordan · 2 Pakistan · 3 Iraq

  • 2015-09-22 · Is Poverty Necessary? Looking back at the Millennium Development Goals · John, 3 named — Most of the fall in poverty came from China, South Asia and South America, but the poverty rate in sub-Saharan Africa has also fallen since 1990. (00:01:01)
    1 China · 2 South Asia · 3 South America

  • 2015-09-25 · Pissed Off for a Better World · Hank, 4 named — Every child should go to school, no one should be hungry or in extreme poverty, and corrupt governments and greed should not stand in the way of the goals. (00:01:27)
    1 education “Every child on Earth should go to school” · 2 hunger “No one should be hungry” · 3 extreme poverty · 4 political corruption “corrupt governments”

  • 2015-09-25 · Pissed Off for a Better World · Hank, 3 named — Hank tells viewers to get angry: choose the Global Goal that resonates most, draw it on their face with eyeliner or Sharpie, and share it on Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. (00:02:00)
    1 Instagram · 2 Snapchat · 3 Facebook

  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) · Hank, 2 named — 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)
    1 Save the Children · 2 UNHCR “UN High Council on Refugees”

  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) · Hank, 2 named — Hank spent all weekend watching the Extra Life livestreams of the YouTube and Twitch gaming community, which got him super jazzed for P4A. (00:02:41)
    1 YouTube · 2 Twitch

  • 2015-11-27 · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ · Hank, 2 named — Hank says antibiotics and vaccines have saved billions of lives, yet people treat them as merely nice rather than being emotionally moved by no longer dying as humans used to. (00:01:06)
    1 Antibiotic · 2 vaccine

  • 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report · John, 2 named — 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. (00:01:44)
    1 Save the Children · 2 UNHCR “UN's High Commission on Refugees”

  • 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 · John, 3 named — John says Save the Children and the UNHCR massively support refugee camps from Turkey to Jordan to Lebanon, where more than a quarter of current residents are refugees. (00:00:28)
    1 Turkey · 2 Jordan · 3 Lebanon

  • 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 · John, 4 named — John says disease, poverty and violence are shaped but not controlled by borders; with Ebola, antibiotic resistance, the Syrian war or Gambella refugees, everyone loses by turning away. (00:02:32)
    1 Ebola virus disease · 2 antimicrobial resistance · 3 Syrian civil war · 4 Gambela Region “Gamballa”

  • 2015-12-15 · P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup · a guest, 4 named — The montage shows P4A videos for the Geena Davis Institute, Liberty in North Korea, The Conscious Period and Re-Cycle. (00:00:50)
    1 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media · 2 Liberty in North Korea · 3 Conscious Period · 4 Re-Cycle

  • 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars · John, 2 named — 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. (00:00:40)
    1 Save the Children · 2 UNHCR “the UN's Refugee Agency”

  • 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars · John, 9 named — John announces the ten most-voted charities, each receiving a $25,000 grant, and names and describes them (nine are named). (00:00:54)
    1 National Novel Writing Month “NaNoWriMo” · 2 Against Malaria Foundation · 3 The Harry Potter Alliance · 4 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · 5 Liberty in North Korea · 6 Water.org · 7 She's the First · 8 Planned Parenthood · 9 Action Against Hunger

  • 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars · John, 10 named — John says the next ten most-voted charities will receive smaller grants of still more than $10,000, and names them. (00:01:31)
    1 Lava Mae · 2 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors without Borders” · 3 Malala Fund · 4 Uplift · 5 Direct Relief · 6 Not Forgotten · 7 Great Ormond Street Hospital · 8 Soap Aid · 9 charity: water · 10 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

2016

2017

  • 2017-08-22 · The Causes of Cholera · John, 2 named — John admits he pays more attention to crises in distant Europe or Australia than elsewhere because people there feel close to him: he watches them on YouTube and reads their Reddit posts. (00:03:24)
    1 Europe · 2 Australia

  • 2017-08-29 · 40 · John, 5 named — John tells friends and viewers affected by flooding in Texas, Louisiana, India, Nepal and Bangladesh that they are thinking of them, and asks Nerdfighters who are able to join him in donating to relief organizations via links below. (00:02:59)
    1 Texas · 2 Louisiana · 3 India · 4 Nepal · 5 Bangladesh

  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money · video description, 9 named — Recent recipients of the educational grants funded by Vlogbrothers ad revenue include the YouTube channels Draw Curiosity, Step Back History, Mr Beat, Neuro Transmissions, Cogito, Up and Atom and Soliloquy, as well as Odd Quartet and the Anthropological Life Podcast.
    1 Draw Curiosity · 2 Step Back History · 3 Mr Beat · 4 Neuro Transmissions · 5 Cogito · 6 Up and Atom · 7 Soliloquy · 8 Odd Quartet · 9 This Anthro Life

  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money · John, 2 named — 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. (00:01:30)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Last Mile Health

  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money · John, 2 named — John says past P4A grants have gone to organizations from the Trevor Project to the Against Malaria Foundation. (00:02:28)
    1 The Trevor Project · 2 Against Malaria Foundation

  • 2017-12-19 · History Is Happening · John, 2 named — John says viewers can still donate until midnight at projectforawesome.com/donate, with perks such as New Zealand nickels, P4A socks and signed copies of Turtles All the Way Down. (00:01:34)
    1 New Zealand five-cent coin · 2 Turtles All the Way Down

  • 2017-12-19 · History Is Happening · John, 2 named — In the first half of this year's (2017) Project for Awesome they raised money for Save the Children and Last Mile Health. (00:02:31)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Last Mile Health

2018

2019

  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore · Hank, 4 named — Hank says this is DFTBA's own business money, whether it comes from Kurzgesagt, Lindsay Ellis, the McElroy Brothers or Life's Library. (00:02:56)
    1 Kurzgesagt · 2 Lindsay Ellis · 3 McElroy brothers · 4 Life's Library

  • 2019-10-01 · Why Are Poor Countries Poor? · John, 3 named — Most Sierra Leoneans descend from long-time West Africans, but many former slaves in the British Empire were resettled there, so some trace descent to Canada, England or Nigeria. (00:00:29)
    1 Canada · 2 England · 3 Nigeria

  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 · video description, 3 named — In a comment John recommends three books to start on global health: An Introduction to Global Health Delivery, Mountains Beyond Mountains and Paul Farmer's The Uses of Haiti.
    1 An Introduction to Global Health Delivery · 2 Mountains Beyond Mountains · 3 The Uses of Haiti

  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 · John, 2 named — John says that, working with PIH over the last 10 years, the community has seen its success helping build health care systems in impoverished communities from Haiti to Rwanda. (00:03:24)
    1 Haiti · 2 Rwanda

  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video · John, 2 named — 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. (00:01:50)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

  • 2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? · video description, 3 named — John says the brothers are going on tour in January, also for charity, with tickets linked; the description names St. Petersburg, Raleigh and Atlanta.
    1 St. Petersburg, Florida · 2 Raleigh, North Carolina · 3 Atlanta

2021

2022

2023

  • 2023-01-31 · I'm Going Back to College? · John, 5 named — John says that in 2022 more people died of tuberculosis than of homicide, war, malaria, typhoid and cholera combined. (00:00:58)
    1 homicide · 2 war · 3 malaria · 4 typhoid fever · 5 cholera

  • 2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis · Hank, 2 named — 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. (00:01:54)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

  • 2023-02-07 · Mid-Morning Existential Crisis: The Format Returns · John, 2 named — 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. (00:02:04)
    1 Partners In Health · 2 Save the Children

  • 2023-02-17 · COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME · Hank, 2 named — 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. (00:02:39)
    1 Partners In Health · 2 Save the Children

  • 2023-07-11 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson · John, 3 named — John asks viewers to tell friends, family and the internet, since executives think nobody is watching in the places where they sell most products, like Band-Aids, Tylenol and Listerine. (00:05:21)
    1 Band-Aid · 2 Tylenol · 3 Listerine

  • 2023-07-14 · The Good News Video · Hank, 3 named — Hank says that after John's video Nerdfighters went nuts on Reddit, Twitter and other social media, with letters and phone calls; he hopes everyone was polite. (00:01:11)
    1 Reddit · 2 Twitter · 3 social media

  • 2023-07-18 · Tuberculosis Fighters Have a Posse · John, 2 named — John says new HIV treatments still did not reach impoverished communities until activists in the US, Europe and the Global South worked together to build that constituency. (00:01:51)
    1 United States · 2 Europe

  • 2023-08-15 · Henry · John, 2 named — Saying that in TB you have to keep trying, Dr. Tefera asked Partners In Health and the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health to bring needed drugs from Liberia and Lesotho to save Henry. (00:03:07)
    1 Liberia · 2 Lesotho

  • 2023-09-12 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid · John, 2 named — John says 1.6 million people will die of tuberculosis this year (2023), more than malaria and HIV combined, which infuriates him because TB is curable. (00:00:02)
    1 malaria · 2 HIV/AIDS

  • 2023-09-12 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid · John, 4 named — John says Danaher is on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Threads, and he and Hank will be in all those places amplifying viewers' messages. (00:06:48)
    1 Twitter · 2 Facebook · 3 Instagram · 4 Threads

  • 2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! · John, 3 named — John credits partners, many in this fight for years: Doctors Without Borders, the Treatment Action Group and Partners In Health, among others. (00:01:16)
    1 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders” · 2 Treatment Action Group · 3 Partners In Health

  • 2023-09-30 · An Incredible Update · John, 2 named — John recalls that after days of pressure J&J and the Global Fund announced generic competition only in some countries, leaving out Ukraine, South Africa and many others: a compromise win. (00:00:58)
    1 Ukraine · 2 South Africa

  • 2023-09-30 · An Incredible Update · John, 3 named — John says J&J has essentially agreed to everything Doctors Without Borders, Partners In Health, Treatment Action Group and many others asked for. (00:01:56)
    1 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders” · 2 Partners In Health · 3 Treatment Action Group

  • 2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers · John, 3 named — John says there was no imaging capacity (no MRI machines, no CT scanners, in 2015 not even x-ray machines), so Mondeh could not get a diagnosis and the lump kept growing. (00:01:43)
    1 magnetic resonance imaging “MRI machines” · 2 CT scan · 3 X-ray

  • 2023-12-05 · MASSIVE Tuberculosis News · John, 1 named — John thinks the study matters not only for TB treatment but for how to speed up innovation in treating other diseases, from malaria to cancer. (00:00:11)
    1 malaria

  • 2023-12-05 · MASSIVE Tuberculosis News · John, 3 named — John says Partners In Health, Doctors Without Borders, Unitaid and others ran a randomized controlled trial over several years testing whether shorter regimens of existing drugs can cure MDR-TB. (00:01:45)
    1 Partners In Health · 2 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders” · 3 Unitaid

2024

  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria · John, 3 named — Not all of those savings are due to Nerdfighteria: Partners In Health, Doctors Without Borders, the Treatment Action Group and many TB survivors have worked for these changes for years. (00:00:25)
    1 Partners In Health · 2 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders” · 3 Treatment Action Group

  • 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter · Hank, 3 named — 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. (00:05:02)
    1 Yemen · 2 Syria · 3 Ukraine

  • 2024-03-26 · I Own Danaher · John, 4 named — John notes negative publicity for Danaher in the Washington Post and on Threads, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, including a lower-your-test-prices Flappy Bird he finds utterly addictive. (00:04:15)
    1 Threads · 2 Instagram · 3 Facebook · 4 Twitter

  • 2024-11-26 · Good News · John, 4 named — The week before, John attended the Partners In Health board meeting with global health leaders from Mexico, Rwanda, Peru, New Jersey and elsewhere, and met Vicky Reed, head of Partners In Health Sierra Leone. (00:01:15)
    1 Mexico · 2 Rwanda · 3 Peru · 4 New Jersey

2025

  • 2025-01-28 · This Is Not Normal · John, 2 named — John says progress continued slowly through the 19th century thanks to better sanitation and emerging understanding of the germ theory of disease. (00:01:21)
    1 sanitation · 2 germ theory of disease

  • 2025-01-28 · This Is Not Normal · John, 5 named — John says many things had to go right for that drop: insulin and antibiotics, safer surgery, and lower rates of absolute poverty, malnutrition and tuberculosis. (00:01:40)
    1 insulin · 2 Antibiotic · 3 extreme poverty · 4 malnutrition · 5 tuberculosis

  • 2025-02-11 · What's at Stake · John, 2 named — John says that although the US government can claim medicines are still flowing, he hears again and again from people on the ground, from Tanzania to Sierra Leone, who cannot get their TB medication. (00:03:31)
    1 Tanzania · 2 Sierra Leone

  • 2025-02-11 · What's at Stake · John, 2 named — 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. (00:04:45)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good · Hank, 4 named — Hank lists the organizations' work: treating children for malnutrition, HIV treatment, supporting kids in war zones, reducing maternal and infant mortality, responding to disease outbreaks. (00:00:45)
    1 malnutrition · 2 HIV/AIDS · 3 maternal death · 4 child mortality

  • 2025-03-04 · The ANXIETY IS PALPABLE · John, 3 named — John says that now we are laying out the red carpet on that trail for diseases of injustice like malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. (00:00:53)
    1 malaria · 2 HIV/AIDS · 3 tuberculosis

  • 2025-03-25 · Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday · John, 4 named — John names measles, cholera, HIV and diabetes as diseases of injustice. (00:03:53)
    1 measles · 2 cholera · 3 HIV/AIDS · 4 diabetes

  • 2025-05-06 · Health CARE: Thoughts from Lima · John, 2 named — If the AI flags a different lung abnormality such as pneumonia or cancer, the patient is triaged and referred to a hospital or clinic. (00:00:58)
    1 pneumonia · 2 cancer

  • 2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News · John, 2 named — John says Good.Store's Awesome Socks Club and Sun Basin Soap together have raised $10 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence project. (00:00:58)
    1 Awesome Socks Club · 2 Sun Basin Soap

  • 2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News · John, 3 named — John says the reduction is not simple: serving babies and new moms needs a stronger whole health system, with ambulances, primary care clinics, community health workers and the Maternal Center of Excellence. (00:02:00)
    1 primary health care · 2 community health worker · 3 Maternal Center of Excellence

  • 2025-11-04 · The Real Question · John, 4 named — John says we know exactly how to drive down TB rates and have done it all over the world, from Chile to Japan to Australia to the United States; the world lacks sufficient money to do it globally. (00:00:58)
    1 Chile · 2 Japan · 3 Australia · 4 United States

  • 2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge · Hank, 2 named — The second component is how justly or unjustly those tools are distributed, from tuberculosis to cancer treatment to new ways to unblock blocked blood vessels. (00:04:50)
    1 tuberculosis · 2 cancer

2026

  • 2026-01-09 · There is Only One Source of Value · Hank, 2 named — 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)
    1 Partners In Health · 2 Save the Children

  • 2026-01-16 · 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) · Hank, 2 named — 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)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

  • 2026-02-06 · One week until P4A! · John, 2 named — John says half the money raised goes to Partners In Health and Save the Children. (00:00:00)
    1 Partners In Health · 2 Save the Children

  • 2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! · Hank, 6 named — Hank lists more perks: the Nerdfighter art perk and a bundle of digital downloads, including an exclusive Hank's channel video, an audio first chapter of his book, Zombicorns in PDF and audio, and podcast exclusives. (00:00:29)
    1 hankschannel · 2 Zombicorns · 3 Dear Hank and John · 4 Delete This · 5 The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) · 6 DadCast

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! · John, 5 named — John offers 460 leftover signed quote posters from P4A 2024, each signed by one of Brennan Lee Mulligan, John, Hank, Alexis Nikole Nelson, Tyler Thrasher, Sabrina Cruz, Travis McElroy or the SciShow Tangents hosts. (02:04:31)
    1 Brennan Lee Mulligan · 2 Alexis Nikole · 3 Tyler Thrasher · 4 Sabrina Cruz · 5 SciShow Tangents

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! · John, 3 named — John introduces a featured P4A video on menstrual health and dignity in Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan. (02:47:56)
    1 Kenya · 2 Uganda · 3 South Sudan

  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! · John, 4 named — 2-2 and hope; This Star Won't Go Out and Esther Earl; where the money goes (00:39:47)
    1 Wigs for Kids · 2 We Are TB “we rt” · 3 Uplift · 4 Union of Concerned Scientists

  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! · John, 3 named — Committed people pointing attention the same way; toward $30 million; health workers rather than yachts (01:08:02)
    1 Brennan Lee Mulligan · 2 Tessa Violet · 3 Phil Plait

  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! · Hank, 3 named — Hank reads the schedule: Animal Wonders with Jessi Knudsen Castañeda next, John from seven o'clock, then John and Charlotte McDonnell, Hank and Destin, Taylor and Miriam, and Hank again for the late-night shift from 12 o'clock Eastern. (06:59:50)
    1 Animal Wonders · 2 Jessi Knudsen Castañeda “jesse knutson castaneda” · 3 Charlotte McDonnell

  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. · Hank, 2 named — Hank says they started the Awesome Socks Club and then Good Store, which gives all its profit to charity, much of it to the Maternal Center of Excellence. (00:02:26)
    1 Awesome Socks Club · 2 Good Store

  • 2026-04-28 · What I Can't Show You · John, 2 named — John says hundreds of people receive care every day at KGH's non-communicable disease clinic for hypertension, diabetes and sickle cell disease. (00:00:00)
    1 hypertension · 2 diabetes

  • 2026-05-01 · Despair is Not Wisdom · Hank, 5 named — Hank lists what the graph shows: sewage systems, vaccines, antibiotics, maternal care, food security, public health workers, parents, doctors, nurses, scientists, governments, charities and people working hard. (00:02:39)
    1 sewage · 2 vaccine · 3 Antibiotic · 4 Food security · 5 Charity (practice) “charities”

  • 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green · John, 3 named — Often siblings connect over aging parents; for them it is Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, Dear Hank and John and more, and working with someone you trust all the way down is beyond a gift. (00:00:00)
    1 Vlogbrothers · 2 Crash Course · 3 Dear Hank and John

  • 2026-09-08 · The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die · John, 4 named — John says that by the end of the 19th century there were vaccines for cholera, smallpox, plague and typhoid. (00:01:27)
    1 cholera · 2 smallpox · 3 Plague (disease) · 4 typhoid fever

  • 2026-09-08 · The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die · John, 2 named — As a result, John says, people lived longer and the main causes of death shifted to chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease. (00:01:56)
    1 cancer · 2 Coronary artery disease

  • 2026-09-08 · The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die · John, 2 named (2 unnamed items) — John says human health has improved tremendously thanks to clean water, sewers, vaccines and antibiotics, benefiting young children and pregnant women most, but all humans. (00:04:52)
    … · 2 sanitation “sewer systems” · … · 4 Antibiotic