Hank's trip to Haiti (2011)
story · status: told 6×, last update 2011 · last event: retold (2011-12-17)
In February 2011 Hank said he would go to Haiti with Water.org, and in March 2011 he flew via Miami and Port-au-Prince to Pignon, where the villagers of Savann Tabak walked him to the muddy spring they drew their water from. Back home he told the story in several videos and recalled the trip again that December, when a well was built in Haiti.
Part of: Savann Tabak well: the vlogbrothers' Water.org campaign for a Haitian village (2011)
Told alongside: Hank asks viewers to donate to Water.org for the Savann Tabak well (2011) · Hank asks viewers to buy tickets online for his Miami show (March 2011) · John points viewers to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund after the Japan earthquake (March 2011) · Hank asks John to upload Hank's pre-filmed Friday video while Hank is in Haiti (March 2011) · John: upload Hank's pre-made video on Friday while Hank is in Haiti (March 2011)
About: Water.org, Haiti, Miami, Pignon, Savann Tabak
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-25 | told | Hank says he will be in Miami because he is going to Haiti with Water.org, leaving him a free evening there. | Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! 00:03:15 |
| 2011-03-02 | update | Hank has had his immunizations for Haiti and will be there in about a week. | How to Name Your Baby Properly 00:03:27 |
| 2011-03-07 | told | Hank says he leaves for Haiti the morning after his Miami concert, takes his malaria pills, and is excited to help people there in small ways. | Why is Haiti Poor? 00:00:20 |
| 2011-03-09 | update | John notes Hank is in Haiti and not watching, and thanks him for going to the front lines to decrease worldsuck. (playful) | DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day 00:00:00 |
| 2011-03-11 | update | Hank says that by the time John sees this video he will be in Haiti, without internet. | Superhero Creation Myths 00:00:01 |
| 2011-03-14 | update | John welcomes Hank back from Haiti. | Thoughts from Places: Los Angeles after the Earthquake 00:02:31 |
| 2011-03-16 | update | Hank postpones his thoughts from Haiti to explain the Fukushima reactors. | Why Did Fukushima Explode? 00:00:05 |
| 2011-03-21 (happened 2011-03) | update | Hank reports on his trip last week (week of 14 March 2011): Miami to Port-au-Prince, then a small plane to Pignon, to meet the people of Savann Tabak with Water.org. | Helping Haiti 00:00:32 |
| 2011-03-23 | retold | John thanks Hank for his extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced video about Haiti, which gave viewers a real way to really help, linked in the description. | Why Does My Dog Eat Poop? 00:00:00 |
| 2011-04-04 (happened 2011-03) | update | Hank continues the story of his Haiti trip: the Savann Tabak villagers walk him past a broken well, a sugar cane mill and storehouses to the muddy spring where they get water. → refers to Helping Haiti | Thoughts from The Well 00:00:03 |
| 2011-04-06 | retold | John says Hank's Haiti videos inspire him and Nerdfighteria and that, to thank Hank, he has made a $300 gift to Water.org. | Tales of Nerd Love! 00:03:08 |
| 2011-05-05 | retold | Hank inspired Nerdfighters to support building a well by traveling to Haiti with Water.org, John says. | IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! 00:02:03 |
| 2011-05-30 (happened 2011-03) | mentioned | Hank recalls going to Haiti with Water.org to learn how they operate. | Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family 00:02:07 |
| 2011-12-17 (happened 2011-03) | retold | Hank recalls being in Haiti with Water.org less than a year ago, learning about the people's problems, dreams and frustrations. | We Built a Well in Haiti 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-03-07 · Why is Haiti Poor? — Hank says that does not mean we can't help people in small ways; he is excited to be part of that and hopes to let viewers help in future. (hedged) — 00:03:27
- 2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — John thanks Hank for being the noble brother who goes to the front lines to decrease worldsuck, which lets John stay in his basement. (playful) — 00:00:03
- 2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — John thanks Hank for going to Haiti and says they look forward to the most amazing Thoughts from Places videos ever. — 00:02:49
- 2011-03-11 · Superhero Creation Myths — Hank says he is pre-recording this video because he will be in Haiti, without internet, by the time John sees it. — 00:00:01
- 2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti — recommendation: 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. — 00:03:29
- 2011-04-04 · Thoughts from The Well — Hank says that right after he first met the people of Savann Tabak, the village he visited in Haiti, they took him on a walk to where they currently get their water. — 00:00:03
- 2011-04-04 · Thoughts from The Well — Hank says the spring was not what he pictured: a warm, muddy hole in the ground where the village gets its water, minutes after he had worried about the kids eating too much sugar. — 00:02:07
- 2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank: More seriously, Hank credits the community for the Project for Awesome and for his trip to Haiti to examine nonprofits' work there. — 00:02:52
- 2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — announcement: Hank gives the money to Water.org, with whom he went to Haiti, and, inspired by Nerdfighteria's charity, doubles the amount. — 00:02:07
- 2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: Less than a year ago Hank was in Haiti with Water.org, which wanted to share its work with him so he could share it with the world through his camera. — 00:00:00
- 2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: During Hank's visit Jenna, one of the youngest well-committee members, said in frustration there had to be a better way; now she has it, and she remembered Hank and asked where he was. — 00:00:58