John asks Nerdfighters to help fund Shawn Ahmed's work in Bangladesh (2008)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2009-03-08) · owner: John
In April 2008 John asked Nerdfighters to help Shawn Ahmed help people in Bangladesh. Hank gave $250, the price of an Xbox 360, Nerdfighters raised more than $3,000 within a week, and by March 2009 the money was rebuilding schools and building water filtration systems in rural Bangladesh.
Part of: Nerdfighter donations to the Uncultured Project for rural Bangladesh (2008)
Parts: John asks Nerdfighters to vote on how Shawn Ahmed spends the rest of the Bangladesh money (2008)
Told alongside: John asks Nerdfighters for questions for Question Tuesday (2008)
About: Shawn Ahmed, Bangladesh, PayPal, Xbox 360, Save the Children
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-08 | asked | John proposes that Hank and Nerdfighters help supplement Sean's Xbox 360 fund for people in Bangladesh, via the sidebar link. | Nerdfighting in Bangladesh 00:02:20 |
| 2008-04-10 | result reported | Hank gives $250, the price of an Xbox 360, to Sean through PayPal. | Barack John Obama Green 00:03:25 |
| 2008-04-14 | result reported | John reports hundreds of Nerdfighters on six continents have given more than $3,000 to Sean in Bangladesh. | PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR 00:00:00 |
| 2008-04-14 | reminder | John points those who still want to donate to the link in the sidebar. | PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR 00:00:00 |
| 2008-05-19 | result reported | John shows the first results of the money sent to Shawn: a rural Bangladeshi family helped with schooling, a mosquito net and a roof repair; more funds are still to be distributed. | Three Things 00:01:42 |
| 2008-06-26 | result reported | 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. | Don't Suck on That Bone 00:02:45 |
| 2008-09-11 | result reported | John reports Nerdfighters sent Sean money months ago and Sean has already used much of it well in Bangladesh. | A Video about Videos 00:00:00 |
| 2008-11-03 | reminder | After meeting Sean in Plano, John says they will collect money for Save the Children Bangladesh throughout the tour. · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated | Hank and John from the Road 00:01:11 |
| 2009-03-08 | result reported | John says nerdfighters have raised thousands of dollars, now being spent to rebuild schools and build water filtration systems in rural Bangladesh. | PEEPS for Bangladesh 00:01:15 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — John: A Nerdfighter named Shawn left graduate school at Notre Dame for Bangladesh; his project Uncultured films poverty there and uses his Xbox 360 savings to help kids go to school. — 00:01:51
- 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
- 2008-09-11 · 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 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
- 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