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John: at current monthly donation rates, the PIH Sierra Leone project will raise over $15 million in five years (2020)

prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2023-05-02) · owner: John · last mentioned: 2025-10-31

In November 2020 John said that at current monthly donation rates the community's project with Partners In Health in Sierra Leone would raise over $15 million in five years; he raised the estimate to $25 million in January 2022, then to $30 million and $35 million later that year. In May 2023 he said Nerdfighteria and PIH had raised nearly $40 million.

Part of: Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019)

Told alongside: John asks viewers to donate to Partners In Health at pih.org/hankandjohn (2019) · Partners In Health maternal health project in Liberia funded by DFTBA profit (2019) · John asks would-be donors of $2,000 or more to join the PIH Sierra Leone matching team by email (2019) · John: the Maternal Center of Excellence will dramatically change the quality of care for women and children in its region (2020) · John: as a teaching hospital the Maternal Center of Excellence will train the next generation of Sierra Leonean health care workers (2019) · John (with Hank): follow the PIH Sierra Leone project for five years with video, photo and audio updates (2019)

About: Partners In Health, Sierra Leone, Maternal Center of Excellence

date event what video
2020-11-17 predicted Thanks to thousands of monthly donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, matched by donors within Nerdfighteria, current rates will raise over $15 million over five years. Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update 00:04:43
2022-01-04 repeated John announces the project is on track to raise over $25 million, meaning if monthly donations continue at about their current level. (hedged) After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 00:01:27
2022-09-13 repeated John says the community is on track to raise over $30 million over the first five years of this decade for a stronger health system in Kono District, Sierra Leone. A Million Things at Once 00:02:04
2022-11-15 repeated John says the community, working with Partners In Health, is now on pace to raise over $35 million in the first five years of the project to radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next 00:00:00
2023-05-02 came true Helped by the nearly $40 million Nerdfighteria and PIH raised over three and a half years, the MCOE will be the world-class center Kono's mothers and children deserve. GOOD NEWS 00:01:27
2025-10-31 recalled Hank recalls that shortly after John's first video from Sierra Leone six years ago, the brothers pledged to raise $25 million for a hospital without knowing how, and exceeded the goal. We Did It… 00:05:47

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