John: finishing the Maternal Center of Excellence fundraising may not be realistic in 2020 (2020)
prediction · status: proved wrong · last event: proved wrong (2020-12-29) · owner: John · last mentioned: 2022-01-04
In January 2020 John doubted that the money for the Maternal Center of Excellence could be raised within the year; by December 2020 the goal had been reached.
Part of: Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019)
About: Partners In Health, Maternal Center of Excellence
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-07 | predicted | John's most important 2020 goal is to finish raising the money, though maybe 2020 isn't realistic for it. (hedged) | Endings · Beginnings 00:01:17 |
| 2020-12-29 | proved wrong | Despite all the unforeseen events of the year, the goal of raising the money for the Maternal Center of Excellence was reached. → refers to Endings · Beginnings | Looking Back at My 2020 Goals 00:02:50 |
| 2022-01-04 | recalled | Nerdfighteria is large but not that large, and reaching such an ambitious target faster than even the rosiest projections shows what such communities can accomplish. | After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 00:01:27 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — ask: John asks people who can make a big donation to Partners In Health to email him at sparksflyup@gmail.com or donate directly to the matching fund. — 00:01:21
- 2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — announcement: John: Thanks to the monthly donors, at current donation levels Partners In Health has the money to break ground on the Maternal Center of Excellence next spring (2021), hopefully. (hedged) — 00:02:55
- 2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John: The groundbreaking is not the end of the story but the beginning; still, it is a significant milestone. — 00:03:01
- 2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John: Making goals helps even when it seems silly, especially now: a good goal sets out what you want and a path toward it, and though circumstance can wash paths away, it is nice to think there might be a way forward. — 00:03:08
- 2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John: In a time when so much is terrible, John is heartened by the generosity and solidarity of the last two years. — 00:02:09
- 2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John: Kono's health system is getting stronger: fewer mothers die for want of an emergency C-section and more kids survive, though maternal mortality is still hundreds of times higher than it should be. — 00:02:09