John: Partners In Health will break ground on the Maternal Center of Excellence in spring 2021 (2020)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2022-01-04) · owner: John
At the end of 2020 John said Partners In Health had the money to break ground on the Maternal Center of Excellence in spring 2021; in April 2021 he announced the groundbreaking for the following week, and in January 2022 he reported that ground had been broken.
Part of: Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019)
Told alongside: Partners In Health maternal health project in Liberia funded by DFTBA profit (2019) · Nerdfighteria revenue (Pizzamas royalties, Life's Library proceeds) redirected to charity (2018) · John: the Maternal Center of Excellence should dramatically accelerate progress in care at Koidu (2020)
About: Partners In Health, Maternal Center of Excellence
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-17 | predicted | Despite COVID, groundbreaking on the Maternal Center of Excellence is still planned for April 2021, the original date, a credit to PIH and Sierra Leone's government. | Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update 00:01:56 |
| 2020-12-29 | predicted | 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, hopefully. (hedged) | Looking Back at My 2020 Goals 00:02:55 |
| 2021-04-20 | repeated | Next week (week of 26 April 2021) Partners In Health and the Sierra Leonean government will officially break ground on the Maternal Center of Excellence and the expansion of Koidu Government Hospital, a huge step against maternal mortality. | Breaking Ground!!! 00:00:00 |
| 2022-01-04 | came true | With PIH's own fundraising and support from Life's Library and the Awesome Socks Club, ground has broken on the Maternal Center of Excellence. | After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 00:00:58 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2020-11-17 · Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update — announcement: John: Some system strengthening is already happening: more community outreach, training for nurses and midwives, and social support for pregnant women and new mothers. — 00:02:26
- 2020-11-17 · Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update — John reports that Isata Dumbuya, the nurse leading Koidu Government Hospital's maternal and child health teams, told him the next big step for the community is the Maternal Center of Excellence. — 00:02:26
- 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
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John assumed the pandemic would delay the MCOE for months or years, but donations grew every month and, with Partners In Health, over $20 million has been raised. — 00:00:29
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John says the MCOE will dramatically change the quality of care available to women and children in the region. — 00:00:29
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John: In the region the MCOE will serve, one out of every 20 women can expect to die in childbirth. — 00:00:29
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John: Change is already happening: in the last year neonatal mortality at Koidu Government Hospital fell by 50% thanks to a new infant care unit. — 00:00:29