Nerdfighter donations to the Uncultured Project for rural Bangladesh (2008)
project history · status: completed · last event: milestone (2009-09-28) · last mentioned: 2012-12-17
In April 2008 John asked Nerdfighters to give to Shawn Ahmed's Uncultured Project in rural Bangladesh, calling it an experiment in community rather than charity. By March 2009 they had raised thousands of dollars for rebuilding schools and water filtration, and the pond sand filter built with Save the Children in 2009 was still providing clean water years later.
Parts: John asks Nerdfighters to help fund Shawn Ahmed's work in Bangladesh (2008) · John asks Bay Area Nerdfighters to attend the October 10 gathering fundraiser for the Uncultured Project (2009) · John asks viewers to follow Sean's Bangladesh work on his Twitter and YouTube channel (2010)
Told alongside: John asks Nerdfighters to vote on how Shawn Ahmed spends the rest of the Bangladesh money (2008)
About: Bangladesh, Uncultured Project, Shawn Ahmed, Save the Children
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-08 | launched | John frames helping Sean as an experiment in community, not charity, in which donors will see in Sean's videos where every dollar goes. | Nerdfighting in Bangladesh 00:02:20 |
| 2008-05-19 | milestone | John calls it sort of miraculous that Hank can see the actual people his money helps, and says all who donated to Shawn will experience that as he distributes more of the funds. | Three Things 00:01:42 |
| 2008-09-11 | milestone | 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. | A Video about Videos 00:00:00 |
| 2008-11-03 | milestone | In Plano they met Shawn, the man from Bangladesh who has been working with Save the Children to decrease worldsuck with Nerdfighters' money. · 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 | outcome | John reports nerdfighters have raised thousands of dollars that are now being spent to rebuild schools and build water filtration systems in rural Bangladesh. | PEEPS for Bangladesh 00:01:15 |
| 2009-07-12 | looked back | John says Sean in Bangladesh uses Nerdfighters' money to help pwn poverty and has a new video about his work. (playful) | On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments 00:00:00 |
| 2009-09-28 | milestone | John urges Nerdfighters in or around the Bay Area to attend an October 10 gathering raising money for Shawn Ahmed's Uncultured Project, where Wheezy Waiter's Driftless Pony Club will play. | Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters 00:01:11 |
| 2010-10-27 | looked back | John reports Sean is in Bangladesh with Save the Children helping 10,000 kids in a Nerdfighteria-funded project, and that the pond-sand filter Nerdfighteria funded is still running. | You Are Awesome 00:00:01 |
| 2010-12-17 | looked back | John says the pond sand filter Nerdfighteria built in Bangladesh with Save the Children and Shawn's Uncultured Project still provides clean water after two years. | PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health 00:01:34 |
| 2011-04-25 | looked back | Feeling his pee-joke book was outclassed, John remembered that Nerdfighters had helped rebuild a school in cyclone-ravaged Bangladesh and wanted to tell Mortenson. | Meeting Greg Mortenson 00:01:03 |
| 2012-12-17 (happened 2009) | looked back | John recalls that in 2009 Nerdfighters, Sean's Uncultured Project and Save the Children built a pond sand filter for a Bangladeshi village. | THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. 00:01:21 |
What is said about it
15 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
- 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — ask: John: Because Shawn's Xbox 360 money will only go so far, John proposes that Nerdfighters help Shawn help people in Bangladesh, via the link in the sidebar. — 00:02:20
- 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John: Shawn will make videos on his YouTube channel so donors can see exactly where the money goes, whom it helps and how; John made this video a response to one of Shawn's. — 00:03:03
- 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
- 2008-05-19 · Three Things — announcement: John says Shawn is slow to post videos because he is in Bangladesh, but they will keep track of him; his YouTube channel is linked in the sidebar. — 00:01:42
- 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John says Shawn, like many charities in the developing world, lacks money to do everything and must choose between vital needs such as clean water, infant health and education. — 00:00:36
- 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
- 2009-04-05 · The EVIL BABY ORPHANAGE Returns for North Korea — John cites nerdfighters' pond sand filter in Bangladesh as proof of what they can do. (playful) — 00:02:45
- 2009-07-12 · On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments — John says Nerdfighters have a guy in Bangladesh, Shawn, who pwns poverty with their money, and that Shawn has an amazing new video about his work there. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2009-07-12 · On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments — ask: John asks viewers to check out Shawn's new video in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
- 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John says Shawn from the Uncultured Project is now in Bangladesh, working with Save the Children to help 10,000 kids in a project funded by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:01
- 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John: As evidence John cites Nerdfighteria's work with Save the Children and Shawn's Uncultured Project on a pond sand filter in Bangladesh that still provides clean water after two years. — 00:01:34
- 2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — John: At the cocktail party John told the man he took for Mortenson about Nerdfighters' pond sand filters, Kiva loans and the school, talking for twelve minutes without letting him speak. — 00:01:33
- 2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — John recalls that in 2009 Nerdfighters worked with Shawn's Uncultured Project and Save the Children to build a pond sand filter giving a Bangladeshi village clean water. — 00:01:21