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We Built a Well in Haiti

2011-12-17 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Global development · advocacy activism

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In his Project for Awesome 2011 video Hank reports that, thanks to Nerdfighteria and Water.org, the Haitian village of Savann Tabak now has a community-owned, self-maintaining well, and asks viewers to donate to and vote for Water.org.

What is said

00:00:00 — Hank's Haiti trip with Water.org less than a year ago; the villagers are in the important ways just like him and his family

  • ★★ Less than a year ago Hank was in Haiti with Water.org, which wanted to share its work with him so he could share it with the world through his camera. — 00:00:00 · Haiti
  • ★★★ What astounded Hank in Haiti was not the medieval-level hygiene but that the people are, in the important ways, exactly like him, his friends and family: caring, fun-loving, communal, wanting better for their children. — 00:00:00 · Haiti

00:00:29 — Savann Tabak asked a Water.org partner for a well; its water source was a muddy hole a 20-minute walk away; Hank's earlier ask and the viewers' giving

  • ★★ The citizens of Savann Tabak had asked one of Water.org's partner organizations to help them build a well; their water source was a muddy hole about a 20-minute walk away. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Back home, Hank told viewers about the villagers and asked them to donate to Water.org; working together, Nerdfighteria gave the village something it needed. — 00:00:29 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:58 — The village now has a well: a community-owned asset paid for and maintained by its users, freeing time for work and school and reducing sickness; a young well-committee member's wish for 'a better way'

  • ★★★ Hank names several villagers and says they now have a well, thanks to Nerdfighteria and Water.org. — 00:00:58 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ More than a well, the village has a community-owned asset that users pay a fair price for, the money funding maintenance so it still gives clean water 20, 30, 50 years from now; the community invested in, controls and maintains it. — 00:00:58
  • ★★ Because of the well, villagers spend less time fetching water and being sick, leaving more time to grow their economy and educate themselves and their children. — 00:00:58
  • ★ During Hank's visit one of the youngest well-committee members said in frustration there had to be a better way; now she has it, and she remembered Hank and asked where he was. — 00:00:58

00:01:53 — A young well-committee member now has her 'better way' (cont.); asks to donate to Water.org and vote for it at projectforawesome.com; thanks; see you on the livestream; end-screen pointer

  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to consider donating to Water.org, which he says does it well and does it right. — 00:01:53
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to vote for Water.org at projectforawesome.com so it gets a share of the Project for Awesome fund. — 00:01:53 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank thanks everyone who gave, calling the well one of the most amazing, touching and inspiring things he has ever been part of. — 00:01:53 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ Hank will see John on the P4A livestream; an end-screen video explains what the Project for Awesome is and how to take part. — 00:01:53 · Project for Awesome

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