NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health

2014-12-12 · announcement · Hank · 3:48 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development · mode: Advocacy & fundraising · tags: calendar ritual, fundraising ask, civic or action cta, self promotion, guest or collab

Hank's Project for Awesome video argues that, of all the nonsense in the world, people lacking simple health care at the peak of human wealth makes the least sense, and promotes Partners in Health; he then opens P4A 2014 with its money split, matching funds, Indiegogo perks and livestream times.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Cold open: office staff recite nonsense phrases

00:00:26 — Hank's P4A video: lack of health-care access makes the least sense; Partners in Health's work on Ebola and world health; first-half split with Save the Children, $500,000 matching, second half by vote

★★★ Hank says that of all the ways not to make sense, people still lacking access to simple health care while we live at the peak of wealth in human history makes the least sense. — 00:00:26 · global health
★★ Hank says Partners in Health empowers and equips local health workers and was working on the front lines against Ebola before anyone in the US knew of the outbreak. — 00:00:39 · Partners In Health
★★ Hank calls Ebola, antibiotic resistance and pneumonia world health problems from which no community is exempt. — 00:00:52 · global health
★★★ Hank says Partners in Health does heroic life-saving work, now and for a hundred years ahead, and is a big part of the success story of wider health-care access and less suffering, which supporters join. — 00:00:57 · Partners In Health, progress
★★★ Hank says money from the first half of P4A is split between Partners in Health and Save the Children, with matching for the first $500,000, making a million dollars if reached by Saturday (13 December 2014) noon; second-half money goes by vote. — 00:01:16 · Project for Awesome, Partners In Health, Save the Children
★★★ Hank asks viewers to watch videos promoting charities and vote for those that capture their interest at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:38 · Project for Awesome

00:01:48 — Good morning John: the Indiegogo and its perks (An Imperial Affliction replica, special green TFIOS, baby-picture calendar, pressed pennies, Hanklerfish art, Princess Bride commentary, Nerdfighter music and art); 48-hour livestream times

★★★ Hank says P4A's fundraising happens on Indiegogo, a way to donate to charity while getting perks unavailable any other way. — 00:01:52 · Indiegogo, Project for Awesome
★★ Hank lists perks: a replica of the An Imperial Affliction prop (seven pages, written by John, as Shailene Woodley reads in the movie) and a P4A-only green special edition of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:02:09 · John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, The Fault in Our Stars (film), Project for Awesome
★★ More perks: a calendar of YouTubers' baby pictures including Hank, pressed pennies stamped with P4A and Nerdfighteria logos, Hank's Hanklerfish drawings, Hank and Katherine's Princess Bride commentary, Nerdfighter music and art compilations. — 00:02:28 · Hanklerfish, Katherine Green, Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome
★★ Hank says more perks will be added during the 48-hour livestream, which runs from noon Friday (today) to noon Sunday Eastern, with many YouTubers joining. — 00:03:02 · Project for Awesome

00:03:22 — Outro: thanks to office helpers and participants; help the world make more sense; see you in the livestream

★ Hank thanks the office helpers and everyone taking part; the weekend's goal is to help the world make a little more sense. — 00:03:25 · Project for Awesome

Threads in this video

launched · P4A 2014 edition — Hank's P4A video opens P4A 2014 on Friday: first-half money split between Partners in Health and Save the Children with matching for the first $500,000 ($1 million total if reached by Saturday (13 December 2014) noon), second-half money by vote; 48-hour livestream Friday noon to Sunday noon Eastern. (00:01:16)
restate · Should everyone be guaranteed health care? — Hank says people lacking access to simple health care at the peak moment of human wealth is the least sensible thing in the world. (00:00:26)
restate · Is human life getting better; is now the best time to be alive? — Hank calls increased access to health care and decreased suffering an ongoing success story that supporters of Partners in Health can join. (00:01:07)
reminder · John asks viewers to vote carefully for P4A 2014 charities at projectforawesome.com (2014) — Hank asks viewers to watch charity videos and vote for the ones they like at projectforawesome.com. (00:01:38)
reminder · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2014 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2014) — Hank points viewers to the P4A Indiegogo, a way to donate to charity and get perks unavailable anywhere else. (00:01:59)
callback · Hanklerfish: an anglerfish drawn by a Hank (2011) — Hank shows a couple hundred Hanklerfish drawings he made as P4A 2014 perks while watching Gilmore Girls. (00:02:41)

Where the stories that moved here went next

P4A 2014 edition — completed; last: outcome, 2015-01-13

Mentioned

Central: global health · Partners In Health · Project for Awesome

Also: People: Shailene Woodley

Works: Gilmore Girls · Hanklerfish · The Fault in Our Stars · The Fault in Our Stars (film) · The Princess Bride (film)

Organizations: Indiegogo · Save the Children

Concepts: antimicrobial resistance · Ebola virus disease · pneumonia · progress

Events: Western African Ebola virus epidemic

Characters: An Imperial Affliction

Policies: Abolish the US penny

Only in the description or credits: Katherine Green

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