Hi. Thanks for making this happen. I can't wait to see the MCOE come to life over the next year. And I'm so proud that we've been able to expand our support to more primary healthcare clinics. But there is still a long way to go, so if you can join our monthly donors to make a one-time donation: pih.org/hankandjohn 2. The Awesome Coffee Club now has a light roast: awesomecoffeeclub.com and the Awesome Socks Club is also still accepting new members: awesomesocks.club 3. If you can donate $2,000 or more to support help PIH build the maternal center of excellence and strengthen the primary healthcare delivery system in Kono, join us at the matching fund: www.pih.org/hankandjohnmatch 4. If you are in Canada, you can donate at pihcanada.org/hankandjohn/ 5. More detailed video of where we are financially and how we got here: th-cam.com/video/fpo5KnDnwC0/w-d-xo.html This is amazing. I am so grateful. -John
Hey John, Is there any chance of toe socks becoming a thing in the awesome socks club? my partner can only really wear those because of her toes causing problems by rubbing together but she love the designs and would love to join. Thanks!
I fuckin love this community so much. Best thing that’s ever happened to the internet. John, you can be as modest as you want. You guys, the brothers Green, opened the door for so many who always wanted to help but didn’t know how. As an agnostic, thank God for this community. And for you.
This is incredible! A special thanks to you, Vlogbrothers 🙏We are so grateful for the Nerdfighteria community, too, for showing Partners In Health such unwavering support. None of this is possible without you!🧡
John, my daughter and I went to sleep chatting about how you and Hank use influence and money for good vs. other folks. I’m so proud of the community you have built. ❤
That's fantastic conversation! I try to have them with my kids (talking about those who are successful and give most of their time and money to charitable causes, such as both of the Green brothers. They really are awesome, as you you, I'm confident. DFTBA friend xx
One of my favorite things about the format of this project is that it shows the power of "servant leadership". We aren't stepping in to fix things for them, we are facilitating them to fix their own system. I look forward to the day (which with the level of progress we seem to be seeing seems closer than I'd expect) that the system no longer needs our support to thrive in what it is supposed to do
THIS. THIS. THIS. Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes to reverse the spiral. I feel so incredibly blessed to see this spiral towards healthy replication of training and provision and equality of access.
absolutely. that's a big reason why i decided to support this project. because it's not just building the necessary infrastructure (as important as that is) but it also provides local training for future staff . it has long term, independent possibilities
Servant leadership is so much more than the initial project too. As John spoke about the first graduate cohort of nurses I was struck with how very much that means for all the little girls in the region not only for their ability to access education, but for their desire to pursue learning because they can now see a cousin from within their community as a leader in health and medicine. Representation matters, and white saviorism robs communities of that representation.
In 3 weeks, my emergency c-section baby will be 1. I was so lucky to have access to the healthcare facilities and team who never made me feel like my emergency c-section was an emergency, I can’t imagine what these women go through and am so glad I’m able to help even a small bit.
*Sees John in suit coat* Well, in approximately three and a half minutes, I will be in tears. I think about these families so often and I'm so grateful you have given us a way to help. Everyone deserves a safe childhood.
Having seen how difficult births can be in *ideal* circumstances, it's unfathomable for me to imagine how difficult unideal circumstances can be. It's so encouraging to see improvement, and hopefully, through people working together, things will continue to move in that direction. Thanks for continuing to bring attention to this, Green brothers!
My husband and I got involved with this project several years ago, but after our son was born via c-section, it's even closer to our hearts. Even with excellent care and every privilege, that was one of the scariest days of my life! I'm proud that nerdfighteria is partnering to bring that same life-saving care to other families who need it.
@@catherinecase1142 im already crying from the video and knowing you and your husband are involved together is so sweet and cute!! :( and i hope your son is doing well! :D
Something I love about this project: it's really easy to get distracted and overwhelmed by all the problems in the world. But by focusing in on one specific, attainable project, real and measurable good can be done in the world. Things like "fight global poverty" are massive, nebulous, overwhelming goals. But "improve this one hospital in this one underserved community to get infant and maternal mortality in that community under control" is a goal where significant progress can be made in just a few years. And if we just choose one project at a time to work on, one manageable bite at a time, we can gradually chip away at the world-suck. Today it's maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. Perhaps tomorrow it will be a fund to support schools in some other country, or modernizing agriculture to fight food insecurity in a third. One chip at a time, until everyone can live the healthy, happy lives they deserve
It's really interesting to look back at early vlogbrothers videos where they talk about how hard it is to make a difference, and how to figure out where and how to help, and see the journey to them honing in on this one specific charity, one specific region and one specific issue. If everyone as successful as the Greens turned themselves and their communities to a different issue, a different place, a different charity, we could do an awful lot in the world very quickly!
It almost feels kind of random that there's some town on the other side of the world we've decided to care about. Because even though we have no personal connection to it, we know that the people over there are just as important as our own communities.
This is why you, Hank and the whole community are the most amazingly kind and caring people in this entire platform. Alone we can do little but together we can do a lot! Let this remind us all the power we have when we come together for change.
As someone currently living in Sierra Leone always love to hear updates on the project! Don't think people appreciate how important consistent funding is to projects like this
I've been a nerdfighter since 2009, when I was 16 years old. It's been such a joy to see this community grow into a massive force for good in the world. I haven't had a stable income until very recently and wasn't able to directly support the cause, but I've always told myself that when I no longer worried about paying all my bills each month, I would sign up to be a monthly donor, and today was that day! So proud to join in the good fight
Every time you do an update on this I am so proud to be a nerd fighter. And truly the coffee and sock subscriptions have made my evangelizing about these projects so much easier. I’ve gotten 3 people to donate, but I’ve gotten another 14 to get on those subscriptions. Together we’re gonna leave this world a little better than we found it! I love all you nerd fighters, thanks for making this community so wonderful ❤
I’m currently applying to graduate school for medical anthropology so I can do work like this and I honestly don’t think I would have realized it was a thing I could do without this community. I’m so happy I grew up watching you guys and hopefully I can help to improve our world as you all do!
@@Kazemba anthropology can be applied so many places, hopefully as we continue more and more important fields will realize the importance of a human perspective
if your intersted in this I would look up some "Lab Ethnographys" they're really interesting; I had a professor once who did one in an observatory in Slovakia and had some cool insight on post-communism scientific culture (like the fact their gender ratio in the scientific comunity is way less skewed than in the US but gender roles still remain quite traditional in other respects)
Watching this with my toddler on my lap crying with empathy for those moms who now can keep so many more of their babies, and wondering why I don’t give more
I like to think that the work that groups like PIH do is part of the reason why we've gotten to 8 BILLION people. Keeping young people alive and healthy will have positive ripple-effects for generations to come.
as a person that had to have two c-sections one emergency I tear up every time, you cover this and I have never been happier to buy coffee and socks. if you guys figured out how to do toothpaste I buy it or any staple for that matter
Quite often when I'm scooping ice into my water bottle, or filling it with the filtered water out of my fridge, I remember just how privileged I am to be able to get clean water out of my faucet and how privileged I am to not have to worry about the water containing something that will make me sick.
I love videos like this. Continuous effort over a long period of time from a group of people is one of the strongest forces on the planet. You are more powerful than you know. Hope everyone has a good Tuesday!
I remember the video three years ago where you announced the partnership: I cried at the potential good Nerdfighteria could do in this world. Now here you are in a suit again with an update: And I'm crying both at the good Nerdfighteria has done, but at the potential good we can STILL do going forward. Never underestimate Nerdfighteria. DFTBA.
Apparently I'm having tears with my breakfast this morning. I'm so proud of you and Nerdfighteria! As you said, there is so much left to do, but I love seeing this movement in the right direction. Thanks for leading this charge, John. You did not forget to be awesome. We talk sometimes about legacy and about being remembered after we're gone. I don't know who of us will be remembered after we're gone, but I know that there will be people alive after you and I are gone who would have died - or never have lived at all - because of this charge you led, because of the work of PIH that you've helped fund. However long you're remembered, that's an incredible, lasting legacy worth being proud of.
I work on healthcare advocacy in a low income country (nothing as massive as this project ofc!) so I'm very aware that health systems and the issues they face are incredibly complicated. As John mentioned, these issues are so deeply entwined with others that it is kind of impossible to make fast change. I used to get very dishearted about this, but now I can recognise and appreciate small wins. So I'm over the moon to see that the centre is doing so well and the work is expanding to help more people!
Thanks for this perspective. When John said (paraphrasing) "When we started this, 1 in 17 women could expect to die in pregnancy or childbirth - today it is 1 in 20" my first thought was "J**** Ch**t what is going to take?" After all that work this is the improvement? I appreciate you stating "but now I can recognize and appreciate small wins" because I feel if I were leading the cause as John does, I would be frustrated with the results as they stand today. Maybe we should be frustrated - maybe it will make us all the more eager to do more. Finally, maybe with the help of your perspective, I should feel some appreciation in the results so far, with hope that it will only get better from here.
@@BillCoury-N8UUP you have to keep it in perspective too though... Sierra Leone averaged about 400,000 pregnancies a year in the latter half of the 2010s. That means it used to be 23,500 women dying annual from childbirth to 20,000. Which obviously is still WAY too many, but for those 3,500 women who are alive now, it's more than a small win.
HELL YEAH HE’S WEARING A SUIT THAT MEANS IT’S PIH UPDATE TIME. This project is the best $8/month I’ve ever spent. Does PIH have any published articles/books on how to do this… everywhere? How to practically apply their philosophies and principals in the world of medicine today? I’d love to copy their techniques to help reduce healthcare inequality where I live someday.
always cry when you make videos about PIH... my socks get compliments all the time and it makes me so happy to explain where to get the socks and the cause that it supports
Great news John, and side note, I do love the subtle thing you do in these videos where you throw on a blazer when it's an important topic - it's a lowkey style move that conveys "I'm here talking as a grownup today" and it's not gone unnoticed. John in a blazer? Time to perk up and pay attention, he's got something important to say today. Classic.
Fewer than one in twenty. Never has a number been so inspiring, nor seemed like such a tragedy. Looking forward to the day we can say "Fewer than one in thirty" and on and on! DFTBA!
After struggling to keep a job during the pandemic, I've been able to not only join the coffee club, but rejoin the awesome socks club. I'm so excited.
It isn't a yearly number; it's the number of people who will die during pregnancy or childbirth at some point. Still, the difference between 5.9% and 5.0% is significant, and it keeps getting better! In the US, the maternal mortality rate is MUCH lower, but it has more than doubled in the past 20 years. Seeing one of the richest countries in the world do so much worse makes it even more astonishing that one of the poorest countries is making rapid improvement during the same time frame.
Please take good care of yourself. It's hard when we want to help and can't, but shifting the problem (from someone else's lack to your own lack) isn't a solution. Best wishes to you!
As John often says, your attention is valuable. Paying attention matters, sharing to help get other people's attention matters, watching the full video to tell the algorithm this is good matters. I was one of those people who felt I had to give money even while I was living in poverty, and all that did was keep me in poverty far longer. This is a situation where you need to put your own oxygen mask on before you help others with theirs.
Thank you John. Thank you Hank. Thank you everyone who's here watching and commenting. Especially thank you to everyone who uses the money raised. I couldn't do any of these things myself but now I get to help and it's so easy. Thank you so much to everyone who made this happen.
Mr. Green (of the John variety), I hope this message makes it to you in good health. I write to tell you that your words via vlog brothers and other mediums have been a great comfort to me over the past few years. They have guided me through the harrowing journey of becoming more of a real person that is your early 20s. I have had many a comfort book, movie, TV show, or song; but The Anthropocene Reviewed is my one and only comfort podcast. All the best.
I didn’t know I’d cry at a Vlogbrother’s video this morning, but here we are (in my defence, I’m running a fever and barely feel human). The Nerdfighteria: PIH project never ceases to amaze me. So many brilliant people doing brilliant work to solve what looks like one problem. But as Hank said, there’s no problem that’s not connected to other problems. Thank you for the incredible work you two do that allows our community to do the work we do ❤
I am so grateful to be in a position to donate for PIH each month. Thank you for using your influence for good and making us aware of and connected to this awesome organization
I started to tear up when I realised you were going to say that we're starting to see this project influence other districts in need of better maternal care 😭
"progress is never inevitable" was really humbling, it made me feel like all the stuff I've done to participate in supporting these projects was not just worth the end goal but an end in and of itself :) always appreciate the updates
I just starting rewatching vlogbrothers after years away (you know, because of that thing where when you’re a teenager, you suddenly feel that everything you once liked is embarrassing because you are an embarrassing teen, just to find in adulthood that those things were good after all!) and I am beyond thrilled to hear that the dooblydoo is still the dooblydoo
That's a great update from our Board of Directors. Thanks, Director Green. Kidding aside, do we have any forethought or plans on how the local government and the hospital administration will move towards self-sustainability in the many years to come? So I don't want the hospital to only exist and thrive in a time when Nerdfighteria is active; i want it to outlive us all. I was wondering if someone is already planning on that aspect.
I work in health system strengthening for PEPFAR. Just thank you for your work, and explaining the need for thinking about systems and why we need to strengthen them.
And my husband loves the coffee! If he doesn’t go through it fast enough, then my family is more than happy to take any extra bags we have. As a nurse, and as a human, I love the cause and am so happy to contribute in our small way. Thank you Green brothers for using your powers to help others. (Yes, I am now convinced that there is special Green magic 😉😊) 💜💜💜
I am in US Public Health, and some days are pretty rough. This video, and Nerdfighteria overall, gives me hope and brings me true joy. Thank you for any and every part you play in this community!
Reductions in child and maternal mortality also cascade into uncountable other benefits. When you believe your children are going to live, you invest in them more. It's world changing.
A dollar is worthless until you spend it on something with value. Thank you for giving us something where we know if we put our dollar is will have immense value and shining a spotlight on the wonderful work that these orgs are doing!
I'm one of your monthly donors and I just want to say thank you for this video. It feels really good to be thanked for my attention and money and to be reminded that they're helping make this much of a change. And it's nice to see the idea that change is made together through a web of trust and care in action. I'm really proud to be part of this project
I absolutely love these update videos as it makes me feel the money I'm spending is actually doing something useful rather than just lining bureaucrats pockets. Thank you for your long term support and advocacy, and thanks to PIH for their amazing work using the funds to improve systems for the ling term! Edit: I just increased my monthly donation. Seeing the outcomes makes it clear it's a worthy investment to make in the world
I always cry when I watch these videos about the collaboration between nerdfighteria and pih, nothing makes me prouder to be part of this community and nothing makes me feel more hopeful in humanity's capacity to work together to achieve remarkable and wonderful things
Yay teaching hospitals! I have chronic illness and I am incredibly lucky to live by a teaching hospital. In addition to providing more treatment options for people like me, teaching hospitals provide research opportunities to develop community health initiatives to address systemic inequity in the health care industry.
So can we get a limited release coffee mug with that butterfly on it? Even cooler if the one can change colors! Like the coffee cups that the image appears when you pour hot coffee in it.... 😲. Would definitely buy that.
I aspire to do maybe half of the work John and Hank have done for the betterment of our species in my next 20 years. Thank you to this awesome community 💖💕
I’d love to become a part of the Awesome Coffee Club but unfortunately I live in Europe. Astonished by the work and devotion you give to these immensely important causes.
This is such amazing work. Thank you for making this need and PIH visible. My daughter needed the NICU when she was born and she has special needs so we see a lot of doctors. I also now have a twin pregnancy so I'm more high risk. As a person who is privileged and thankful to live in a place with amazing access to services. I'm so glad to support others getting access as well.
Thank you for international shipping! As a fellow mom and nerd I'm so happy to help other moms AND get awesome socks (also one less thing I have to take care of). No more boring socks for me
About 11 years ago, Nerdfighteria provided me with a community at a time when I desperately needed one. That support helped me to reach the position I'm in today, where I'm able to donate monthly to PIH. Never underestimate the power of Nerdfighteria.
John, I am proud to say: doobly-doo (also spelled doobliedoo) is now its official name. TH-cam may not have caught up yet, but let that not deter you from using precise language.
WOO GO NERDFIGHTERIA!!! 👏👏👏 Thank you for the shout out, John, from someone who cannot financially contribute but want to be there in spirit. One day once I've figured out to adult successfully I will be signing up for some of those ankle socks, promise.
Hi. Thanks for making this happen. I can't wait to see the MCOE come to life over the next year. And I'm so proud that we've been able to expand our support to more primary healthcare clinics. But there is still a long way to go, so if you can join our monthly donors to make a one-time donation: pih.org/hankandjohn
2. The Awesome Coffee Club now has a light roast: awesomecoffeeclub.com and the Awesome Socks Club is also still accepting new members: awesomesocks.club
3. If you can donate $2,000 or more to support help PIH build the maternal center of excellence and strengthen the primary healthcare delivery system in Kono, join us at the matching fund: www.pih.org/hankandjohnmatch
4. If you are in Canada, you can donate at pihcanada.org/hankandjohn/
5. More detailed video of where we are financially and how we got here: th-cam.com/video/fpo5KnDnwC0/w-d-xo.html
This is amazing. I am so grateful. -John
I, for one, am proud to say I prefer less mothers dying perinatally!
Can you grow this goatee but then shave your cheeks? I just think you'll look really good like that. Short goatee. Don't go full Spencer.
Hey John, Is there any chance of toe socks becoming a thing in the awesome socks club? my partner can only really wear those because of her toes causing problems by rubbing together but she love the designs and would love to join. Thanks!
I fuckin love this community so much. Best thing that’s ever happened to the internet. John, you can be as modest as you want. You guys, the brothers Green, opened the door for so many who always wanted to help but didn’t know how.
As an agnostic, thank God for this community. And for you.
+
NEVER underestimate Nerdfighteria!! 💖
Nerdfighters are still #4 on Kiva's communities. Hank and John don't even talk about it anymore, but we're still chugging along.
+
+
+
+
This is incredible! A special thanks to you, Vlogbrothers 🙏We are so grateful for the Nerdfighteria community, too, for showing Partners In Health such unwavering support. None of this is possible without you!🧡
🧡🧡🧡 so grateful to you! -John
John, my daughter and I went to sleep chatting about how you and Hank use influence and money for good vs. other folks. I’m so proud of the community you have built. ❤
That's fantastic conversation! I try to have them with my kids (talking about those who are successful and give most of their time and money to charitable causes, such as both of the Green brothers. They really are awesome, as you you, I'm confident. DFTBA friend xx
One of my favorite things about the format of this project is that it shows the power of "servant leadership". We aren't stepping in to fix things for them, we are facilitating them to fix their own system. I look forward to the day (which with the level of progress we seem to be seeing seems closer than I'd expect) that the system no longer needs our support to thrive in what it is supposed to do
THIS. THIS. THIS. Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes to reverse the spiral. I feel so incredibly blessed to see this spiral towards healthy replication of training and provision and equality of access.
absolutely. that's a big reason why i decided to support this project. because it's not just building the necessary infrastructure (as important as that is) but it also provides local training for future staff . it has long term, independent possibilities
Servant leadership is so much more than the initial project too. As John spoke about the first graduate cohort of nurses I was struck with how very much that means for all the little girls in the region not only for their ability to access education, but for their desire to pursue learning because they can now see a cousin from within their community as a leader in health and medicine. Representation matters, and white saviorism robs communities of that representation.
I've never heard the term "servant leadership" before but that's a very nice term to describe it.
YES!
In 3 weeks, my emergency c-section baby will be 1. I was so lucky to have access to the healthcare facilities and team who never made me feel like my emergency c-section was an emergency, I can’t imagine what these women go through and am so glad I’m able to help even a small bit.
*Sees John in suit coat* Well, in approximately three and a half minutes, I will be in tears.
I think about these families so often and I'm so grateful you have given us a way to help. Everyone deserves a safe childhood.
I didn’t even make it 3 and a half minutes😂🥲🥲
I’m not much of a crier, and this crushed me (in a lovely way).
Ooof, accurate though
+
++++
Having seen how difficult births can be in *ideal* circumstances, it's unfathomable for me to imagine how difficult unideal circumstances can be. It's so encouraging to see improvement, and hopefully, through people working together, things will continue to move in that direction. Thanks for continuing to bring attention to this, Green brothers!
yes!
My husband and I got involved with this project several years ago, but after our son was born via c-section, it's even closer to our hearts. Even with excellent care and every privilege, that was one of the scariest days of my life! I'm proud that nerdfighteria is partnering to bring that same life-saving care to other families who need it.
@@catherinecase1142 im already crying from the video and knowing you and your husband are involved together is so sweet and cute!! :( and i hope your son is doing well! :D
Never underestimate nerdfighteria
Something I love about this project: it's really easy to get distracted and overwhelmed by all the problems in the world. But by focusing in on one specific, attainable project, real and measurable good can be done in the world. Things like "fight global poverty" are massive, nebulous, overwhelming goals. But "improve this one hospital in this one underserved community to get infant and maternal mortality in that community under control" is a goal where significant progress can be made in just a few years. And if we just choose one project at a time to work on, one manageable bite at a time, we can gradually chip away at the world-suck. Today it's maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. Perhaps tomorrow it will be a fund to support schools in some other country, or modernizing agriculture to fight food insecurity in a third. One chip at a time, until everyone can live the healthy, happy lives they deserve
It's really interesting to look back at early vlogbrothers videos where they talk about how hard it is to make a difference, and how to figure out where and how to help, and see the journey to them honing in on this one specific charity, one specific region and one specific issue. If everyone as successful as the Greens turned themselves and their communities to a different issue, a different place, a different charity, we could do an awful lot in the world very quickly!
+
It almost feels kind of random that there's some town on the other side of the world we've decided to care about. Because even though we have no personal connection to it, we know that the people over there are just as important as our own communities.
So well put together 😄
Random heads up you wrote “undeserved” instead of “underserved” love the comment just want to let you know lol
Never stop calling it the Dooblie-doo, John!
+
+
+
This is why you, Hank and the whole community are the most amazingly kind and caring people in this entire platform. Alone we can do little but together we can do a lot! Let this remind us all the power we have when we come together for change.
As someone currently living in Sierra Leone always love to hear updates on the project! Don't think people appreciate how important consistent funding is to projects like this
(also John to avoid a hectare situation, I hear Kalihaun pronounced like kai-lawn not kai-loon)
++
I've been a nerdfighter since 2009, when I was 16 years old. It's been such a joy to see this community grow into a massive force for good in the world. I haven't had a stable income until very recently and wasn't able to directly support the cause, but I've always told myself that when I no longer worried about paying all my bills each month, I would sign up to be a monthly donor, and today was that day! So proud to join in the good fight
Every time you do an update on this I am so proud to be a nerd fighter. And truly the coffee and sock subscriptions have made my evangelizing about these projects so much easier. I’ve gotten 3 people to donate, but I’ve gotten another 14 to get on those subscriptions. Together we’re gonna leave this world a little better than we found it! I love all you nerd fighters, thanks for making this community so wonderful ❤
Thank you to all fellow members of Nerdfightaria! It feels good to be able to make a meaningful difference in this world. Rock on! DFTBA😁
what does DFTBA mean? not a regular here- am a visitor from the recommendations page :D
@@flowercities it means “Don’t Forget to be Awesome” :)
Amazing! Exceptional projects like this keep my faith in humanity alive
*sobbing* The coffees are named after BUTTERFLIES?
Something I really appreciate about Hank and John is that I never leave their videos feeling hopeless
I’m currently applying to graduate school for medical anthropology so I can do work like this and I honestly don’t think I would have realized it was a thing I could do without this community. I’m so happy I grew up watching you guys and hopefully I can help to improve our world as you all do!
Oh cool! I’m looking at a similar program that combines medical anthropology and social psychology
I had never thought the words medical and anthropology could be combined like that, and I am delighted to learn this news!
@@Kazemba anthropology can be applied so many places, hopefully as we continue more and more important fields will realize the importance of a human perspective
if your intersted in this I would look up some "Lab Ethnographys" they're really interesting; I had a professor once who did one in an observatory in Slovakia and had some cool insight on post-communism scientific culture (like the fact their gender ratio in the scientific comunity is way less skewed than in the US but gender roles still remain quite traditional in other respects)
Watching this with my toddler on my lap crying with empathy for those moms who now can keep so many more of their babies, and wondering why I don’t give more
I like to think that the work that groups like PIH do is part of the reason why we've gotten to 8 BILLION people. Keeping young people alive and healthy will have positive ripple-effects for generations to come.
as a person that had to have two c-sections one emergency I tear up every time, you cover this and I have never been happier to buy coffee and socks. if you guys figured out how to do toothpaste I buy it or any staple for that matter
Quite often when I'm scooping ice into my water bottle, or filling it with the filtered water out of my fridge, I remember just how privileged I am to be able to get clean water out of my faucet and how privileged I am to not have to worry about the water containing something that will make me sick.
I love videos like this. Continuous effort over a long period of time from a group of people is one of the strongest forces on the planet. You are more powerful than you know. Hope everyone has a good Tuesday!
Thanks for the update!
I remember the video three years ago where you announced the partnership: I cried at the potential good Nerdfighteria could do in this world.
Now here you are in a suit again with an update: And I'm crying both at the good Nerdfighteria has done, but at the potential good we can STILL do going forward.
Never underestimate Nerdfighteria.
DFTBA.
Apparently I'm having tears with my breakfast this morning. I'm so proud of you and Nerdfighteria! As you said, there is so much left to do, but I love seeing this movement in the right direction. Thanks for leading this charge, John. You did not forget to be awesome. We talk sometimes about legacy and about being remembered after we're gone. I don't know who of us will be remembered after we're gone, but I know that there will be people alive after you and I are gone who would have died - or never have lived at all - because of this charge you led, because of the work of PIH that you've helped fund. However long you're remembered, that's an incredible, lasting legacy worth being proud of.
Grateful for this community
Thank Christ for the hope to do more.
This is wonderful news
I work on healthcare advocacy in a low income country (nothing as massive as this project ofc!) so I'm very aware that health systems and the issues they face are incredibly complicated. As John mentioned, these issues are so deeply entwined with others that it is kind of impossible to make fast change. I used to get very dishearted about this, but now I can recognise and appreciate small wins. So I'm over the moon to see that the centre is doing so well and the work is expanding to help more people!
Thank you for your generous work
Thanks for this perspective. When John said (paraphrasing) "When we started this, 1 in 17 women could expect to die in pregnancy or childbirth - today it is 1 in 20" my first thought was "J**** Ch**t what is going to take?" After all that work this is the improvement? I appreciate you stating "but now I can recognize and appreciate small wins" because I feel if I were leading the cause as John does, I would be frustrated with the results as they stand today. Maybe we should be frustrated - maybe it will make us all the more eager to do more. Finally, maybe with the help of your perspective, I should feel some appreciation in the results so far, with hope that it will only get better from here.
@@BillCoury-N8UUP you have to keep it in perspective too though... Sierra Leone averaged about 400,000 pregnancies a year in the latter half of the 2010s. That means it used to be 23,500 women dying annual from childbirth to 20,000. Which obviously is still WAY too many, but for those 3,500 women who are alive now, it's more than a small win.
HELL YEAH HE’S WEARING A SUIT THAT MEANS IT’S PIH UPDATE TIME.
This project is the best $8/month I’ve ever spent. Does PIH have any published articles/books on how to do this… everywhere? How to practically apply their philosophies and principals in the world of medicine today? I’d love to copy their techniques to help reduce healthcare inequality where I live someday.
always cry when you make videos about PIH... my socks get compliments all the time and it makes me so happy to explain where to get the socks and the cause that it supports
Great news John, and side note, I do love the subtle thing you do in these videos where you throw on a blazer when it's an important topic - it's a lowkey style move that conveys "I'm here talking as a grownup today" and it's not gone unnoticed. John in a blazer? Time to perk up and pay attention, he's got something important to say today. Classic.
I'm so proud of all of everyone involved and so honoured to play even a small part in this wonderful project.
So proud to be a Nerdfighter and Awesome Socks club member (I’m wearing a pair right now!) 😀
Fewer than one in twenty. Never has a number been so inspiring, nor seemed like such a tragedy. Looking forward to the day we can say "Fewer than one in thirty" and on and on! DFTBA!
I am so proud and so honoured to be apart of Nerdfighteria
NEVER underestimate Nerdfightaria 🖤
I love this community so much, I’m so glad to be a part of it
I’m so proud to be a teeny, tiny part of this. As a former NICU nurse, my life’s work was in maternal-child health.
Staff, Space, Stuff, and Systems! Always a good refrain to repeat.
As someone who had an emergency c section, I was happy to give.
Thank you for bringing us into work so meaningful.
After struggling to keep a job during the pandemic, I've been able to not only join the coffee club, but rejoin the awesome socks club. I'm so excited.
If I did the math right, the difference between 1/17 and 1/20 people is nearly 20,000 people a year. That is amazing
It isn't a yearly number; it's the number of people who will die during pregnancy or childbirth at some point. Still, the difference between 5.9% and 5.0% is significant, and it keeps getting better! In the US, the maternal mortality rate is MUCH lower, but it has more than doubled in the past 20 years. Seeing one of the richest countries in the world do so much worse makes it even more astonishing that one of the poorest countries is making rapid improvement during the same time frame.
As I am a student, I really can't afford to donate to healthcare charity.
But I will give money to charity when I earn enough to make a living.
Please take good care of yourself. It's hard when we want to help and can't, but shifting the problem (from someone else's lack to your own lack) isn't a solution. Best wishes to you!
As John often says, your attention is valuable. Paying attention matters, sharing to help get other people's attention matters, watching the full video to tell the algorithm this is good matters. I was one of those people who felt I had to give money even while I was living in poverty, and all that did was keep me in poverty far longer. This is a situation where you need to put your own oxygen mask on before you help others with theirs.
Never have I been so proud to be a Nerdfighter :)
Thank you John. Thank you Hank. Thank you everyone who's here watching and commenting. Especially thank you to everyone who uses the money raised. I couldn't do any of these things myself but now I get to help and it's so easy. Thank you so much to everyone who made this happen.
I love the fact that Nerdfighteria continues to be awesome!
I just bought my whole family awesome socks for Christmas!
Mr. Green (of the John variety),
I hope this message makes it to you in good health. I write to tell you that your words via vlog brothers and other mediums have been a great comfort to me over the past few years.
They have guided me through the harrowing journey of becoming more of a real person that is your early 20s.
I have had many a comfort book, movie, TV show, or song; but The Anthropocene Reviewed is my one and only comfort podcast.
All the best.
I didn’t know I’d cry at a Vlogbrother’s video this morning, but here we are (in my defence, I’m running a fever and barely feel human). The Nerdfighteria: PIH project never ceases to amaze me. So many brilliant people doing brilliant work to solve what looks like one problem. But as Hank said, there’s no problem that’s not connected to other problems. Thank you for the incredible work you two do that allows our community to do the work we do ❤
I am so grateful to be in a position to donate for PIH each month. Thank you for using your influence for good and making us aware of and connected to this awesome organization
I started to tear up when I realised you were going to say that we're starting to see this project influence other districts in need of better maternal care 😭
Unsexy infrastructure work is so underappreciated in our society. Physical, IT, and organisational/planning.
So underappreciated. Nothing works if the systems don't work! -John
"progress is never inevitable" was really humbling, it made me feel like all the stuff I've done to participate in supporting these projects was not just worth the end goal but an end in and of itself :) always appreciate the updates
Woo! Love being able to do good stuff together ❤
I just starting rewatching vlogbrothers after years away (you know, because of that thing where when you’re a teenager, you suddenly feel that everything you once liked is embarrassing because you are an embarrassing teen, just to find in adulthood that those things were good after all!) and I am beyond thrilled to hear that the dooblydoo is still the dooblydoo
That's a great update from our Board of Directors. Thanks, Director Green.
Kidding aside, do we have any forethought or plans on how the local government and the hospital administration will move towards self-sustainability in the many years to come? So I don't want the hospital to only exist and thrive in a time when Nerdfighteria is active; i want it to outlive us all. I was wondering if someone is already planning on that aspect.
I hope more TH-camrs with communities are inspired to do things like this!
What an honor to be a part of this shared community.
This community never fails to make me proud.
I work in health system strengthening for PEPFAR. Just thank you for your work, and explaining the need for thinking about systems and why we need to strengthen them.
And my husband loves the coffee! If he doesn’t go through it fast enough, then my family is more than happy to take any extra bags we have. As a nurse, and as a human, I love the cause and am so happy to contribute in our small way. Thank you Green brothers for using your powers to help others. (Yes, I am now convinced that there is special Green magic 😉😊) 💜💜💜
Much congratulations to the group of people who have just done some of their training at that hospital. I hope we continue to make progress.
I am in US Public Health, and some days are pretty rough. This video, and Nerdfighteria overall, gives me hope and brings me true joy.
Thank you for any and every part you play in this community!
Grateful for this community and its commitment to caring.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LIGHT ROAST FOR SO LONG
Reductions in child and maternal mortality also cascade into uncountable other benefits. When you believe your children are going to live, you invest in them more. It's world changing.
Thank you for caring about these issues ❤ Keep us updated, it’s so great to hear about decreasing the world suck
A dollar is worthless until you spend it on something with value. Thank you for giving us something where we know if we put our dollar is will have immense value and shining a spotlight on the wonderful work that these orgs are doing!
This project and your update videos about it are the thing with feathers. Thanks so much John and nerdfighteria ♥️
Thank YOU for all that you do, John. YOU are making a difference in this world.
I'm one of your monthly donors and I just want to say thank you for this video. It feels really good to be thanked for my attention and money and to be reminded that they're helping make this much of a change. And it's nice to see the idea that change is made together through a web of trust and care in action. I'm really proud to be part of this project
I absolutely love these update videos as it makes me feel the money I'm spending is actually doing something useful rather than just lining bureaucrats pockets. Thank you for your long term support and advocacy, and thanks to PIH for their amazing work using the funds to improve systems for the ling term!
Edit: I just increased my monthly donation. Seeing the outcomes makes it clear it's a worthy investment to make in the world
I always cry when I watch these videos about the collaboration between nerdfighteria and pih, nothing makes me prouder to be part of this community and nothing makes me feel more hopeful in humanity's capacity to work together to achieve remarkable and wonderful things
We are so lucky to have someone like John making videos for us every week.
My daughter’s name is Octavia! What a wonderful surprise! I may get the subscription just because of that! 😊
Yay teaching hospitals! I have chronic illness and I am incredibly lucky to live by a teaching hospital. In addition to providing more treatment options for people like me, teaching hospitals provide research opportunities to develop community health initiatives to address systemic inequity in the health care industry.
So can we get a limited release coffee mug with that butterfly on it? Even cooler if the one can change colors! Like the coffee cups that the image appears when you pour hot coffee in it.... 😲. Would definitely buy that.
Your commitment is applaudable
I aspire to do maybe half of the work John and Hank have done for the betterment of our species in my next 20 years. Thank you to this awesome community 💖💕
Thank you for the fancy coffee person ☕ and for being awesome.
I’d love to become a part of the Awesome Coffee Club but unfortunately I live in Europe. Astonished by the work and devotion you give to these immensely important causes.
Today on another episode of John makes us cry happy tears 😭💜
Did anyone else look right into John's eyes the entire video. So engaging!!
These updates bring me immense joy
This is such amazing work. Thank you for making this need and PIH visible.
My daughter needed the NICU when she was born and she has special needs so we see a lot of doctors. I also now have a twin pregnancy so I'm more high risk. As a person who is privileged and thankful to live in a place with amazing access to services. I'm so glad to support others getting access as well.
staff, space, stuff and systems.
I'm so excited! The one thing I said when I got the Awesome Coffee Club coffee was that it was delicious but I wish they had blonde roast!
My cat's name is Calypso! If I wasn't sold already on the cause, I have to get the coffee now! Thanks John
OMG, WE ARE SO POWERFUL, I FEEL SO HOPEFUL. YOUR VIDEOS MAKE MY ANXIETY GO AWAY, THANK YOU
Thank you for international shipping! As a fellow mom and nerd I'm so happy to help other moms AND get awesome socks (also one less thing I have to take care of). No more boring socks for me
About 11 years ago, Nerdfighteria provided me with a community at a time when I desperately needed one.
That support helped me to reach the position I'm in today, where I'm able to donate monthly to PIH.
Never underestimate the power of Nerdfighteria.
I still wear my socks everyday a year after getting the subscription!
My monthly donation is one of my proudest things ❤
John, I am proud to say: doobly-doo (also spelled doobliedoo) is now its official name. TH-cam may not have caught up yet, but let that not deter you from using precise language.
Yes! Dooblydoo forever!
WOO GO NERDFIGHTERIA!!! 👏👏👏 Thank you for the shout out, John, from someone who cannot financially contribute but want to be there in spirit. One day once I've figured out to adult successfully I will be signing up for some of those ankle socks, promise.
Thank you for making a one-time purchase option -- that way I can send it to my coffee snob friends! Holiday shopping made even easier.