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- Published on Jun 21, 2025
- In which John shares some extremely good news six years into our community's effort to improve maternal and child health in Sierra Leone.
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I'm so grateful to everyone who has gotten us to the critical moment, and so excited to see quality of care continue to improve in Kono and beyond! -John
I wish you two bros were President and VP back in 2017
I'm so happy
This is wonderful news indeed ❤
Be aware that Republicans WILL co-opt this project as an example that "See?? We can stop all government funding of hospitals and health care! Privatizing health care is _good,_ actually!"
You absolutely NEED to have a counter-message for that.
Yeah because more human beings is what the world needs....NOT
A baby conceived today in Sierra Leone will now have the best chance in history of getting to know and love their mother in person, and I think that's truly the best. Thanks, John, and thanks everyone else, too.
The way you've worded this comment actually made me cry what a beautiful way to think about it
I wonder how many of those babies will grow up to become midwives and nurses and doctors and ambulance drivers and keep those infant and maternal mortality rates go down even further and stay down for good
To see the shift from 1in 17 to 1 in 74 *BEFORE THE CENTER HAS EVEN OPENED* is absolutely magical. I'm proud of this community and I love my socks and tea too. John and Hank, I unabashedly love you both, along with all of Nerdfighteria and The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health.
Agreed. Well done to everyone working on this!
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I'm hungry for good news, John. Thank you for feeding me.
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Your hungry comment is delightfully punctuated with your profile pic! It made me chuckle. So, thank you! I hope you have a wonderful day!
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🍴There's no news like good news. And I would know. 📰
@@WaltCronkiteGHOST!
The idea of women construction workers building a hospital for women and babies is making me emotional. Love the video.
Plus the work experience they gained will probably make such a difference in helping them find more jobs to continue supporting themselves and their own families and loved ones! Good news feels so amazing.
To go from 1 in 17 to 1 in 74 is such a public health win. As someone who works in this field for the US, this is so significant in changing lives and keeping families healthy together. Congratulations everyone involved!! I can't wait to see the work continue
this number is based on some quick math using world factbook data, but that's ~12000 less deaths per year, in a country with a population of ~9 million
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"We solve the problems we pay attention to" should be a t-shirt.
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10/10 would buy
I’d buy that.
New shirt to make more funds for the project and bring more attention!
Would definitely buy this t-shirt 💙
My reaction: “the best news is usually about babies, I feel like John isn’t having another baby…..oh look! We helped save thousands of mothers and babies!!!!”
Yep, math checks out. Thousands of mothers and babies must be thousands of times better news than one baby.
I think this opening date in January needs to become an official Nerdfighteria holiday! Edit: Oooh, maybe we could call it ATTENTION DAY
I second this
@@NonsensicalNautilus I third!
commenting to give this idea more...well, attention!
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John -- one of your videos about PIH from at least 5 years ago made me decide to completely change my career path from engineering and instead pursue a degree in Medical Anthropology just like Paul Farmer. In four days, I will be graduating from the University of Virginia with a degree in Medical Anthropology in large thanks to you and your work to make Dr. Farmer's story more well-known. Thank you John and may Paul's work continue to inspire us all.
Congrats on your degree! 🎉 That's awesome that you were inspired to pursue such a meaningful path.
Early graduation congratulations! Thanks for pursuing medical anthropology!
Congratulations from Hank and John’s mom😊
Congratulations!! I love this!
!!!! That's incredible!! Congratulations! Here's to doing hard things with friends.
Getting teary eyed watching this on a park bench! I was a freshman in college when that first video in 2019 came out and am now halfway through my masters in public health. So grateful there are so many people committed to making long term commitments 💙
Thank you for pursuing a career in public health! We need you more than ever
Same! When that video came out I was a freshman in college studying anthropology and psychology. Now in 2025, three college degrees later, I watched this video while at my job where I work as an epidemiologist for my city. I would be lying if I said that video and this project didn’t change the direction of my life and lead me to the important work I get to do today. Grateful to know that others are here with me doing this job every single day 💛
@@almosteverydoor and op this is so damn beautiful ❤️😭❤️
I had no idea the construction workers were mostly women - that is amazing.
John talked with some of them in this video: ruclips.net/video/yA3QKEmAULQ/video.html
I love that women are involved in this process at all levels. ❤
Because I'm a retired plumber, my favorite thing about building the center for excellence is that 60% of the construction workers on that job site are women! Cause in the US, I've never worked a job site where more that 1% or 2% were women.
And she who hath a trade, hath an estate
my favorite part about that is how many of those women were like "well we're gonna have our kids here so we're gonna help build it and make sure it's good" and that is a whole vibe. I wish them all prosperous estates (and lots of good health)!
Are you a woman?
Here years ago there was a woman that spoke to Girl Scouts (a long time ago now) about trades at a career thing a lot time ago.
Apparently one of the things really lacking in a lot of volunteer programs to help lower income people was plumbers. They had people that could do basic household repair and drywall lay floors etc but I guess plumbing just is more of a niche and therefore she was saying a lot of people with mental illness like hoarders or just extreme poverty may move somewhere with working plumbing/water etc but if something happens to it they don’t tend to have the resources to get it fixed and resort to rudimentary and unsanitary bathroom habits etc. and access to showering and even kitchen cooking etc. it was really sad and not something I was aware of. I wonder if is still an issue as much in the US now as I suspect it was. I didn’t realize that plumbing knowledge tends to be so specialized and so unobtainable for so many…
so it's a woman thing then
@@CCtaylorxx Why would it matter to celebrate a good thing and drawing attention to a good thing?
From *1 in 17* to *1 in 74* _(achieved!)_
From *1 in 74* to *1 in 322*
From *1 in 322* to *1 in 1,400* (on par with Brazil)
From *1 in 1,400* to *1 in 6,100* (on par with Egypt)
From *1 in 6,100* to *1 in 26,000* (on par with Germany)
This is how real progress is made, with dedication and focus, a little bit at a time, over time. And with that dedication and focus, the seemingly-impossible truly can become possible.
Congratulations on reaching the starting line! Now we get to see how far we can go from here...
What's 1 in 322?
@@Kazemba I was wondering this too, but then I figured it out. Going from 1 in 17 to 1 in 74 is a reduction of 4.35 times. Another 4.35 times reduction gets you to 1 in 322.
"Change can happen. The world can get better." It is so awesome to see such an important project reach a major milestone. I love that our silly projects can do so much good!
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Absolutely agree! We need more Green Brothers and projects like these. The world can be a better place if enough people help make change. 💜✊
When this project started, I had no children and in the time since I have given birth twice. Both deliveries were relatively low risk, but both resulted in a C-section delivery. The reality that me and both my children are alive today because of our access to safe and high quality maternity care makes the progression of this project hit so much closer to home than it did 6 years ago. Giving birth is a dangerous and vulnerable process even in the best circumstances, and every woman deserves a safe and comfortable environment to bring their babies into the world. Thank you for working to give them that opportunity.
This is my exact situation! No children when my husband and I first started supporting this project. Two c-section deliveries since then 💙💙 I’m so glad your children made it safely to your arms, and I pray many more families in Sierra Leone will know the same blessing.
I also now have 2 babies, both were c sections. Every pregnant woman should have access to the care that is needed to safely bring her baby into the world.
One baby since then, two by the time the Maternal Center for Excellence opens (my second is due August 30!) Uncomplicated delivery with baby 1 but the pregnancy was high risk (circumvallate placenta and some other issues - baby was measuring 5th percentile at one point) and I had to be readmitted to the hospital after she was born due to a postpartum preeclampsia risk. Monitoring for both baby and me was essential before and after birth, and that is something everyone should have access to!
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@maymorning8504 that sounds so scary! So glad baby 1 made it here safely. And congratulations on baby 2, my second was born on 8/30 of last year!
The idea of being in active labor and having to get on a MOTORBIKE because you urgently need a c section… I got flashbacks, and I don’t think I would have been strong enough. And that’s only a part of it
'and we're just getting started' sounded like a threat and I like it
1:59 dude that’s amazing!
That little thumbs up button just doesn't cover how much I like this. Congratulations and well done to all involved. And thank you for being wonderful humans.
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"...the greatest accomplishment in the 18 year history of this strange and lovely little RUclips channel." ... So far.
I don't know, taking on J&J was pretty fun too
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John, you made me cry, again! I had two complicated deliveries. In the first, I almost bled out, but, I had a world class OB doctor and he saved me after I had said goodbye to my daughter, who is now 38. The second time, my next daughter got caught in the birth canal. She almost died. Those terrible minutes waiting to hear her cry were the longest of my life. That same OB saved her. I live in the US but in my youth I traveled the world. Many areas had no health care available. Others had hospitals that were mud huts. To see the new hospital and hear of the astounding results makes my heart soar. Everyone who helped support this effort should be in the rank of hero.
This: “I would say it was simple, but it’s not.” This is everything. Thank you John for using your platforms for good, especially now.
In 2019 I learned about the MCOE while holding my first baby, sobbing when I realized how easy it would have been for me to die in childbirth (complicated delivery). The fact that I didn't is luck of the draw for the circumstances in life I have. That's when I went all in on this. Now I can sit here with my third baby (3fast3furious) filled with the joy that we are making a difference and collaborating effectively. 🎉 I'm in on the MCOE for good!
Family
It’s crazy that this all happened because 2 brothers in 2007 decided to get to know each other better by eating a whole lot of peeps and blenderizing happy meals. I love this community
Water is most refreshing in a drought. Thank you so much for helping us help, John!
NOT CLICKBAIT THIS REALLY IS THE BEST NEWS!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I've been thinking recently about how a lot of charity ends up being a bandaid to different situations, but this kind of work is important: SUSTAINABLE change that will help many generations to come.
That's great news, John! Thanks to all involved!
hi John :) and hopefully Hank too!
we're talking about diseases in my environmental science class and I thought you would like to know that my teacher mentioned tuberculosis and said "it's very topical right now, John Green just published a book about tuberculosis which you can find in our school library"
not only that, but we're making a project on an emerging or reemerging disease and I thought to make mine on tuberculosis because of you.
Thank you for all you do! You two have both influenced and educated so much so please continue for as long as you safely can :)
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Me, before clicking on this video: this is going to make me cry, isn't it.
Me, after clicking on this video: choking back tears in the office because I'm so damn proud of this community
I have tissues if you need them!
Also choking back tears in the office during my lunch break! ❤
This level of attention and dedication to something designed to protect specifically women's health makes me want to cry. Women's health his historically been so undervalued in the medical field and more generally. Thank you for the work you've done. Happy and proud member of the awesome socks club here.
January is just eight months away. The mother whose life is saved at the Maternal Centre of Excellence is already bearing the child whose life is begun at the Maternal Centre of Excellence. I wish them all the very, very best of luck.
This is astonishingly good. Thank you, John, and thank you Hank, and thank you everyone else too. And thank you John again for really, really brightening a dark time for me right now.
(Edited for grammar.)
Well this is the comment that made me tear up 🥹 I’m so happy to play the tiniest part in the life of that momma and baby. Nerdfighteria brings me so many different kinds of joy 💜
Oh gosh, now I'm crying
@@clockwardkailleach Oof this gave me chills! Good luck, little ones! We may be far away but we’re paying attention and wishing you a safe arrival! ❤️
What strikes me about this whole thing is the amount of money it took. What, $40 million? It's a lot of money for a person, no doubt. It's a pittance compared to the lives saved. I'm glad to have put in my bit and have no intention of pulling out now.
Thinking about it, that's probably less than what trump's trips to mar-a-lago have cost US taxpayers. Definitely less than what elon has cost.
We need more people to understand perspective/priorities.
Thank you for being a regular donor. People here and the community are amazing. 💜
Yeah, I wonder how many individuals have been part of the fundraising. I've got to guess mid to high five figures. It's an impressive grass roots thing we've pulled off.
True, love your username btw
My city spend 1 million euros for one safer intersection. So yeah 40 million is pretty good value.
Michael Bloomberg's failed 2016 presidential campaign could have paid for it several times over.
Great news in a depressing and hopeless news environment. Thank you, Hank and John.
I have been listening to John excitedly yap about this hospital for years and it’s finally coming to completion. I am filled with excitement about the idea that he won’t stop yapping about it in the future. When I say yap I say it with love.
This brought me to tears! Shortly after giving birth to my baby, I had a severe hemorrhage. While in shock, I remember just one lucid thought. I saw past the medical team to my husband and newborn in the corner, and I wondered if they'd have to leave the hospital without me. I'm so grateful for the experts who saved my life and allowed me to know my baby girl. My heart is so full knowing that more woman can be there to love and hold their little ones.
I’m sitting here 38 weeks pregnant weeping. This is just so wonderful.
It really is wonderful. Also wishing you and your tiny human a smooth, seamless, un-complicated and healthy delivery.
Yes, it truly is. It's been a legal age since I delivered my youngest, but I know this news hits deeper for you.
I hope your labor and delivery go smoothly for you and your tiny one, a very lucky one at that to have a nerdfighteria mom!
Godspeed to you and your family!🫶
Sending you smooth and uncomplicated delivery vibes!
@ thank you! Any day now.
Also pregnant, also cried when I watched this video. (crying again reading the comments)
3:05 the look on your face and your smile- just shining excitement!!!
I want you to know how much this means as a black American woman where here we are 4x more likely to die in childbirth than our white counterparts, I cannot imagine what this means to black mothers and their babies in Sierra Leone 🥹 this is an incredible achievement John, well done 👏🏾👏🏾
We absolutely have to work on this here at home, too.
The absolute joy on John's face when he announces that the care center will be opening soon. Wonderful to see.
It's nice to be crying because of something positive in this world. Thank you for always reminding us that unified compassion is powerful.
You mentioned 60% reduction in mortality rate, which correct. But to me the inverse of that sounds much more impactful: You are almost 5 times more likely to survive child birth than before. 5x.
How does 60% become 5?
That math doesn't check out at all. Sorry, but 60% less is not almost 5 times less of the opposite.
@@columbus8myhw It's just over 4 times
@@columbus8myhw 1/17 to 1/74 is a 4.35x reduction in the death rate. I think John got his math wrong because a 60% reduction from 1/17 would be 1/43. 1/17 to 1/74 is a 77% reduction, not 60%.
@vikurtz he said "over 60%".
That 2019 video, the work with Partners in Health, and Life’s Library assigning the book Mountains Beyond Mountains in 2020 literally changed the direction of my whole life. I was in college studying psychology and anthropology when that video came out. I ended up switching fields after undergrad, going on to get my Master’s in public health, and I watched this video on my lunch break from my job where I work as an epidemiologist. I genuinely wouldn’t be here if not for this project and this community. Thank you for inspiring me to do this essential work - I am so proud of all of us.
Thank you for doing that essential work!!!
Congratulations and thank you for all you do!
No bc one month ago exactly i tried to not exist anymore and i would have missed that news... i'm sobbing, it fills my heart with hope.
I’m so glad you are still here ❤
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Glad you got to hear the news friend ❤️
So happy you're here for this! Hope you're staying for a long, long time - All the best!
Well you got a stay around to see the hospital finish construction. And of course you gotta be here for when it opens.
While I know this is the result of hard work from hundreds of people whose names I will never have the honor of knowing, I do think it's worth saying that you are a light in dark times John Green. This announcement brought me to tears, so incredible!
I dont have the words to properly express how much this means to me as a Nerdfighter of over ten years. But I do want the alogitithim to show engagement, cause that's the world we live in. So here ya go! (He types while sobbing on his lunchbreak)
i cannot emphasize enough two things:
1) the impressiveness and compassion of this act. it is not enough, but only because nothing is ever really 'enough' when it comes to acts of generosity and compassion. i hardly need to tell anyone that has had the pleasure of going to sierra leone that it, like so many other places on the africa continent, is a place that is too often forgotten. colonization came and took what it wanted and left a tremendous amount of damage and trauma behind. acts like this are how decolonization is best done, IMHO
2) the need to underscore John's point about support not ending after the red ribbon is cut. the construction of the building and training of initial staff must be the beginning of a long and probably challenging journey, not the end of it. getting it built is only a small fraction of the cost of running it, especially if it is to be run as a world-class facility
Back in 2009, here in the USA, my son was stillborn, and I nearly died, from preeclampsia. As soon as my husband found out about The Awesome Sock Club, he bought me a subscription. I now almost exclusively wear ASC socks, and every day that I put them on, I remember my son, and I rejoice to think that my crazy sock obsession is helping mothers and babies survive childbirth in Sierra Leone. And it helps, so much. Thank you ALL, PIH, Nerdfighteria, donors, government organizations, EVERYONE, for making this possible. I love you all. ❤️
😭 1 in 74 made me cry. I love this. My family has kept our attention with the mothers and families of Sierra Leone this whole ride. It became even more important to us when me and my youngest needed an emergency C section and we knew that every family deserved this kind of care. This is stunning.
Not only do I get awesome tea delivered monthly, but it goes to a cause that makes me cry the good tears every time John comes on to tell us these things.
I have a friend who’s sister lives remote in Canada and had to take a sled 45 minutes across tundra when her kids broke their arms to get to the hospital, so I have already put a bit of thought into access to healthcare, but wow on a motorbike needing an emergency c section is such a strong visual
Likely not on a paved road, either!
John I had to cancel subscriptions because I got laid off, but I promise I'll come back once I'm back to working
Thank you for making responsible financial decisions, and for contributing what you could to this project! We're glad you're here with us!
Many of us in the same boat! Sending good interview energy!
Nice to see many working people donating to this, I thought it’d be a good outlet for consciences wealthy people
This is such beautiful news. I didn't have a baby in 2019 but I remember listening to your account of women in need of a c-section having to ride on the back of a motorbike and just crying at how desperate it must feel to be in that kind of situation. My husband and I have been monthly donors since then, and every Christmas we ask for donations to PIH from family, and now I'm sat here with my 2 year old crying all over again, but this time for the joy of knowing the difference this community has helped to make. So grateful for all the people working together to make this happen.
When I got laid off last year, I canceled every unnecessary monthly service. No more Patreon, no more Netflix. Spotify was probably the hardest to give up. But I couldn't really call the MCOE "unnecessary," and I couldn't have been happier to forage for that money in my couch cushions every month. Here's to new beginnings!
I love the sentiment, but a catch phrase of Nerdfighteria is "make responsible financial decisions" so please take care of yourself too!
@@minimarker3 You are correct! I was sorta kinda in the budget? I just ate out less really.
Worried over streaming being a money muncher?
Try downloading you music as MP3s, WAV, FLACs, and OGGs! Every phone and computer from the early 2000s to today has support for that kind of thing.
Better yet, there's no ads and, while it does take up some storage space, audio is tiny; my entire 24+ hour collection fits in just under a gigabyte, and most of that is lossless quality; throw in some FLAC compression and it'll be even smaller.
Worried about syncing your stuff between devices? No problem! Use Google Drive or something. Yes, free storage is quite small - only 15 gigabytes - but audio is smaller. You will be fine.
Oh yeah, and that's if we're talking about Windows to Android - two completely different and disconnected systems. On a Mac and iPhone it's even easier; there's _built-in_ support for syncing your data, and you don't need any cloud stuff to do it!
As for obtaining the audio, it's also pretty easy. Get yt-dlp for free stuff (Bandcamp, SoundCloud, RUclips) and reserve the shady websites for whatever yt-dlp won't download (like Spotify).
Is someone cutting onions in here? I'm so proud of us all.
im bawling my eyes out over here 😭
This is phenomenal, I went to Sierra Leone last year with Mercy Ships and I dont know if I would have been brave enough to do that without you and this community. ❤❤
glad my charity socks help save women and babies from suffering
There was a lot of gobsmacking information in this video, but the most shocking thing was hearing the news that 2019 was 6 years ago...
Yea that can't be true. 6 years ago was like 2014 I'm pretty sure
@@timothyshoup5044Definitely 1994 for me
@@timothyshoup5044 That checks out b/c time stopped in 2020.
Nerdfighteria doesn't cut healthcare funding, we stick with it for the long haul.
Yes! Nerdfighteria and people like it are the ones fighting for people and meaningful change on this long haul.
Thank you. This is good news.
I've been donating $50/month all these years, but fearless leader cost me my job, and I had to stop giving in March.
I'm sorry you lost your job. You are still giving your attention and that matters
And thank you for all that you have given already and will continue to, monetary and otherwise!
It's ok. We also had to pause for a gap in employment. We are all doing what we can, when we can, and it has still added up to enough to reach this far. Hoping something new comes through for you soon!
Thank you for donating my money.
The fact that you're one of the ones cut means you must've been doing some good work, helping things run, making life better for others. I hope that you can find something soon that's fit to your purpose.
After what he and his lackeys have done, the amount of real harm they've caused to lives and necessary institutions, I will never take for granted our federal employees, even support staff are vital to accomplishing the tasks.
Godspeed, friend!
Awesome news. This put a smile on my face. As you said, this facility is supported by the other improvements in healthcare, living conditions and education of the area. It is something that provides many other benefits. The more survival rates help more children to reach adult age which helps their economy and can grow their society as a whole. Providing people who will be the next generation of Doctors, Nurses, Teachers and Engineers. Well done Sierra Leone!
The MCOE makes me so so happy when I think about it. Such an incredible achievement and a testament of what can happen when so many people care and put their energy towards a problem and don’t just accept that things have to always be the way they have been.
Congratulations to everyone who helped make this happen!! ❤❤
The best of news in a much needed time. Well done!!
Amazing progress! When this project started, it struck a chord because my sister needed two C-sections to save the lives of her babies, and it's unbelievable that that would have been a death sentence in Sierra Leone. Now I've given birth to my own daughter and needed emergency surgery, which again would not have been possible elsewhere. I'm so happy to have given to this project to help other women live through childbirth. I've had to scale back on donations a bit since I became a parent but my attention is still there. DFTBA, friends. We're here because we're here
@@lindsay3917 Congratulations on the birth of your daughter, and sending strength for your parenting journey! We’re here because we’re here and it’s hard and it’s beautiful ❤️
Between 2019 and now I have become an epidemiologist! Definitely will keep paying attention to this wonderful thing we are helping with - and I tell everyone about it when they ask about my socks. Genius 🎉
My babies are alive because of quality NICU care. Every baby and every family should have access to that. ❤
Oh, John, this made me cry. I know this means so much to you, and because it first mattered to you, it now matters very much to me. I'm so proud of this community for stepping up and seeing this opportunity as a "with great power comes great responsibility" moment. Those of us watching this video on smartphones and laptops have too many blessings to count, and we ALL have the ability to contribute to efforts that change the world. Thanks for offering us this avenue and for sharing with us the celebration of success.
We’re now at the point where over half the humans that died during childbirth 6 years ago are alive. Someone’s older sister might have died, while the younger sister lived. Two children, same mother, same complications - and one of them is alive.
Going further than that is valuable, and we are well on that beautiful path that leads further.
So yeah, at least one thing that is improving, and I’m happy about it.
I might be pregnant and hormonal, but this news made me burst out crying! This is absolutely beautiful, thank you for being so passionate about this and for all the work you’ve done. I can’t wait to see how this continues to develop in the next few years ❤
sameee over here, can't decide if I'm crying because I'm pregnant (yes) or because this is beautiful news (also yes).
This is such great news! 🎉❤
I kinda forgot that my monthly socks helped fund this. This made me really happy. Need this news this week, thank you John and Hank.
Hey you, scrolling the comments.. thanks for caring about other human beings. It's hard to do when there's so much that's affecting ourselves, we could easily ignore problems that aren't *our* problems. But here you are, caring, supporting, spreading awareness, donating, doing whatever is in your power to do, to make the world a better place. ❤
Hey you, writing nice comments about the people scrolling by...thanks for making the world a better place yourself❤❤❤
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Beautifully said ❤
I've been thinking about making a TikTok post on how we are overall bad at giving help. I'm glad I read your comment, we aren't bad at giving help, there's just needs to be more of us giving help.
@@melissafigueroa1983 And helping looks different for everyone! There are so many ways, it's a beautiful thing. 😌
This is my favorite donation I make each month. My relative had her baby yesterday (in America) and had great facilities. Glad that other women will get this space soon!
I almost teared up hearing this news. I started donating to this project because without access to good maternal health care, my grandmother's triplets (one of whom is my mother) probably wouldn't have survived. My youngest brother could have died during delivery. My sister could have had serious complications because of blood clots during her pregnancy. Three of my brother and sister-in-law's four boys spent time in NICUs, and she needed extra prenatal care with the one who didn't. My life has been touched in so many ways because my family has access to decent maternal health care, and I hope the women in Sierra Leone can have the chances the people I love had. Thank you for the opportunity to play a small part in this.
It's so encouraging to see people fighting for good when other people are...*gestures broadly*
I cannot adequately express just how much I love the Green brothers and all that they continue to accomplish!
When I realized what the update was about I could not stop crying. I started my monthly donation in 2021 after a complicated delivery and emergency C Section. I am so deeply grateful that more women will receive the kind of medical care that every one deserves. Thank you for *your* attention and amplification of such a worthy cause.
I'll be having my first nerdfighter baby in October, and the MCOE will be built! I'm so proud to be a part of this community, and to play a small part in getting mothers and children in Sierra Leone the quality care that I'll receive in the US.
i'm getting a masters in public health, and all PH wins are big wins to me. but THIS. THIS IS A BIG WIN!!!!!
I remember supporting this cause before I'd even experienced my own pregnancies. Now that I've had two healthy children thanks entirely to life-saving procedures and round-the-clock amazing medical teams, I can not be more in awe of the work that is done by Nerdfighteria. To have a pregnancy or birth complication is horrifying regardless of your location. Having access to a facility that can care for women and their babies should not be a luxury, but a right. Thank you, Green Bros. and everyone who has donated for making this reality!
As Mary Oliver writes, “attention is the beginning of devotion.” Devotion to each other, to our communities, and to the work of care. I’ve learned that when we offer real attention-steady, curious, undivided-we lay the groundwork for accompaniment, the practice of walking with, that so defines the work of PIH and the nerdfighteria community. Thanks John for emphasizing the importance of attention, and lets keep this good work going strong nerdfighters!
This is fantastic news in a time we really need fantastic news. Thank you, John, Hank, the Green Family, PIH, Nerdfighteria, *and* the Sierra Leone government for lighting candles in the darkness.
I clicked this notification so fast!! The best news 🥳 I’m so proud to claim Nerdfighteria as my hometown
That's beautiful! I may borrow it! 💜🐈⬛
This truly feels like a "We're here because" moment, iykyk
From 1 in 17 to 1 in 74 mortality rate in child birth or pregnancy is an amazing achievement. ❤ Congrats to all envolved in this project ❤
17 to 74! What a score
Thank you for giving us things to be hopeful about! We're in the middle of the story and I'm so glad we're here.
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Crying very real tears over this video. I am so proud of this community (and you and Hank) and what it, and you, continues to achieve. Holy shit
This absolutely should be held up as the greatest accomplishment of this RUclips channel and larger community ... _so far_
I was going to finish that sentence with "one can only hope", but had to catch myself because this video's subject pretty clearly demonstrates that's not true; we as individuals as well as through communities we're part of can do so much more than just "hope", and both of you Hank and John as well as the group you've cultivated have done an excellent job proving it. Hope is wonderful, videos like this continue to give us hope, but without that hope being supported by action nothing will actually change.
Thank you guys for all that you're doing! 💛
I'm so proud ot be part of this project, and so grateful for a glimmer of good news in the midst of "gestures broadly". I love Nerdfighteria!
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It's so cool seeing this video today because I saw the original video in 2019 and a lot has happened in my life since then and my views on politics and development changed a lot in the years following that video to the point where I pretty much gave up on development work (I majored in development studies in college, lived abroad in Tanzania) because it seemed so hopeless and useless for a multitude of reasons.
That is until just a few weeks back when John's new book "Everything is Tuberculosis' randomly showed up as a suggestion on my Audible discover page and I decided to listen to it, and was immediately hooked and which led me to really start looking into this stuff again, and I literally just yesterday finished the book on PIH's founder Paul Farmer "Mountains beyond Mountains" as well as their documentary "Bending the Arc" as well as picking up a copy at the university library of the textbook "An introduction to Global Health" by Hans Rosling and others and started reading it today.
So to have this video pop up now is very interesting timing considering where I'm at in life now and the journey I've undergone under these past six years and how I've slowly started to circle back to my old views and my humanitarian spirit has awoken again, much thanks to John.
It's amazing how messages sometimes appear in our lives at the right time when we're ready to hear them. Thanks for being open to new (and old) ideas.
I'm tearing up that video feels like I just watched it on one hand and lived 5,000 years on the other
There is so much everything right now and I'm usually left feeling powerless to change anything. This was really needed reminder that things can change ❤
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My monthly donation to PIH will continue.
Well, this is exactly the tear-inducing good news I needed today! Keep it up, folks! ❤
I started buying socks back in 2019.
I keep my favorite and donate approximately 10 pairs a year.
They are the nicest socks!
I look forward to getting them every month knowing what they stand for.
Thank you, John & Hank - and your daughter, Alice! LoL
I am currently pregnant with my first child and they are due in October. This news feels so metaphysically resonant. I am so thankful I am part of a community that is helping to spread the kind of care I have received.