I am a world vision sponcer and have been since 7th grade (currently 11th). I don't think that knowing the percentage of our donations, and where it goes is necessary. World vision does do ALOT for 3rd world countries, but it also does a lot for our own country by providing jobs. Let's just assume that 10% or more of the donations goes to buying office supplies or paying people's salaries, then so be it. I'm sure that World Vision, being a humanitarian organization, is not scamming any one but
@cclaireimpey I love your comment. And comments like these have helped me better articulate what I was trying to say in this video. It's a three part idea:
Donors like you are ideal. You understand aid costs money and trust the organization to segment your donation in a way that does the most good.
Some donors don't like this. Some, because of that, skew towards things like Charity: Water - where 100% of their donation goes directly to providing water w/o overhead.
@cclaireimpey The third part of this argument comes from my experience as an ethnic Bangladeshi. Aid isn't about the donor. Ultimately, it is about the recipient. And in Bangladesh, as you can see, doesn't trust orgs like World Vision. Partly because they are Christian and Bangladesh is a Muslim majority country. But also because they feel NGOs "eat the cash" through overhead.
We can address this on-the-ground concern by either the charity: water model or a newer fundraising structure.
thank you for the video. I am a world Vision Volunteer in Canada. I am taking international Business at Nova Scotia Community College and hope to build better futures for people all around the world. I sponsor a child in Mozambique and was wondering if you can do a vlog about World Vision's sponsor ship work. keep up the great work!
@jammacdonald Hey do you know @Frezned? He did a great vlog about how World Vision sponsorship works. Basically, it's about helping an entire community - not just one child :) You should definitely check it out!
I think what you doing is great. I think it will influence other small groups of other people who go on their own to help out the communities. I think the way you doing it is a good way youth groups could do it. I think if my youth group went and did it the way you have done it, we would get more hands on opportunities.
Your video is good. I think keeping it at a 5 minute time period is good. That way you don't go over bored and lose the watchers interest.
@UnculturedProject it was more of a question about what was said, he said world vision is the first to reach out to the youtube community, but in actual fact there have been many before
@MrTechnicality I'm the one that made this video (I'm just currently logged in my main channel account). I think I should clarify what I said.
Stickaid is a user-generated initiative to raise money for a charity. The charity (UNICEF) did not create StickAid.
Similarly, people like Charlie McDonnell have been creating stuff for Children in Need for years now. But, even if you want to consider that something Children in Need created, they don't fall into what I was referring to.
@MrTechnicality What I was referring to is the fact that a big international charity (focused on global poverty overseas) has reached out to the YouTube community. This is different from the YouTube community reaching out to support a charity (which we've been doing for ages - StickAid and Children in Need being two examples).
@UnculturedProject youre right, i dont think worldvision will be the first to reach out after how succesful it has been, this shows that everyone is realising that internet is now becoming by far the most dominant media genre and that they need to move away from only using radio and television (for more witty banter add me on skype, same username)
I think its important for people to understand where their donations are going, and I feel that your video probably cleared up some common misconceptions that people have about donating.
God bless what you are doing to them. Your efforts on spreading the light of education to every corner of the the world is going well I hope. Really my best wishes for you and I hope you become entirely successful on what your missions are :D
Good job! I been very intersted in pushin innovation in developing countries. Thing is, it's easy to get people to make lil "branch" changes here & there. But when it come to "root" changes, they won't budge. For instance I have a low-tech way to bring any local military/law enforcement into the 21 Cenrury w/ vertually no overhead. But nobody wants to hear it! And actually a couple soldiers were using it in Iraq to train some local military w/ great success, where many other failed.
@silpudog80 that's extremely prejudiced to say, and i'm not even american (and neither is the maker of this video). why would you want to bring down a video like this??
@silpudog80 I can only assume you're referring to the same Americans that donate more than twice as much in total to the foreign poor every year as the next most generous country?
Its good to know people like you judge us so harshly based on xenophobic hatred without actually learning about us for yourself.
@Involved6 Oh god ,look i've been to america multiple times and everwhere i go i get asked where im from becasue i have very unusual accent and i say scotland you have no clue where it is or you "know" someone there its just i and many other people cant take most Americans seriously because your geograthy is very poor and knoledge of the world also. So to see a American man talking in very complex ways i couldent take him seriously . :D and i'll be astounded if you know where wales is .
@silpudog80 Wales is the western part of the south of Britain. I'm not an idiot. And no, I didn't have to look it up.
There are just as many ignorant people per capita in the UK as in the United States. Don't make your country out to be a shining, educated city on a hill. The difference between me and you is that I respect the British/Welsh/Scottish/Irish people, and I don't see a need to put them down like that, as they are people just like me.
@silpudog80 You also have to remember that to people who don't hear accents every day, a Welsh accent can sound a little like a Scottish one. They don't to me, as I study UK accents as a sort of hobby, but to someone who considers the UK to be a strange land, the accents are a bit confusing. Most people only know the sound of Received Pronunciation and Cockney, though they could name neither.
I highly doubt YOU could pick out the difference between a Georgia drawl and a Texas twang.
@whatsupmusic People can donate their hard earned cash to any charity they want - that's the beauty of it. If you would rather donate to local American charities rather than international ones that's entirely up to you.
what ur saying is good but i think that unrestricted donations arnt a bad thing,
yeah it mght go to someones salary, bt thy need those people there in those jobs so tht everythng works efficiently
its easy for one persn to go in n do one thing, but when u have a massive organisatn with projects all over the place of course all the money can't go straight to the community, therefore we need money to go towards salaries etc or there wuld be noone running the organistn n i wouldnt survive right?
@matol348 Very well said. I never said unrestricted donations are bad. But there are ways to (in some circumstances) do donations where it doesn't go to overhead. Charity: Water is a great example.
I'd also like the idea of donations that go to specific things - even if a cut has to go to overhead.
The presence of objective people (the vloggers) in whom their subscribers have confidence removes the excuse offered for not giving that TV adds select the worst cases in order to manipulate.
I like that they have started in areas where world vision have been working and are showing the difference that has been made, rather than showing the worst in order to encourage giving.
This raises many interesting issues. A certain amount of administration is necessary in order to effectively use donations and help in the most effective way, and unrestricted donations allow for this. While the concept of seeing exactly where donations go is nice theoretically, in practice most means of doing this increase administration, therefore reducing the amount which goes directly to the more practical work. ...
@Oct23rd4004BC Have you heard of charity: water? They are a perfect example of how overhead expenses can be covered while (at the same time) tracking donations and even having some donations have no cut taken for overhead.
@Ebonyl93 I don't understand why you think it's a good idea for people to pay inflated prices. I'm only paying what a local Bangladeshi was paying for supplies. Isn't that fair? By your logic, I should buy pencils at $1,000 a piece.
@UnculturedProject But if you pay more for things, even at slightly inflated prices, you are giving them more money, because you have the money to spend, and they don't. Perhaps not $1000 for a pencil, but not 50c either.
@Ibeatyou23 Well a charity does need to pay it's staff and buy supplies. So unrestricted donations are kinda important. But, it's just very very hard to show you exactly where a specific donation went because of that. And, for a project like World Vision Vloggers, it would really benefit from doing something more targeted.
@UnculturedProject anyways man keep doing what your doing, just make sure you don't get sucked into the business side of charity without the humanitarian side, (not that I'm implying you are in anyway).
i like having the balance of shorter vids and longer vids so we have a chance to see different levels of your work. The background behind you also looked really awesome :) - jessie
This is a well constructed piece giving me more information on charities and your involvement. It may be 5 minutes, but not a second is wasted, which in turn means I'm engaged the entire time. Good work.
1. I enjoy the longer vlogs. You make them interesting.
2. I'm sure there is a way for you to get what you want and the charities to get what they want without you having to abandon what makes you special. I believe it is just going to take someone forward-thinking at one of these places to make it happen. Social media is the future, and it looks like World Vision senses that. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
I enjoy seeing videos of you talking about issues. You bring up points that have never occurred to me before and it really makes me rethink the way I see charities and the system they have. Keep it up!~
@MudHut67 Unlike Save the Children (a 100% secular, non religious charity), World Vision is a Christian charity. They give aid to people of all religions though.
Thats good, I don't like charities that only give aid to say Christians or only give aid with a Bible, taking advantage of their situation kind of thing.
What's your concept of the scalability of what you do? It seems like you're pushing the value of you being "just a guy", but is it something that relies only on your presence to be effective? How can what you're doing multiply to go beyond just the places you personally can reach?
Do you see what you're doing as a testing ground for possibly other people following in your footsteps? Or is it more just to teach big charities to change their ways?
@ToLokyo Hey - great question. You're definitely not the first to raise the question of scalability. I'll answer it in two parts.
First, the idea of scalability has been raised by every charity I've talked to. The idea of scalability almost seems to paralyze things because it's "not scalable".
Here's my response to that: is one better than zero? Because, right now, that's what they have. At least by teaming up with me they are starting a process of adding value to those on the ground & online
@ToLokyo The second part of my response has to do with the nature of social media. YouTube, Twitter, etc is all part of social media. And no one really knows how it will evolve. So the idea of coming up with this perfect, infinitely scalable, plan is erroneous.
Any project rooted in "social media" needs to start with baby steps. And, through these baby steps, do we learn lessons which allow us to do more and expand. Before you can multiply, you need to start with something to multiply with.
@thestudent Ok - so you see it as in the baby steps phase and just want to watch and see how the technology evolves and evolve with it? Am I understanding correctly?
Anyway, I think it's awesome what you're doing.
So far in my travels, I've found large development groups going out of their way to accomodate me as "just a guy". Seems like lots of people appreciate it.
Have you considered possibilities for scalability, or is it just something you don't want to think about at this point?
@ToLokyo D'oh! I answered the first part of this comment to the wrong comment. I replied - but just not to this particular comment of yours.
Anyways, the second part I was gonna say is that it's great you've found dev groups willing to accommodate you. I hope for the same - but on a consistent basis. Fingers crossed.
And I wouldn't call this a "baby steps" phase. This has value for a great many people already as is. But yeah, evolution is definitely a big part of this.
@ToLokyo To answer your last question first - I definitely think about it. But, it's also important not to over-think things like scalability - it's definitely an organic process.
And, in many respects, lots of people are following my footsteps and/or doing their own initiatives (like World Vision Vloggers). So that's happening anyways.
In terms of places reachable. I maybe 1 guy - but I've got a bag and I'm ready to go. You'd be surprised how many places 1 person can reach if give the chance!
@jupzchris No - I don't have a salary. My only income source is YouTube & Google AdSense revenue. But I'm not a major YouTuber - so that income isn't enough to live off of.
Right now I'm getting support from friends and family for room and board and money for the basics.
I do like seeing your opinions on what random viewers would call "similar projects".
So if you collaborated with big projects such as World Vision in the developmental process, would you be able to change the outlook that Bangledesh citizens have on those charities, or is that what you're trying to accomplish? I think they really respect you so much more because you're one person.And I wish you had more power and funds as one person.
Gah, you deserve so much more of a support system.Ridiculous.
@lesliefoundhergrail Generally speaking, from my experience, Bangladeshis (rich & poor alike) have a distrust of charities and NGOs. Even the *good* ones get that rep simply because of that's become a default attitude.
But, at the same time, there seems to be a lot of trust for individuals who do charity work. But individuals can only do things like give books to a handful of children or small stuff like that.
When I team up with orgs & have some flexibility it's like the best of both worlds.
I don't normally enjoy long vlogs, but they aren't normally about subjects I feel so passionate about. Your use of extra footage with voice-over helped break up some of the visual fatigue that might accompany long stints of face-to-face vlogging... it was very well done and appreciated.
I felt the length and overall impact of this vlog was good. Keep it up, good sir, and thank you for your work!
I love it. Wish there was a way to get more views on your videos man, I love them and everyone else should get a chance to aswell. Great stuff, love the long vlogs, especially when spliced in with extra footage.
I haven't watched any of your vlogs before this one, but I think that this one was great! I really admire what you are trying to accomplish and what you are doing to help end world poverty.
I like long vlogs, because we have a chance to listen to your structured thoughts. For instance, in this video you showed that things work way better with restricted donations. I hope big charities organization will explore that way of helping, as now they have just perfect communication technologies to do it, and your story about school illustrates it brilliantly.
Very interesting, I have always been so interested in this project because it is so game changing. But like a lot of things that are very new and different, they take a while to catch on.
Loving the long vlogs, now that you're home you may as well make videos, make the channel more popular. :)
I am a world vision sponcer and have been since 7th grade (currently 11th). I don't think that knowing the percentage of our donations, and where it goes is necessary. World vision does do ALOT for 3rd world countries, but it also does a lot for our own country by providing jobs. Let's just assume that 10% or more of the donations goes to buying office supplies or paying people's salaries, then so be it. I'm sure that World Vision, being a humanitarian organization, is not scamming any one but
cclaireimpey 8 months ago
@cclaireimpey I love your comment. And comments like these have helped me better articulate what I was trying to say in this video. It's a three part idea:
Donors like you are ideal. You understand aid costs money and trust the organization to segment your donation in a way that does the most good.
Some donors don't like this. Some, because of that, skew towards things like Charity: Water - where 100% of their donation goes directly to providing water w/o overhead.
But there is more.
UnculturedProject 8 months ago
@cclaireimpey The third part of this argument comes from my experience as an ethnic Bangladeshi. Aid isn't about the donor. Ultimately, it is about the recipient. And in Bangladesh, as you can see, doesn't trust orgs like World Vision. Partly because they are Christian and Bangladesh is a Muslim majority country. But also because they feel NGOs "eat the cash" through overhead.
We can address this on-the-ground concern by either the charity: water model or a newer fundraising structure.
UnculturedProject 8 months ago
I want to know what country this is?
fate4204 1 year ago
you deserve more subscribers
TheMizDog 1 year ago
thank you for the video. I am a world Vision Volunteer in Canada. I am taking international Business at Nova Scotia Community College and hope to build better futures for people all around the world. I sponsor a child in Mozambique and was wondering if you can do a vlog about World Vision's sponsor ship work. keep up the great work!
jammacdonald 1 year ago
@jammacdonald Hey do you know @Frezned? He did a great vlog about how World Vision sponsorship works. Basically, it's about helping an entire community - not just one child :) You should definitely check it out!
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
I think what you doing is great. I think it will influence other small groups of other people who go on their own to help out the communities. I think the way you doing it is a good way youth groups could do it. I think if my youth group went and did it the way you have done it, we would get more hands on opportunities.
Your video is good. I think keeping it at a 5 minute time period is good. That way you don't go over bored and lose the watchers interest.
MyCoolRedShoes 1 year ago
1st?? you obviously dont watch any of nerimons vids do you
how about Stickaid
or Children in need?
MrTechnicality 1 year ago
@MrTechnicality I think Nerimon did a good job with all of those. Why do you ask?
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
@UnculturedProject it was more of a question about what was said, he said world vision is the first to reach out to the youtube community, but in actual fact there have been many before
MrTechnicality 1 year ago
@MrTechnicality I'm the one that made this video (I'm just currently logged in my main channel account). I think I should clarify what I said.
Stickaid is a user-generated initiative to raise money for a charity. The charity (UNICEF) did not create StickAid.
Similarly, people like Charlie McDonnell have been creating stuff for Children in Need for years now. But, even if you want to consider that something Children in Need created, they don't fall into what I was referring to.
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
@MrTechnicality What I was referring to is the fact that a big international charity (focused on global poverty overseas) has reached out to the YouTube community. This is different from the YouTube community reaching out to support a charity (which we've been doing for ages - StickAid and Children in Need being two examples).
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
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MrTechnicality 1 year ago
@UnculturedProject youre right, i dont think worldvision will be the first to reach out after how succesful it has been, this shows that everyone is realising that internet is now becoming by far the most dominant media genre and that they need to move away from only using radio and television (for more witty banter add me on skype, same username)
MrTechnicality 1 year ago
i love nerimon :)
B00kFreak 1 year ago
Agreed, how the fuck did World Vision justify wasting donaters money on three white mother fuckers without seeking consent...
Zoroastrianistic 1 year ago
Wow. I was blown away by this video. You are an amazing person. Very smart. This is the first of your videos I've seen. I'm really impressed.
hopesjacket22 1 year ago
I think its important for people to understand where their donations are going, and I feel that your video probably cleared up some common misconceptions that people have about donating.
motjaba25 1 year ago
God bless what you are doing to them. Your efforts on spreading the light of education to every corner of the the world is going well I hope. Really my best wishes for you and I hope you become entirely successful on what your missions are :D
MegaXfact 1 year ago
Good job! I been very intersted in pushin innovation in developing countries. Thing is, it's easy to get people to make lil "branch" changes here & there. But when it come to "root" changes, they won't budge. For instance I have a low-tech way to bring any local military/law enforcement into the 21 Cenrury w/ vertually no overhead. But nobody wants to hear it! And actually a couple soldiers were using it in Iraq to train some local military w/ great success, where many other failed.
colecash415 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you cant take Americans seriously :T
silpudog80 1 year ago
@silpudog80 that's extremely prejudiced to say, and i'm not even american (and neither is the maker of this video). why would you want to bring down a video like this??
haelstorm05 1 year ago
@silpudog80 I can only assume you're referring to the same Americans that donate more than twice as much in total to the foreign poor every year as the next most generous country?
Its good to know people like you judge us so harshly based on xenophobic hatred without actually learning about us for yourself.
Involved6 1 year ago
@Involved6 Oh god ,look i've been to america multiple times and everwhere i go i get asked where im from becasue i have very unusual accent and i say scotland you have no clue where it is or you "know" someone there its just i and many other people cant take most Americans seriously because your geograthy is very poor and knoledge of the world also. So to see a American man talking in very complex ways i couldent take him seriously . :D and i'll be astounded if you know where wales is .
silpudog80 1 year ago
@silpudog80 Wales is the western part of the south of Britain. I'm not an idiot. And no, I didn't have to look it up.
There are just as many ignorant people per capita in the UK as in the United States. Don't make your country out to be a shining, educated city on a hill. The difference between me and you is that I respect the British/Welsh/Scottish/Irish people, and I don't see a need to put them down like that, as they are people just like me.
Involved6 1 year ago
@silpudog80 You also have to remember that to people who don't hear accents every day, a Welsh accent can sound a little like a Scottish one. They don't to me, as I study UK accents as a sort of hobby, but to someone who considers the UK to be a strange land, the accents are a bit confusing. Most people only know the sound of Received Pronunciation and Cockney, though they could name neither.
I highly doubt YOU could pick out the difference between a Georgia drawl and a Texas twang.
Involved6 1 year ago
I love your long vlogs Shawn, it adds so much to the discussion.
BarryAldridge 1 year ago
@BarryAldridge Thanks for the feedback Barry - I was really wondering if I should get into these kinda vlogs :)
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
I don't understand people who can dislike videos like this
sami2503 1 year ago 4
Can we help are own people first? here in America...
whatsupmusic 1 year ago
@whatsupmusic People can donate their hard earned cash to any charity they want - that's the beauty of it. If you would rather donate to local American charities rather than international ones that's entirely up to you.
TheSestren 1 year ago
Thanks for doing this. Subscribed. Looking forward to following you.
NickWoha 1 year ago
what ur saying is good but i think that unrestricted donations arnt a bad thing,
yeah it mght go to someones salary, bt thy need those people there in those jobs so tht everythng works efficiently
its easy for one persn to go in n do one thing, but when u have a massive organisatn with projects all over the place of course all the money can't go straight to the community, therefore we need money to go towards salaries etc or there wuld be noone running the organistn n i wouldnt survive right?
matol348 1 year ago
@matol348 Very well said. I never said unrestricted donations are bad. But there are ways to (in some circumstances) do donations where it doesn't go to overhead. Charity: Water is a great example.
I'd also like the idea of donations that go to specific things - even if a cut has to go to overhead.
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
i like these long vlogs, even though this is the first time i'm watching your video....
nadude4 1 year ago
This is a great insight into...everything. I hadn't really thought about how the money goes through the huge charity organisation.
tangerinealarm 1 year ago
seriously who is the dick who disliked this?!
Mcpowerpack 1 year ago
I liked this, I always enjoy watching your videos and hearing your opinion. Thank you for doing all the amazing things you do every day. <3
-Julian
ItTakesII 1 year ago
I like listening to your talks, they are very interesting and I love hearing what you have to say.
myscenario 1 year ago
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The presence of objective people (the vloggers) in whom their subscribers have confidence removes the excuse offered for not giving that TV adds select the worst cases in order to manipulate.
I like that they have started in areas where world vision have been working and are showing the difference that has been made, rather than showing the worst in order to encourage giving.
Oct23rd4004BC 1 year ago 10
@Oct23rd4004BC Agreed. I think there is a lot to commend about the World Vision Vloggers initiative.
thestudent 1 year ago
This raises many interesting issues. A certain amount of administration is necessary in order to effectively use donations and help in the most effective way, and unrestricted donations allow for this. While the concept of seeing exactly where donations go is nice theoretically, in practice most means of doing this increase administration, therefore reducing the amount which goes directly to the more practical work. ...
Oct23rd4004BC 1 year ago
@Oct23rd4004BC Have you heard of charity: water? They are a perfect example of how overhead expenses can be covered while (at the same time) tracking donations and even having some donations have no cut taken for overhead.
thestudent 1 year ago 3
I don't understand why you think it's a good thing that you get discounts on supplies. Doesn't that just mean you're giving less to those economies?
Ebonyl93 1 year ago
@Ebonyl93 I don't understand why you think it's a good idea for people to pay inflated prices. I'm only paying what a local Bangladeshi was paying for supplies. Isn't that fair? By your logic, I should buy pencils at $1,000 a piece.
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
@UnculturedProject But if you pay more for things, even at slightly inflated prices, you are giving them more money, because you have the money to spend, and they don't. Perhaps not $1000 for a pencil, but not 50c either.
Ebonyl93 1 year ago
@Ebonyl93 I have no problem investing more money into the local economy - and take every chance that I can.
But, I think it's fair to pay what locals pay. In the same way I think it's fair that we shouldn't have to pay bribes to get things done.
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
I'm not sure if this "un-restricted" donations are a good idea.
Ibeatyou23 1 year ago
@Ibeatyou23 Well a charity does need to pay it's staff and buy supplies. So unrestricted donations are kinda important. But, it's just very very hard to show you exactly where a specific donation went because of that. And, for a project like World Vision Vloggers, it would really benefit from doing something more targeted.
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
@UnculturedProject anyways man keep doing what your doing, just make sure you don't get sucked into the business side of charity without the humanitarian side, (not that I'm implying you are in anyway).
Ibeatyou23 1 year ago
i like having the balance of shorter vids and longer vids so we have a chance to see different levels of your work. The background behind you also looked really awesome :) - jessie
charlottepoet 1 year ago
This is a well constructed piece giving me more information on charities and your involvement. It may be 5 minutes, but not a second is wasted, which in turn means I'm engaged the entire time. Good work.
agent42q 1 year ago
Keep on rock'n Shawn! :D
Epicsaursus 1 year ago
keep it up shawn!
DarkPhoneixZ 1 year ago
1. I enjoy the longer vlogs. You make them interesting.
2. I'm sure there is a way for you to get what you want and the charities to get what they want without you having to abandon what makes you special. I believe it is just going to take someone forward-thinking at one of these places to make it happen. Social media is the future, and it looks like World Vision senses that. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Maddog53 1 year ago
Especially with the footage snippets this was a very entertaining vlog Shawn :)
funkwurm 1 year ago
I enjoy seeing videos of you talking about issues. You bring up points that have never occurred to me before and it really makes me rethink the way I see charities and the system they have. Keep it up!~
Scorpio8116 1 year ago
How religious an organisation are they?
MudHut67 1 year ago
@MudHut67 Unlike Save the Children (a 100% secular, non religious charity), World Vision is a Christian charity. They give aid to people of all religions though.
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
@UnculturedProject
Thats good, I don't like charities that only give aid to say Christians or only give aid with a Bible, taking advantage of their situation kind of thing.
MudHut67 1 year ago
Your a great speaker so Ill have to say yes to the long vlogs of talking, and just wantedto say your my role model!
sarahb1396 1 year ago
You're doing a good thing man! Keep it up!
nielswolfgang 1 year ago
Hmmm...I think it's interesting.
What's your concept of the scalability of what you do? It seems like you're pushing the value of you being "just a guy", but is it something that relies only on your presence to be effective? How can what you're doing multiply to go beyond just the places you personally can reach?
Do you see what you're doing as a testing ground for possibly other people following in your footsteps? Or is it more just to teach big charities to change their ways?
ToLokyo 1 year ago
@ToLokyo Hey - great question. You're definitely not the first to raise the question of scalability. I'll answer it in two parts.
First, the idea of scalability has been raised by every charity I've talked to. The idea of scalability almost seems to paralyze things because it's "not scalable".
Here's my response to that: is one better than zero? Because, right now, that's what they have. At least by teaming up with me they are starting a process of adding value to those on the ground & online
thestudent 1 year ago
@ToLokyo The second part of my response has to do with the nature of social media. YouTube, Twitter, etc is all part of social media. And no one really knows how it will evolve. So the idea of coming up with this perfect, infinitely scalable, plan is erroneous.
Any project rooted in "social media" needs to start with baby steps. And, through these baby steps, do we learn lessons which allow us to do more and expand. Before you can multiply, you need to start with something to multiply with.
thestudent 1 year ago
@thestudent Ok - so you see it as in the baby steps phase and just want to watch and see how the technology evolves and evolve with it? Am I understanding correctly?
Anyway, I think it's awesome what you're doing.
So far in my travels, I've found large development groups going out of their way to accomodate me as "just a guy". Seems like lots of people appreciate it.
Have you considered possibilities for scalability, or is it just something you don't want to think about at this point?
ToLokyo 1 year ago
@ToLokyo D'oh! I answered the first part of this comment to the wrong comment. I replied - but just not to this particular comment of yours.
Anyways, the second part I was gonna say is that it's great you've found dev groups willing to accommodate you. I hope for the same - but on a consistent basis. Fingers crossed.
And I wouldn't call this a "baby steps" phase. This has value for a great many people already as is. But yeah, evolution is definitely a big part of this.
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
@ToLokyo To answer your last question first - I definitely think about it. But, it's also important not to over-think things like scalability - it's definitely an organic process.
And, in many respects, lots of people are following my footsteps and/or doing their own initiatives (like World Vision Vloggers). So that's happening anyways.
In terms of places reachable. I maybe 1 guy - but I've got a bag and I'm ready to go. You'd be surprised how many places 1 person can reach if give the chance!
UnculturedProject 1 year ago
How are you able to survive doing this? Are the people you work with paying you aswell as donating?
jupzchris 1 year ago
@jupzchris No - I don't have a salary. My only income source is YouTube & Google AdSense revenue. But I'm not a major YouTuber - so that income isn't enough to live off of.
Right now I'm getting support from friends and family for room and board and money for the basics.
thestudent 1 year ago
i like them!
MyFileVlog 1 year ago
I do like seeing your opinions on what random viewers would call "similar projects".
So if you collaborated with big projects such as World Vision in the developmental process, would you be able to change the outlook that Bangledesh citizens have on those charities, or is that what you're trying to accomplish? I think they really respect you so much more because you're one person.And I wish you had more power and funds as one person.
Gah, you deserve so much more of a support system.Ridiculous.
lesliefoundhergrail 1 year ago
@lesliefoundhergrail Generally speaking, from my experience, Bangladeshis (rich & poor alike) have a distrust of charities and NGOs. Even the *good* ones get that rep simply because of that's become a default attitude.
But, at the same time, there seems to be a lot of trust for individuals who do charity work. But individuals can only do things like give books to a handful of children or small stuff like that.
When I team up with orgs & have some flexibility it's like the best of both worlds.
thestudent 1 year ago
It doesn't bother me. As long as you have good things to say (which you do) I think long vlogs are fine.
Vindiction96 1 year ago
I don't normally enjoy long vlogs, but they aren't normally about subjects I feel so passionate about. Your use of extra footage with voice-over helped break up some of the visual fatigue that might accompany long stints of face-to-face vlogging... it was very well done and appreciated.
I felt the length and overall impact of this vlog was good. Keep it up, good sir, and thank you for your work!
rstephensonable 1 year ago
I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD WATCH THIS!
long vlog talking is just fine, your words are beautiful. no problem here
dykann123456789 1 year ago
You have a lot of interesting and important things to say. I'm suprized you even have to ask whether your "just talking" vlogs are enjoyable.
MissRandom10 1 year ago
I love it. Wish there was a way to get more views on your videos man, I love them and everyone else should get a chance to aswell. Great stuff, love the long vlogs, especially when spliced in with extra footage.
zQWASZX 1 year ago
I haven't watched any of your vlogs before this one, but I think that this one was great! I really admire what you are trying to accomplish and what you are doing to help end world poverty.
iamjane1 1 year ago
@iamjane1 Oh wow! Hello :) You might want to check out my main channel videos then. My main channel is called UnculturedProject :)
thestudent 1 year ago
I admire you. Just so you know (:
I like long vlogs, because we have a chance to listen to your structured thoughts. For instance, in this video you showed that things work way better with restricted donations. I hope big charities organization will explore that way of helping, as now they have just perfect communication technologies to do it, and your story about school illustrates it brilliantly.
gingeryoddity 1 year ago 2
I support world vision too...lols...its a great cause.
luvs xxx
nemoswan 1 year ago
Very interesting, I have always been so interested in this project because it is so game changing. But like a lot of things that are very new and different, they take a while to catch on.
Loving the long vlogs, now that you're home you may as well make videos, make the channel more popular. :)
RogueBlueJay 1 year ago 9