really,? 33 dislikes? what kind of asshole do you have to be to dislike this? This is how we save the world. one well at a time, one house at a time, one school at a time. I believe that if you want to live on this planet you should be willing to make it a better place to live.
Ah youtube, the land of pointless and comlicated arguments over something GOOD and CONSTRUCTIVE. We should be HAPPY for these people, together, instead of all this stupid bickering. that's what nerdfighteria is all about. Come on internet. DFTBA
@kovona Plus, deforestation has completely destroyed the environment so there is less water to get. So yes, you may be able to dig a hole in other places, but there are other serious factors in Haiti.
@kovona From the statistics I've seen 60% of the population live on under $2 a day (the definition of extreme poverty) which means they don't have money for food, much less the money to build a well.
@kovona I understand your need to relate this to what you know, but there is a lot else to consider. In the instance of Haiti, you're not only dealing with extreme poverty but massive deforestation.
@kovona More importantly, these villages need to be properly trained and educated so they can run things by themselves and achieve independence from NGOs. But that training and knowledge isn't going to come from out of no where,
@chlsyrhd Yes, you're right about that, there is some prior technical experience when it comes to building wells. But I always thought it was knowledge that was part of the local tradition in the area, something that has endured for at least centuries as in China. But now that I think about, most of the Haitian population was descended from the African slave population, so I guess they probably don't have that tradition in place after being taken from their homeland :\. My bad.
@kovona It's not just digging a hole in the ground, there is a ton of science and technique that needs to be applied. I understand where you're coming from and that it would be much more beneficial to a society if they were to dig their own wells, but in most places the education and technology doesn't exist. In a perfect world people would be able to make and maintain their own water, but for now most villages need help.
@kovona Building a well is in no way a DIY project. There needs to be a great deal of testing the soil and the water itself before a well can be properly made. UNICEF built wells in the 90s in Bangladesh and because the soil around it wasn't tested properly, 40,000 people were poisoned with naturally occurring arsenic in the soil. Plus, there's a ton a maintenance involved in keeping a well clean. If that maintenance doesn't happen, wells can be irreparably destroyed.
@chlsyrhd Back in the country, a guy from the village would get drop down into our village well on a hemp rope, and he'll scrub everything clean and patch up any wear. So yea, you need maintenance, but it don't take a specialist in a hard hat to do it. Our oldest village well was built 300 years ago, and the water you get is cleaner than the municipal tap from the local town.
@kovona My family has often chosen to do things themselves. I know what it's like to be in a "diy" family. But many members of my family have been in the military, and they've visited other third world countries. Sometimes, people need help. These people got it. Don't make it seem like you have such a great worldly vision because you have a different opinion.
@kovona Don't call us kids, that's just an attempt to seem superior on your part. Go to Haiti, live their lives exactly as they do, understand them and their situation, then say how simple it is to just "dig a well" and they're just "lazy" and I'd really love it if you used a couple of videos to back yourself up.
@KellanLikeWhoa My family came out from China during the 80s when it was still communist, manage to get everyone to Canada legally despite the fact they were just collective pig farmers in the countryside of Guangdong. When they got here, they worked for 2 dollars an hour, 7 days a week in sweat shops. My dad started his trade and I started working for him at 13, picking up near a ton of shingles each day during my summer breaks. I don't need to prove anything to you.
@kovona Yet you still try. My mother's side of the family fled to Taiwan to escape China when my grandmother was a baby. Had this been a different situation, I'd think that's pretty cool that we have that sort of thing in common. I just wish you'd let people be happy for Hank and what he helped do, instead coming over and raining on everyone's parade. I'm not going to try and say I've done any hard labour as a child, as I haven't, but that doesn't change how I feel about Haiti.
@ruthiee265 I'm trying to show people the truth...damn it man, why am I the bad guy? ?v=4CbZ6NATSpE < watch this please! Why can't this little village in Haiti do what these guys did? LOOK! The truth is this village just scammed their benefactors into paying for something they could had done themselves! Its like the shaking lady begger who makes 200 grand a year!
@kovona I've checked the vids you linked. Very inspiring. But you're saying that everyone can do that and anyone who argues with you is a kid who's spolit by first-world living. Just because you're from a diy family does not mean you understand what's happening in these countries - building a well takes time, money, experience and equipment - the mexicans who bulit the well knew what they were doing and had access to the proper equipment.
?v=4CbZ6NATSpE <<< 40 feet down, all by hand. In Nicaragua.
We humans didn't create civilization from someone handing us the first flint tools. Civilization was created when someone actually made the effort to do something to better their lives rather than depend on what was available in the pre-existing surrounding. Sure, I believe that some people need our help once in a while, but you have to ask, did they first try to help themselves?
@kovona I think it's pretty easy for you to say all of this when it's just you sitting at your computer, but if you were to go there personally and witness everything on your own, I just hope that you would bring up enough decency to realise that not everything is as easy as the Internet makes it seem for you.
?v=RuzDyFquyqw <<< LOOK AT THESE GUYS. These guys know how to get things done! No need for a stupid handout, just their own effort and will, with just shovels and hand tools.
This video is amazing and I am really happy that something like this happened but the comments are just sad... It shows how ignorant some people are and how fully they do not understand the position these people are in. They do not have the technology, education or means to build themselves a decent water supply but because they now have one they are another step closer to having the education and technology to improve their town.
@ThatTuiGirl Lady...its a well. Not a rocket to the moon. Think of it this way, while this village doesn't have a well, I'm pretty sure there was another village nearby who DID take the time to plan and pool out the effort needed to get a well going by themselves. You don't need fancy equipment for this stuff...yea sure if you wanted the fancy hand pump, that would had cost you - but a rope and bucket would had worked fine...
Okay seriously, why can't these people dig their own wells? Its not that hard, you get a bunch of friends and you dig with shovels until you hit the water table. If my family's village could had done that 300 years ago, then it just means these people didn't mind the 20 minute walk. Seriously, maybe there's a reason some poor people stay poor.
@ryuuseicha Naw, just think some charities are a joke. Like this one. Not to say that there aren't good charities, but I think half the ones I see on TV are scams.
@KellanLikeWhoa Oh shut up and stop being so full of yourself. You think just because some third world chap doesn't have running water or electricity automatically makes them some needy simpleton who can't take care of themselves. Why kind of BS is that?
@kovona I think neither of us can really decide what charity is really worth it, or whether or not a village would have had the ability to do this on their own if we are not in that situation. You've never been in a circumstance such as this, and neither have I. So to call a village of people "idiots" without knowing first hand what it is like to be in their shoes, I wouldn't be so quick to judge. Also I really dig how "shut up" is your response.
You kids have all this wonderful market-economy services to tend to your or your parents' needs; whenever a water pipe burst or you need to put up a fence in your backyard. I was born in a DIY family, my dad's a handyman/roofer, my uncle's a landscaper, and my grandfather pretty much did everything else. I was taught if you can do something yourself, why pay someone else to do it. I guess others just don't see this the way I do.
@kovona Resources are scares in Haiti and cost a lot of money. Do you know what needs to go into buliding a well? Can you guarentee that where you dig will hit water when you're in a dried up land? Can you stop the well collasping before you get the bricks in place? Once done how can you purify the water so it's safe to drink? You are approaching the situation in a very first-world way and seem to think that if they get up and dig a bit everything will magically be done.
@Nanishilarh From what I'm hearing, it sounds like a well is some amazing high tech product that Apple came out with last year. Wells have been around for a thousands of years, older than the invention of the wheel. But then again I seen people today who can't even put a hammer to a nail properly. If the well doesn't hit anything, you dig another one. And you don't need fancy reverse osmosis, you just boil it. It isn't magic, that's my point. Its just effort on part of the man
@KellanLikeWhoa Look I apologize for that. But here's what I'm trying to tell you kids, things can be done without having a guy in a company uniform do it for you. People have been doing stuff like this themselves for a long long time. I think the problem is that the good life in first-world countries have robbed most of you of that knowledge, knowing a person can be independent and not tied down to a larger system. It is possible, especially digging a well for yourselves.
@kovona I've dug a well, I've walked for 2hrs to get to the nearest water and there r some scammers out there, but most of these people genuinally need a help. Watch the first vid, Hank said that people in that village were dying from cholera - a disease you get from drinking dirty water. Are these villagers so desperate to scam someone that they're willing to let the people they love die? I suggest you go to Africa for a year, build a well, then maybe you'll understand a bit better.
@Nanishilarh Haiti is in the Caribbean, not Africa. But yea, cholera is pretty bad, so I guess these people did need help. There was an outbreak in some small town near where I live a couple years, and people were depending on bottled water because the whole town drew its water from the ground. Of course, you can't expect these chaps to afford a supply of Aquafina, so I apologize for that. Still, I'm pondering why this village doesn't have a well in the first place? Newly bult?
They are not exactly like you and your family Hank. If you didn't have your entourage of bodyguards and other people around you; well you probably would have been eaten or killed and robbed if you were lucky. Would these people help you if you needed it and the tables were turned?
@msungs If I could punch you I would. Or maybe I'll rob you and kill you and eat you, you never know. Have you met any of these people? Have you even ever been to Haiti? If not, then what are you judging them on? You know nothing about them.
One thing that is not fixable is the low IQ levels of the inhabitants of this country. No amount of money or currency thrown at these people will make a lasting difference. If the world had to rely on Haiti for innovation then we would all be in big trouble.
@vlogbrothers Pans also care about each other, like to eat sweets, and have what they call fun. Homo Erectus could be argued to have been capable of simple communication much like the Africans, music, and maybe dance, but that doesn't mean I'm going to build a water well for chimpanzees just so it can get broken or something nor would I build a water well for Homo Erectus if it was still around. Haiti used to be a great civilization until the French Revolution when the Africans got the chan...
@throttlejockey77 Well digging requires a lot of equipment, especially in areas where the water table isn't very high. You realize that the mud hole shown in the start of the video IS a well, right? It's just not good. It's not that we dug it- we gave them the resources they had no way of accessing. Also, how dumb to presume that everyone else has nuclear reactors and fighter jets? America stops most countries from military development, and many have similarly low resources.
@rantingproductions They shouldn't had built a village there then in the first place. And that wasn't a well, just some hole filled with rain water. If you insist it is, it looks like that water table in that area is just about 5 feet below the surface according to your "well". Should had built the village by that hole instead. Stop giving lazy people handouts, you're just encouraging them.
Maybe people should put all that time and effort finding out where all the aid Money went... I mean find out who in their government stole it!!! My charity starts at home and every one should open their eyes and take a good look at "relief" funds!
@throttlejockey77 They cant build there own because they are a "DEVELOPING COUNTRY" also they have no equiptment or money because we always go there and steal all of their resources
Ps. Every race has mental retardation And. White Americans have the most "special" kids in the western society ..... Why So ignorant , people like you are just delaying progress .
i see american as lazy because american kids get everything handed to them and ufo's as some ppl might refer work hard to have little handed now i see Africa and country's such as being undeveloped there is god there like every were else but they need 1 leader even if hes corrupt he or she can unite large parts of Africa and raise the communities out of poverty right now Africa is weak and gangs and war lords rule
@SuperVitorKing11 Hi, yeah. So I'm an American and your comment made me a little angry. Just because we don't have to walk 20 minutes to get water and we live in better conditions than Africans, does not make us lazy. There is a difference between lazy and having more money than some people. Thank you for reading.
@SuperVitorKing11 One thing: UFO refers to unidentified flying objects. People not from this country are sometimes called aliens, but there's a pretty big distinction there. And while uniting Africa would be nice, it has a huge problem with factions and not everyone is going to want to do that. The UN tries to do that, and look at the world. And Americans are not lazy- we may be greedy, but not lazy. We created the infrastructure which serves us. It may be selfish, but it's not lazy.
@15nutsies Okay, so obviously people don't understand the normal curve of distribution. No race is more or less predisposed to developmental deficiencies. If you look at the bell curve of IQ distribution, it goes with percentages. So if there's 2x as many Asian people in the world as Caucasian (not the exact numbers) then there would be 2x as many children born with developmental deficiencies in the Asian population as the Caucasian one, but also 2x the geniuses and 2x the people in between.
@TheFlamingGook Whoa! Why are you on a nerdfighter video when you are so obviously made of suck? People are people. They can't help if they were born into a country with corrupt leaders.
@throttlejockey77 You there! The aggressive commentor! Go build a well outside your house. There's a catch though. You don't have any tools except the ones you build yourself. Oh, and half you work crew is going to be sick because of horrible living conditions.
It's one thing to not do anything about it, but it's another to sit there and instead insult them for something beyond their control.
John and Hank, I am truly sad that my p4a video never ever got promoted this year can you guys please as a special request promoted my video for my charity ''The Invisible Children''
This was too my 5th year with for p4a yet my video never made it passed 20 comments and 160 views sadly... I beg you guys to help me out and promote this video to help end world suck in Southern Uganda Africa. link here /watch?v=6LOPzQwagCo
John and Hank, I am truly sad that my p4a video never ever got promoted this year can you guys please as a special request promoted my video for my charity ''The Invisible Children''
This was too my 5th year with for p4a yet my video never made it passed 20 comments and 160 views sadly... I beg you guys to help me out and promote this video to help end world suck in Southern Uganda Africa. link here /watch?v=6LOPzQwagCo
This video restores my faith in charity, reminds me that there IS something I can do. I'm just a "poor" student and am just so happy to have been a part of this and will keep giving whenever I can.
holy crap, you guys. i'm just a normal michiganian, but i want to say thank you. thank you for spreading hope. even to those of us that weren't affected by the well.
I went to Uganda last summer with a charity and what seems like small changes have huge effects on families and communities. charities like Water.org ect are amazing we need to ignore political and land borders and think of the rest of the world as our community and look out for them
Guys, check out tabforacause. org its a website that lets you donate money to water.org everytime you open a new tab on your browser! check it out, dftba x
I'm glad you turned ad revenue off for this episode.Other people like iJustine and Smosh exploit the death and suffering of others to make money, but you guys know what you're doing, and what you're doing is right.
really,? 33 dislikes? what kind of asshole do you have to be to dislike this? This is how we save the world. one well at a time, one house at a time, one school at a time. I believe that if you want to live on this planet you should be willing to make it a better place to live.
854pearl 5 days ago
Ah youtube, the land of pointless and comlicated arguments over something GOOD and CONSTRUCTIVE. We should be HAPPY for these people, together, instead of all this stupid bickering. that's what nerdfighteria is all about. Come on internet. DFTBA
Herringsmakegoodaxes 6 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I'm done trying to argue with someone when everyone else is doing the same.
KellanLikeWhoa 1 week ago
You have no idea how incredibly happy this video makes me.
MilwiththeEna 1 week ago
@kovona Sorry for the short and choppy replies, YT is only allowing me 200 characters for some reason.
chlsyrhd 1 week ago
@kovona Plus, deforestation has completely destroyed the environment so there is less water to get. So yes, you may be able to dig a hole in other places, but there are other serious factors in Haiti.
chlsyrhd 1 week ago
@kovona From the statistics I've seen 60% of the population live on under $2 a day (the definition of extreme poverty) which means they don't have money for food, much less the money to build a well.
chlsyrhd 1 week ago
@kovona I understand your need to relate this to what you know, but there is a lot else to consider. In the instance of Haiti, you're not only dealing with extreme poverty but massive deforestation.
chlsyrhd 1 week ago
@kovona More importantly, these villages need to be properly trained and educated so they can run things by themselves and achieve independence from NGOs. But that training and knowledge isn't going to come from out of no where,
chlsyrhd 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@chlsyrhd Yes, you're right about that, there is some prior technical experience when it comes to building wells. But I always thought it was knowledge that was part of the local tradition in the area, something that has endured for at least centuries as in China. But now that I think about, most of the Haitian population was descended from the African slave population, so I guess they probably don't have that tradition in place after being taken from their homeland :\. My bad.
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona It's not just digging a hole in the ground, there is a ton of science and technique that needs to be applied. I understand where you're coming from and that it would be much more beneficial to a society if they were to dig their own wells, but in most places the education and technology doesn't exist. In a perfect world people would be able to make and maintain their own water, but for now most villages need help.
chlsyrhd 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@kovona Building a well is in no way a DIY project. There needs to be a great deal of testing the soil and the water itself before a well can be properly made. UNICEF built wells in the 90s in Bangladesh and because the soil around it wasn't tested properly, 40,000 people were poisoned with naturally occurring arsenic in the soil. Plus, there's a ton a maintenance involved in keeping a well clean. If that maintenance doesn't happen, wells can be irreparably destroyed.
chlsyrhd 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@chlsyrhd Back in the country, a guy from the village would get drop down into our village well on a hemp rope, and he'll scrub everything clean and patch up any wear. So yea, you need maintenance, but it don't take a specialist in a hard hat to do it. Our oldest village well was built 300 years ago, and the water you get is cleaner than the municipal tap from the local town.
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona My family has often chosen to do things themselves. I know what it's like to be in a "diy" family. But many members of my family have been in the military, and they've visited other third world countries. Sometimes, people need help. These people got it. Don't make it seem like you have such a great worldly vision because you have a different opinion.
KellanLikeWhoa 1 week ago
@kovona Don't call us kids, that's just an attempt to seem superior on your part. Go to Haiti, live their lives exactly as they do, understand them and their situation, then say how simple it is to just "dig a well" and they're just "lazy" and I'd really love it if you used a couple of videos to back yourself up.
KellanLikeWhoa 1 week ago
@KellanLikeWhoa My family came out from China during the 80s when it was still communist, manage to get everyone to Canada legally despite the fact they were just collective pig farmers in the countryside of Guangdong. When they got here, they worked for 2 dollars an hour, 7 days a week in sweat shops. My dad started his trade and I started working for him at 13, picking up near a ton of shingles each day during my summer breaks. I don't need to prove anything to you.
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona Yet you still try. My mother's side of the family fled to Taiwan to escape China when my grandmother was a baby. Had this been a different situation, I'd think that's pretty cool that we have that sort of thing in common. I just wish you'd let people be happy for Hank and what he helped do, instead coming over and raining on everyone's parade. I'm not going to try and say I've done any hard labour as a child, as I haven't, but that doesn't change how I feel about Haiti.
KellanLikeWhoa 1 week ago
@kovana WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
ruthiee265 1 week ago
@ruthiee265 I'm trying to show people the truth...damn it man, why am I the bad guy? ?v=4CbZ6NATSpE < watch this please! Why can't this little village in Haiti do what these guys did? LOOK! The truth is this village just scammed their benefactors into paying for something they could had done themselves! Its like the shaking lady begger who makes 200 grand a year!
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona I've checked the vids you linked. Very inspiring. But you're saying that everyone can do that and anyone who argues with you is a kid who's spolit by first-world living. Just because you're from a diy family does not mean you understand what's happening in these countries - building a well takes time, money, experience and equipment - the mexicans who bulit the well knew what they were doing and had access to the proper equipment.
Nanishilarh 1 week ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
?v=4CbZ6NATSpE <<< 40 feet down, all by hand. In Nicaragua.
We humans didn't create civilization from someone handing us the first flint tools. Civilization was created when someone actually made the effort to do something to better their lives rather than depend on what was available in the pre-existing surrounding. Sure, I believe that some people need our help once in a while, but you have to ask, did they first try to help themselves?
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona I think it's pretty easy for you to say all of this when it's just you sitting at your computer, but if you were to go there personally and witness everything on your own, I just hope that you would bring up enough decency to realise that not everything is as easy as the Internet makes it seem for you.
KellanLikeWhoa 1 week ago
?v=RuzDyFquyqw <<< LOOK AT THESE GUYS. These guys know how to get things done! No need for a stupid handout, just their own effort and will, with just shovels and hand tools.
kovona 1 week ago
This video is amazing and I am really happy that something like this happened but the comments are just sad... It shows how ignorant some people are and how fully they do not understand the position these people are in. They do not have the technology, education or means to build themselves a decent water supply but because they now have one they are another step closer to having the education and technology to improve their town.
ThatTuiGirl 1 week ago
@ThatTuiGirl Lady...its a well. Not a rocket to the moon. Think of it this way, while this village doesn't have a well, I'm pretty sure there was another village nearby who DID take the time to plan and pool out the effort needed to get a well going by themselves. You don't need fancy equipment for this stuff...yea sure if you wanted the fancy hand pump, that would had cost you - but a rope and bucket would had worked fine...
kovona 1 week ago
FTL! I appreciate your InuYahsa poster! DFTBA <3
NerdfighterAutumn 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
niggers eh
CryptWarrior69 2 weeks ago
Okay seriously, why can't these people dig their own wells? Its not that hard, you get a bunch of friends and you dig with shovels until you hit the water table. If my family's village could had done that 300 years ago, then it just means these people didn't mind the 20 minute walk. Seriously, maybe there's a reason some poor people stay poor.
kovona 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@kovona You seem angry.
ryuuseicha 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@ryuuseicha Naw, just think some charities are a joke. Like this one. Not to say that there aren't good charities, but I think half the ones I see on TV are scams.
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona And this is a perfect example of how some terrible people stay terrible.
KellanLikeWhoa 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
@KellanLikeWhoa Oh shut up and stop being so full of yourself. You think just because some third world chap doesn't have running water or electricity automatically makes them some needy simpleton who can't take care of themselves. Why kind of BS is that?
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona I think neither of us can really decide what charity is really worth it, or whether or not a village would have had the ability to do this on their own if we are not in that situation. You've never been in a circumstance such as this, and neither have I. So to call a village of people "idiots" without knowing first hand what it is like to be in their shoes, I wouldn't be so quick to judge. Also I really dig how "shut up" is your response.
KellanLikeWhoa 1 week ago
@KellanLikeWhoa I think I know the issue here....
You kids have all this wonderful market-economy services to tend to your or your parents' needs; whenever a water pipe burst or you need to put up a fence in your backyard. I was born in a DIY family, my dad's a handyman/roofer, my uncle's a landscaper, and my grandfather pretty much did everything else. I was taught if you can do something yourself, why pay someone else to do it. I guess others just don't see this the way I do.
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona Resources are scares in Haiti and cost a lot of money. Do you know what needs to go into buliding a well? Can you guarentee that where you dig will hit water when you're in a dried up land? Can you stop the well collasping before you get the bricks in place? Once done how can you purify the water so it's safe to drink? You are approaching the situation in a very first-world way and seem to think that if they get up and dig a bit everything will magically be done.
Nanishilarh 1 week ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
@Nanishilarh From what I'm hearing, it sounds like a well is some amazing high tech product that Apple came out with last year. Wells have been around for a thousands of years, older than the invention of the wheel. But then again I seen people today who can't even put a hammer to a nail properly. If the well doesn't hit anything, you dig another one. And you don't need fancy reverse osmosis, you just boil it. It isn't magic, that's my point. Its just effort on part of the man
kovona 1 week ago
@KellanLikeWhoa Look I apologize for that. But here's what I'm trying to tell you kids, things can be done without having a guy in a company uniform do it for you. People have been doing stuff like this themselves for a long long time. I think the problem is that the good life in first-world countries have robbed most of you of that knowledge, knowing a person can be independent and not tied down to a larger system. It is possible, especially digging a well for yourselves.
kovona 1 week ago
@kovona I've dug a well, I've walked for 2hrs to get to the nearest water and there r some scammers out there, but most of these people genuinally need a help. Watch the first vid, Hank said that people in that village were dying from cholera - a disease you get from drinking dirty water. Are these villagers so desperate to scam someone that they're willing to let the people they love die? I suggest you go to Africa for a year, build a well, then maybe you'll understand a bit better.
Nanishilarh 1 week ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
@Nanishilarh Haiti is in the Caribbean, not Africa. But yea, cholera is pretty bad, so I guess these people did need help. There was an outbreak in some small town near where I live a couple years, and people were depending on bottled water because the whole town drew its water from the ground. Of course, you can't expect these chaps to afford a supply of Aquafina, so I apologize for that. Still, I'm pondering why this village doesn't have a well in the first place? Newly bult?
kovona 1 week ago
This whole video made me cry..
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0:41 I do like the Keep Calm and DFTBA poster xD
nickthenarwhal 2 weeks ago
who the F#%k would dislike this? Seriously, who the hell are these people?
CaesarBonaparte 3 weeks ago 21
31 people, haters gonna hate...
Bananasuit420 4 weeks ago
Thank you for helping my people
SiblingsSwag10 1 month ago
my family built a well in somalia...i'm happy
sparkydoodle96 1 month ago
It's impossible to watch this show and not feel better about the world.
caitafersify 1 month ago
Curse the people who disliked this video!
ParadiseCityA 1 month ago
Good on you dude :) very inspiring
p0kediamond 1 month ago
That's da nice video
Emmanuelkimify 1 month ago
They are not exactly like you and your family Hank. If you didn't have your entourage of bodyguards and other people around you; well you probably would have been eaten or killed and robbed if you were lucky. Would these people help you if you needed it and the tables were turned?
msungs 1 month ago
@msungs Or those people could have been perfectly nice and you're being a tad paranoid?
Mickster1267 1 month ago
@msungs If I could punch you I would. Or maybe I'll rob you and kill you and eat you, you never know. Have you met any of these people? Have you even ever been to Haiti? If not, then what are you judging them on? You know nothing about them.
AppelbyArrow 1 month ago
@AppelbyArrow You must be Haitian.
msungs 1 month ago
@msungs I'm not. You must be an asshole.
AppelbyArrow 1 month ago 4
One thing that is not fixable is the low IQ levels of the inhabitants of this country. No amount of money or currency thrown at these people will make a lasting difference. If the world had to rely on Haiti for innovation then we would all be in big trouble.
msungs 1 month ago
anyone else cry? :')
TheJessicaAnthony 1 month ago
it was gorgeous seeing that water run out of the well. omg.
nattt024 1 month ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
I love that I heard that Forever Yours played in the background the first five seconds of the video. c':
LikeCupcake 1 month ago
Great video keep up the good work
angelofing 1 month ago
@vlogbrothers Pans also care about each other, like to eat sweets, and have what they call fun. Homo Erectus could be argued to have been capable of simple communication much like the Africans, music, and maybe dance, but that doesn't mean I'm going to build a water well for chimpanzees just so it can get broken or something nor would I build a water well for Homo Erectus if it was still around. Haiti used to be a great civilization until the French Revolution when the Africans got the chan...
DracoPilamZ 1 month ago
@throttlejockey77 Well digging requires a lot of equipment, especially in areas where the water table isn't very high. You realize that the mud hole shown in the start of the video IS a well, right? It's just not good. It's not that we dug it- we gave them the resources they had no way of accessing. Also, how dumb to presume that everyone else has nuclear reactors and fighter jets? America stops most countries from military development, and many have similarly low resources.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
@rantingproductions They shouldn't had built a village there then in the first place. And that wasn't a well, just some hole filled with rain water. If you insist it is, it looks like that water table in that area is just about 5 feet below the surface according to your "well". Should had built the village by that hole instead. Stop giving lazy people handouts, you're just encouraging them.
kovona 2 weeks ago
@throttlejockey77 Whoa! We got ourselves a douchebag over here.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
Anybody else hear Forever yours in the background? :D
fullmetalx91 1 month ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
Nerdfighteria always reminds me that the world really is made entirely of awesome.
DFTBA
makingnoise22 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Wait, what's that poster in the background? EX-TAAA-MINATE!!!!!!
Tarifar1 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I cried. Not gonna lie.
You and John are so amazing for putting something like the P4A together.
DFTBA. (As if you need a reminder.)
:')
nerdfighterkaydee 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
What is this music?
AnalyticalInsanity 1 month ago
@AnalyticalInsanity forever yours instrumental!
urfaceisausername 1 month ago
@urfaceisausername Do you know who it is by? (Thank you so much by the way!)
AnalyticalInsanity 1 month ago
@AnalyticalInsanity alex day. youre welcome.
urfaceisausername 1 month ago
@SuperVitorKing11 dude, americans arnt lazy because they get water easi
SuperWrestlemania1 1 month ago
Maybe people should put all that time and effort finding out where all the aid Money went... I mean find out who in their government stole it!!! My charity starts at home and every one should open their eyes and take a good look at "relief" funds!
dds690 1 month ago
DFTBA, Hank! omg that was touching
evitastefan 1 month ago
u guys are amazing. congrats. u are awesome people
gabrieltsagakis 1 month ago
I am about to be a horrible person and not comment on the Haiti Well, but comment on your Inuyasha poster in the background! I approve!
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water.org does it "well".... the pun intended
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@throttlejockey77 They cant build there own because they are a "DEVELOPING COUNTRY" also they have no equiptment or money because we always go there and steal all of their resources
ayub96 1 month ago
awsome charity, also loving the @nerimon forever yours as the soundtrack ;)
shed185 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
a well or......crumping tutorial machine?
zoeee33 1 month ago
@zoeee33 Your comment made me LOL.
iamacatspy 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@zoeee33 Your comment made me LOL.
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Ps. Every race has mental retardation And. White Americans have the most "special" kids in the western society ..... Why So ignorant , people like you are just delaying progress .
15nutsies 1 month ago
i see american as lazy because american kids get everything handed to them and ufo's as some ppl might refer work hard to have little handed now i see Africa and country's such as being undeveloped there is god there like every were else but they need 1 leader even if hes corrupt he or she can unite large parts of Africa and raise the communities out of poverty right now Africa is weak and gangs and war lords rule
SuperVitorKing11 1 month ago
@SuperVitorKing11 Hi, yeah. So I'm an American and your comment made me a little angry. Just because we don't have to walk 20 minutes to get water and we live in better conditions than Africans, does not make us lazy. There is a difference between lazy and having more money than some people. Thank you for reading.
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@SuperVitorKing11 One thing: UFO refers to unidentified flying objects. People not from this country are sometimes called aliens, but there's a pretty big distinction there. And while uniting Africa would be nice, it has a huge problem with factions and not everyone is going to want to do that. The UN tries to do that, and look at the world. And Americans are not lazy- we may be greedy, but not lazy. We created the infrastructure which serves us. It may be selfish, but it's not lazy.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
@15nutsies Okay, so obviously people don't understand the normal curve of distribution. No race is more or less predisposed to developmental deficiencies. If you look at the bell curve of IQ distribution, it goes with percentages. So if there's 2x as many Asian people in the world as Caucasian (not the exact numbers) then there would be 2x as many children born with developmental deficiencies in the Asian population as the Caucasian one, but also 2x the geniuses and 2x the people in between.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
@15nutsies Also, you shouldn't call people ignorant if you have such bad grammar.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
@rantingproductions Though he is pretty awful.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
@TheFlamingGook. Are you a taxpayer? Anyways we depend on the development of these countries because the us is in debt.
Retard
15nutsies 1 month ago 2
why so many thumbs!
Trygdud 1 month ago
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I hope they drown in that well fucking idiots....this is we're are taxpayers money is going helping out these third world fucks
TheFlamingGook 1 month ago
@TheFlamingGook Whoa! Why are you on a nerdfighter video when you are so obviously made of suck? People are people. They can't help if they were born into a country with corrupt leaders.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
Good job looks like those people really appreciated it.
DarkOMEN51 1 month ago 12
@DarkOMEN51 A bunch of lazy bums would appreciate anything someone else does for them.
kovona 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@throttlejockey77 You there! The aggressive commentor! Go build a well outside your house. There's a catch though. You don't have any tools except the ones you build yourself. Oh, and half you work crew is going to be sick because of horrible living conditions.
It's one thing to not do anything about it, but it's another to sit there and instead insult them for something beyond their control.
IDarenixI 1 month ago 3
0:12 Don't tap the glass~ @.@
PaakVsCaroline 1 month ago
Omg, this was so awesome I got goosebumps!
SaraSchenstrom 1 month ago
Best/happiest video I've seen.
athena2517 1 month ago
@throttlejockey77 Are you mentally challenged?
LewisRproductions 1 month ago
Lamour est violant
vievie43 1 month ago
"Charity ain't about giving people what you want to give, it's about giving people what they need to get."
leaguesmanoframsgate 1 month ago
water.org they do it WELL
michaeljcaboose281 1 month ago 54
my best friend is from haiti!!! so understandably i cried during this video.
12poopyface 2 months ago
1:05 Awhhhh yeahhh ;) I'm going to Haiti.. ;)
lukichu123 2 months ago
@lukichu123 I wonder if you realize that girl is like 10...
VulpesVulpes111 1 month ago
28 people have no souls... This was wonderfully uplifting!
skassi20 2 months ago
@skassi20 28 people should not live.
12poopyface 2 months ago
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Fuck Africa
Johnnygash 2 months ago
you did good
flyingtomato1000 2 months ago
we filled up the paddle pool today but the kid didn't want to swim, so we put the water on the plants.
geekgroupie42 2 months ago
I just donated to water.org as my Christmas present to Nerdfighteria and my family. Thank you for bringing this fantastic cause to my attention.
littlelummox 2 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
This made me cry tears of happiness. (:
METALImmortal666 2 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
SNOWFLAKE BUTTTOOONNN.
OttersAreWin 2 months ago
I discovered the snowflake button at @2:00 and proceeded to watch them fall for 5 mins
ExtacyGold 2 months ago
"Please donate to water.org. They do it well and they do it right." Was that pun intended? haha. Awesome anyway.
Nameless742 2 months ago 2
YAY the keep calm and DTFBA poster!!!!
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I thought I was imagining the Forever Yours in the background there....thank goodness for high rated comments!
I bought like 8 versions for Forever Day and thought I must have broken my brain or something...but nope still as disfunctional as ever :)
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John and Hank, I am truly sad that my p4a video never ever got promoted this year can you guys please as a special request promoted my video for my charity ''The Invisible Children''
This was too my 5th year with for p4a yet my video never made it passed 20 comments and 160 views sadly... I beg you guys to help me out and promote this video to help end world suck in Southern Uganda Africa. link here /watch?v=6LOPzQwagCo
TDanceTV2 2 months ago
John and Hank, I am truly sad that my p4a video never ever got promoted this year can you guys please as a special request promoted my video for my charity ''The Invisible Children''
This was too my 5th year with for p4a yet my video never made it passed 20 comments and 160 views sadly... I beg you guys to help me out and promote this video to help end world suck in Southern Uganda Africa. link here /watch?v=6LOPzQwagCo
TheImperfectMan2011 2 months ago
This video restores my faith in charity, reminds me that there IS something I can do. I'm just a "poor" student and am just so happy to have been a part of this and will keep giving whenever I can.
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I'm not going to lie, I started crying when they showed the clean water coming out. :')
vampirez103 2 months ago 3
0:40 YEAH BOSTON T-SHIRT!!!
colettechien 2 months ago
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This makes me feel so happy.
haranaTHSU 2 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
I made it snow in Haiti!
PassageToIndiaBand 2 months ago
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When does the narwhal bacon?....at midnight of course
itsPrettyOdd 2 months ago
Hannnnnk! Why do you always make me cry?! This is so wonderful!
dkale 2 months ago
Keep calm and DFTBA poster in the background: 1:30
HlenaH 2 months ago 25
so proud of all of us. thanks hank.
thenofxer 2 months ago
if they cant overcome basic agricultural challenges, they dont deserve money they deserve the darwin award
Mrinebriation 2 months ago
@Mrinebriation Thumbs down!!!!
douche
Bluejameson 2 months ago
@Mrinebriation Thumbs down!!!!
douche
Bluejameson 2 months ago
Fuck yeah, Nerdfighteria.
Way to be super awesome ^_^
ReKrisB 2 months ago
Hank, are you trying to subliminal message me to buy Forever Yours?
megusta535 2 months ago
@megusta535 Probably was. He's sneaky that way.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
I love how he violently taps the camera when he says "or at least through my camera"
zimmawoman 2 months ago 4
holy crap, you guys. i'm just a normal michiganian, but i want to say thank you. thank you for spreading hope. even to those of us that weren't affected by the well.
animalsROCKhard28 2 months ago
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I went to Uganda last summer with a charity and what seems like small changes have huge effects on families and communities. charities like Water.org ect are amazing we need to ignore political and land borders and think of the rest of the world as our community and look out for them
TheGreatMe95 2 months ago
DALEK:
D - determined
A - and forever
L - lasting
E - exterminating 'till the end
K - keeping a special place in my heart.
idratherbedancing7 2 months ago 4
so this sorta made me cry...just a bit, excellent work, nerdfighteria =) <3
staytuned2L337 2 months ago 2
..And this is how nerds-nerdfighteria- fight worldsuck!!
kmbrlybrntt844 2 months ago
Let us all thank Hank Green for this awesomeness that has helped people!
GirlNerdFighter 2 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
That is wonderful! I'm glad that we made such an important impact on their lives!
rethinkOURreality 2 months ago
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There not as poor as they make out , they all beg on the streets from tourists
scam009 2 months ago
@scam009 Beggers beg for a reason. And what tourists? It's not been the most popular vacation spot of late.
rantingproductions 1 month ago
I want both Dalek and DFTBA posters in my bedroom wall.
squishy300 2 months ago
This makes me feel sooo good. I'm glad I could help.
DarlingFrames 2 months ago
my mom was their about a month ago helping out too :)!!!
vidzsts 2 months ago
Keep Calm and DFTBA, so awesome they have that there...I just hope they undestand what it means and how wonderful a saying it is.
amorithelnania 2 months ago 5
yesss, hank you're awesome
TheSbr2th 2 months ago
Great video, Hank! Forever Yours also gave an extra jab of emotion.
n4m4w45 2 months ago
Whatch out for those haitians! They can get inside your mind and steal your memories!
iamphon99 2 months ago
they have a poster O.o 1:32 :O
raty0303 2 months ago 81
Guys, check out tabforacause. org its a website that lets you donate money to water.org everytime you open a new tab on your browser! check it out, dftba x
Manpizza101 2 months ago
Wonderful! I have seen a couple of water p4a videos and it seems like an awesome charity:)
dropofjam 2 months ago
so sweet. i love you
elfkwest 2 months ago
I'm glad you turned ad revenue off for this episode.Other people like iJustine and Smosh exploit the death and suffering of others to make money, but you guys know what you're doing, and what you're doing is right.
ToastMaster623 2 months ago 26
A Forever Yours remix by Alex Day being played in the background. Nice touch. ;D
OneSaucyFellow 2 months ago 7
this is just so amazing!
EngimaSyn 2 months ago
Who's John?
LovinLifeCL 2 months ago
The Dalek poster:
It made this video just that much better. :)
MissGryffindor07 2 months ago 3
Thank you for the follow up!
GloriousClio 2 months ago
Who would dislike this?! This is a wonderful, inspiring video that makes me want to DO something. :)
WeAreFear 2 months ago
I must say, you sir
*takes of glasses*
did very WELL.
527rubbertoe 2 months ago 3
Do I hear Forever Yours in the background? :D
IsobellaKatherine 2 months ago 185
@IsobellaKatherine the instrumental
thefamouskaytay 2 months ago
DALEK POSTER?!
SmileSwirly 2 months ago