Paying It Forward

In this episode, I talk about starting to accept donations, paying it forward, and what it's like to talk to high school students at the American International School in Dhaka about The Uncultured Project.

For more information on my work in Bangladesh, check out my blog:

http://uncultured.com

After talking it over with a lot of friends, I've decided to start accepting donations for my work here. For more information as to how I will spend that money, or if you want to make a donation, check out:

http://uncultured.com/donations

Please don't feel obligated to make a donation.

I've been trying to change the conversation about global poverty with my work on YouTube. Let's start by using YouTube in a new way. if anyone who has made a donation - please consider posting a video response. Include your PayPal Confirmation Number in the Sidebar and maybe write (in the sidebar) and/or talk (in the video) a little bit about why you decided to donate to me instead of a charity or NGO. I'll try my best to watch as many as I can even though the internet connection in Bangladesh is worse than dialup.

If you prefer to donate to an established charity (which is also tax-deductible), check out:

http://uncultured.com/charities

Full Disclosure: Since uploading this video, I received an email from one of the teachers at this school who points out that the cost of tuition is around $20,000 - not $26,000. This is the base cost and does not include additional costs such as extra curricular activities. Either way, I still couldn't afford to go to this place...

This video uses a special instrumental version of "Never Get Out" by Brad Sucks. You can download the full song (licensed under Creative Commons) at:

http://www.bradsucks.net

Thanks to Brad for a custom version of this song.

This video is licensed under the Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA).

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[flawedartist]

Going to see if I can get some friends together to make a response video. I think it's appropriate I do so at this point :P

[UnculturedProject]

Yeah! You should also put any of your Quitting for a Cause videos as a response to this one. Makes it easier to track :)

[fabbyy02]

Hey Shawn, Being a bengali myself i feel for the b-deshi's who suffer everyday. I know all I can do now is maybe donate money but if you allow me then next time i visit Bangladesh i'm more than willing to help u. I'm currently gr.12 student in Canada and i try to do as much as i can here as an exec.member of "Kids Can Free The Children" at my skewl. But i feel there's alot more i can do to help. To sum it up i wud just like to say thnku again UR AN INSPIRATION!

[UnculturedProject]

Hey - is that with Free the Children? Craig Kielberger is a friend of mine - we went to college together.

[Sniiple]

Srry My name is akbar lol. (bad spelling i know)

[UnculturedProject]

It's a trap! :-)

(I'm sure I'm not the first to make that joke to you...)

[JamilaHossain]

'Its never as simple as it looks....It is never easy' I agree and we are here to help :)

[hollicrombie735]

AIS/D is the best

[stingingtara]

PS: I was hoping I'd get to see more of the campus in the video...

[stingingtara]

I went AIS/D 10 years ago.. Was a wonderful experience!

[deathgodespada]

Ok, i'am 14 years old and currently going to school. I get paid to go to school and i was thinking that i should donate some if not all of the money. i was planning to build my self a computer but I found this. I don't want to get your hopes up. I love what your doing. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! =)

[mikeepi11]

thats acctually true, jawed karim he is the co founder

[b1orb0]

jee hoon!! its me muqri!!!

[b1orb0]

did u know a bangladeshi created Youtube...

P.S. Im not a bangladeshi

[flawedartist]

You, sir, are just full of good ideas.