Challenge Poverty (with YouTube & Save the Children)

Please read the sidebar for important information! Voting is now closed - thanks to everyone who voted!

You get to decide what I do with Save the Children. There are five options and there is enough money to do either one big thing or 2 or 3 of the smaller options. The money for this comes from the hundreds of people from around the world who have already donated to me via PayPal.

"The Uncultured Project" is just a funny name for my work trying to help those less fortunate in developing countries. It's not a charity, NGO, or anything like that. It's about what we as individuals united together can do to make a difference in the world. Find out more at:

http://uncultured.com and
http://youtube.com/UnculturedProject

DON'T feel obliged to donate to me - I'm not a charity! I'm just a guy. You'll find more information here:

http://uncultured.com/donations

HOW TO VOTE: You don't need to have made a donation in order to vote! Make a VIDEO RESPONSE and let me know which option you'd like me to do! You can also leave a text comment if you prefer, but I'd like to give more weight to video responses.

THE OPTIONS:

- Build a Deep Tube Well
- Build a Pond Sand Filter (aka PSF or Biosand Filter)
- Provide 80 Salter Scales to Fight Malnutrition
- Build a School Latrine
- Repair a School Damaged by Cyclone Sidr

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is enough money to rebuild the school OR 2 or 3 of any of the other options.

I'd like to thank Save the Children USA for their assistance and support in helping me to do this. I'd also like to give my heartfelt thanks to the Save the Children staff at the following offices: Westport (USA), Dhaka, Barisal, and Barguna.

I'd also like to thank Jamison Young, Stefan D, and Josh Woodward for lending their music for this video.

Jamison Young ("How Far" - intro music)
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/18714

Stefan D ("Best Mind")
http://www.furaxe.qc.ca/stefand/

Josh Woodward ("Shower Scene Instrumental")
http://www.joshwoodward.com/

This video uses the song "How Far" by Jamison Young from the album "Shifting Sands of a Blue Car". This song is licensed under the Creative Commons under an in perpetuity "attribution-only" license.

Last but not least, I'd like to thank the following YouTubers for collaborating with me on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AngelLife999
http://www.youtube.com/user/windago
http://www.youtube.com/user/thechico1979
http://www.youtube.com/user/1Day2BeAw...
http://www.youtube.com/user/Aceswolf
http://www.youtube.com/user/xokiikster
http://www.youtube.com/user/Maddog53
http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers

I apologize for not making a video earlier. It took a while to make this happen! It also didn't help that my 3-month old LaCie harddrive died with a lot of important footage on it. I was already making this video when it died and had to start from scratch. Don't. Buy. LaCie.

Subtitle Typo: The subtitles for the lady speaking about the deep tube well was meant to read as "It feels good to have this because all of us can use this TO drink and wash our food & dishes". This was a bit difficult to translate and I had to actually consult two different people to help me translate this. In the process I seemed to have overlooked this grammatical typo. Sorry to any English teachers out there.

About "Challenge Poverty": There is actually a small registered charity in Scotland that goes by the name "Challenge Poverty". This video isn't about those guys. I came up with the name "Challenge Poverty" after being inspired by some youtubers who have put up "challenge" videos - like "Challenge Adam" and "Challenge Charlie" :)

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

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  News & Politics

[Trisha Trains dogs]

save the children organization keeps most of that money, it doesnt give all of the money to the children which is SAD!!!!!!!

[UnculturedProject]

Hi - when Save the Children asked for overhead (which any charity needs and requires), I asked them to do so separately. And I raised money for overhead separately from money raised to help the poor.

Even if I didn't do that, Save the Children is a rather efficient organization. You can see how much (or little) goes to overhead right on their site. Hope this helps explain things.

[WorldOfChildren]

This is really fantastic; what a remarkable story and what a great way to make a difference! If you guys are still looking for a way to reach out please check out World of Children. We find people who are doing outstanding work with kids all over the world and then give them an award and the cash they need to continue their great work! If you know someone you'd like to nominate, go to our website and click "nominate"

[UnculturedProject]

You should qualify that your award only applies to those who own a non-profit organization. So, although you think this is "really fantastic" you have setup your awards such that I'm excluded from all the potential categories :P

[WorldOfChildren]

Some of our nomination standards are strict for sure. I (the poster) have only been with the org for week now, so I'm still learning some of the details. However, please know that I find your project personally inspiring, and if nothing else we can know that we are both working towards similar ends. And if you know anyone else who is doing great work and owns a nonprofit (or if you ever do own one yourself) we will still be here! :-)

[UnculturedProject]

With so many people doing things outside of the non-profit ecosystem, I hope you can make the case with your org to have a category for regular folks like me in the future :)

[randy109]

When a child leaves the womb they are totally innocent. YOU could have been born in a hut in the hinterlands of Angola. Would that have been your fault? If all of us in USA and Western Europe sent $20 per month we'd supply clean water, healthy food, multi-vitamins and basic medical care (antibiotics, etc.). $20 per household could give every child on the planet a fighting chance. We must follow up with education. We'd fix the basic problems in 2 generations. Not doing so is inexcusable!

[Bethany Warnock]

Wonderful video, friend! Thanks for posting, and for your great production quality.

[d007ization]

Will money be put into maintenance in general?

I don't know if it's an issue with these facilities in general but you have to make sure they don't fall apart after a few years.

[undusklabe]

great!!!

[TheTheratfarmer]

clean driking water is key.

[Ernest Tang]

I think Save The Children USA is a great organization, but what do they do differently compared with for example Unicef or Red Cross?

[Ernest Tang]

I will donate 5% of my total income once I graduate from collage.