Shawn's Blog (18)

Change You Want to See

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Added by Shawn on December 8, 2009 at 5:59pm — 1 Comment

Fighting Hunger in America

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Added by Shawn on November 21, 2009 at 2:37pm — 1 Comment

What is the Uncultured Project?

A common question by Nerdfighters and non-Nerdfighters alike :) Continue

Added by Shawn on November 5, 2009 at 4:55pm — 7 Comments

Mobile Vlog - Student Sings a Song as Thanks

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Added by Shawn on August 16, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Mobile Vlog - It's Pepto Bismol Day, I Guess

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Added by Shawn on August 11, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Thank You YouTube - Project for Awesome

For this year's Project for Awesome, I decided to pull out all the stops and show you guys a lot of the stuff I've been doing but haven't had the time to put into individual episodes or videos. I keep saying that this project is less about me and more about the community behind it - hopefully this latest video helps convey that. And… Continue

Added by Shawn on December 23, 2008 at 3:30am — 24 Comments

Sacrifices, Challenges, & Opportunities

Where do I begin? There was no one word that could describe how I felt as I was packing up to go home. I felt kind of foolish because the real straw that broke the camel's back was my dead LaCie harddrive. When I got home, after the culture shock, I felt lucky. The blood tests I took here helped explained why I… Continue

Added by Shawn on December 2, 2008 at 11:45pm — 1 Comment

Tour de Nerdfighting

Hello from Plano, Texas! I've got some great news. First, I got to meet Hank & John Green. They are even more amazing in real life than they are online. If you want to see the… Continue

Added by Shawn on November 3, 2008 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Challenge Poverty (with Save the Children)

Choosing has always been the hardest part of this project. I've tried my best to share all the emotions I've had during this project like the joy of helping children in the Hill-Tracts, or the anguish and sense of powerlessness during Cyclone Sidr disaster relief, or the craziness involved in… Continue

Added by Shawn on September 11, 2008 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Meet Max: The Incredible Psychic Dog

This is Max - my grandmother's dog. He's not your average dog though - Max is psychic. I kid you not. Max is normally an outdoor dog - he hates being indoors. He only comes indoors when he knows there is going to be flooding. I don't mean to say that he… Continue

Added by Shawn on July 1, 2008 at 12:30am — 3 Comments

"This is probably the coolest thing that has ever happened to me." - Hank Green

That's the most amazing thing someone could say about one of my videos :-D I titled this video "Using YouTube with a Purpose" because, really, this couldn't have been done without the help of a little website called YouTube and the community that is part of it (in particular the Nerdfighter community). From the donors… Continue

Added by Shawn on June 26, 2008 at 2:30pm — 29 Comments

Hank, John, and a Journey Through the Chittagong Hill-Tracts

This is what I mean when I say I want to "YouTube with a Purpose". If it wasn't for YouTube, most of you wouldn't be reading this. If it wasn't for YouTube, I'd never get to meet Hank and John Green. If it wasn't for YouTube, Hank would never have thought to donate to some guy with a crazy idea for a project in Bangladesh. It was also YouTube that I kept in mind when thinking of how best to spend this donated money. Rick Davis, the teacher at the… Continue

Added by Shawn on June 11, 2008 at 2:00am — 22 Comments

New Episode: 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. If there are any Nerdfighters that made a donation to my project, please consider making a video response to this video! :-) Continue

Added by Shawn on May 11, 2008 at 4:43am — 1 Comment

Paying It Forward

"This maybe the day that I finally pay it forward" I said to a group of students just minutes ago. I'm writing this at a desk inside the American International School in Dhaka. I was invited… Continue

Added by Shawn on April 28, 2008 at 4:54am — 4 Comments

World Malaria Day

Did you know that one day's worth of Pentagon spending ($1.5 Billion US Dollars) would be enough to protect every man, woman, and child in Africa from malaria for five years? Don't take my word for it - Dr. Jeffrey Sachs was the one who did the math on that. We can create a world free from malaria. It is never been easier to achieve and the need has never been more pressing. In this… Continue

Added by Shawn on April 25, 2008 at 12:58pm — 11 Comments

The Struggle to Buy High School Textbooks in Bangladesh

A year's worth of textbooks for a Grade Nine student studying in rural Bangladesh cost over 900 taka. Many can't afford it - and many drop out. In fact, of all the children that enroll in school, only 54% of them are still in school by the age of ten. Individual poverty is a big factor as is the lack of infrastructure and general lack of access to education. During my latest trip to Tangail District, I got to meet Mohammed Hossain - a Grade Nine student who d… Continue

Added by Shawn on April 16, 2008 at 4:30pm — 6 Comments

Changing the Conversation about Global Poverty

"Innocent children of war, famine, and disease - will you help them?" WELL THEN PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL RIGHT NOW! Operators are standing by! It only costs as much as a cup of coffee a day! Does this sound familiar? Well, that's part of the problem. One of the reasons I started this project is because I had the lofty goal of changing the conversation about global poverty. Commercials are a big influence on that conversation. More often than not, when someo… Continue

Added by Shawn on April 7, 2008 at 9:42am — 2 Comments

Working to Help the Poor in Rural Bangladesh

Before you can help - you have to listen. That’s exactly what I did in my latest episode on YouTube. This video is essentially part two of my video on The Young Hardworking Poor of Rural Bangladesh.