The End of Poverty - The "Homework" of Our Generation

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My name is Shawn and on September 14 2006, I found my answer on how to make the world a better place. It's because of that answer that I am now in Bangladesh.

On September 14th, 2006, the University of Notre Dame (of which I was a student studying for my Masters in Sociology) canceled all of its classes so that students could learn about an important issue: the problem of global health and third world poverty. One of the people who came to speak to us was Dr. Jeffrey Sachs (author of the book "The End of Poverty").

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs believes that extreme poverty can be eliminated in our lifetime. The power of this message inspired me to put school on hold so that I could do my part and hopefully inspire others along the way. I have come to Bangladesh to try and help the poorest of the poor. I am sharing this experience with the world through the power of YouTube.

I know that my little "uncultured" project is a drop in the bucket. But hopefully, the more people that be inspired to believe we can end poverty in our lifetime - the closer we can get to that goal.

This is just a montage of what I did in my first five months. Please check the other videos for more of what I have been able to do.

Aid That I Gave In This Video Include:
- 1 Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Mosquito Net Donated by Vestergaard-Frandsen
- 2 Cases of Bottled Water to Residents of a Flood Affected Region
- A nutritional meal (including beef as a source of protein) for a large group of poor school children
- 1 windup flashlight given to a young student in the rural village who cannot afford electricity
- 50 Locally Made and Locally Purchased Mosquito Nets

I plan on making more videos explaining each aid operation in more detail in the future.

Don't worry - I'm not here to ask for your money.

Although, I am asking you to consider rating the video and subscribing :-)

My Project's Blog:
My Project's Photos:
More YouTube Videos:

The entire Notre Dame 2006 forum is available as a free download from:



These short excerpts have been used with written permission from the University of Notre Dame's Office of Public Affairs and Communication.

Music used is from royalty free tracks.

Additional Details for The Davos Question:
- My Hometown and Country: Toronto, Canada

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: October 16, 2007 at 10:32 am
Author: UnculturedProject

Length: 00:03:05
Rating: 4.91
Views: 28448

Tags: unculturedproject Uncultured Project University of Notre Dame Global Health Forum 2006 ND davos question Bangladesh poverty jeffrey sachs mosquito net permanet vestergaard frandsen Vestergaard-Frandsen

Video Comments:
lukeabout (September 27, 2008 at 2:40 pm)
Shawn,

you are such an inspiration!
dunme9000 (September 25, 2008 at 4:42 pm)
My god i cant belive it you are doing something about it!!!

PLZ if you need any help plz i will help you with that
thatoriginalusername (September 25, 2008 at 3:26 am)
I can't even like, describe how purely awesome this guy is. Is there a noble prize or something that he can win? He will if there is. No doubt about it.
sisterswho (September 25, 2008 at 1:18 am)
he has a paypal accnt that you can donate too. I don't remember it off the top of my head but it's on some of his earlier videos.
sisterswho (September 25, 2008 at 1:16 am)
One of my church leaders said something to the effect of you can't just take people out of the slums, you take the slums out of the people and then the people take themselves out of the slums.

One person being educated, learning how to take care of himself, and being given the chance to do so, has much more power to change generations than ANY government will EVER have. I'm with Shawn. Reaching out on a personal level makes all the difference for them as well as us.
Ctasker5 (September 20, 2008 at 11:03 pm)
i was born there... terrible conditions over there i came to america when i was 3 months then we went back for a month to visit when i was 6. i could still remember that there was not a day that i didnt have a mosquito bite. the most ever on me was probobly around 31. id have them on my legs, face, chest, arms and my back. ive seen dead people with my own eyes. thankfully i am here in america safe. and honestly i dont feel like going back. united project do what you are doing!u made a difference
pobedano (September 15, 2008 at 8:14 am)
a storm hit last night close to where i live and family's lost their houses and everything they had. you have inspired me to start a donating program, i will start it tomorrow. i will be taking a picture of each person who donates and make videos like yours to thank them.
krazyfua (August 21, 2008 at 5:42 am)
I like what you do.
Very encouraging...
Keep it up.
herndonsucks (August 15, 2008 at 9:15 pm)
aww thats so sweet:] keep it up!
UnculturedProject (August 13, 2008 at 8:26 pm)
Thanks :) The music used isn't actually a "real" song. It's just a music file that came with the video editing software that I was using.