#decrease maternal mortality

This is why I still love the Vlogbrothers. They are giving away quite a sum of their estimated net worth (though by no means all of it.) They acknowledge and want to directly address the very real, deadly and horrible difficulties in the world, but they aren’t starting their own charity to do it. Don’t get me wrong; some celebrity or philanthropist started charities are fantastic, but they’re putting money into existing charities with existing people and foundations in Sierra Leonne to help decrease preventable deaths.

The best part about this? They’re very clearly acknowledging that though their sum of money is far more, they are still giving less in terms of percentage and effort and heart than people like Ruth, the health care worker that Partners in Health is working with. She gave $2 so a family could eat that day, far more out of her paycheck than the millions out of Hank and Johns. They are still giving quite a lot and will save hopefully thousands of people and hundreds of thousands affected by it, but they are still giving less than Ruth giving those $2.

THESE are the kind of rich people I want. They fully acknowledge their privilege and use it and their influence to help try to make the world a better place in so many ways.

If you can donate, please consider doing so. Here’s the link https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/maternal-health-sierra-leone?source=20191009_ws_sl_matn_MCOESocial_fnd_0_0_grbrstrf_AVA0427

It’s not going through Hank and John, only going into their specific partnership with Partners in Health. Even if you can’t give much, consider it. Those with so little themselves are often the ones that seem to give them most.