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The Project for Awesome begins in a few hours, and on the first day we’re raising money for Save the Children and Partners in Health, organizations that nerdfighteria has worked with a lot over the past eight years. 

Donate now at the p4a indiegogo (and get great perks!) and every dollar you donate will be worth $2.50 thanks to matching donations from p4a donors and Save the Children supporters. 

Here’s some of the work your donations will help fund:

Mental health initiatives. Mental health is not only a problem in rich countries. PIH works with local organizations to improve mental health diagnosis and treatment from Haiti to Lesotho, and to reduce the stigma too often associated with mental illness.

Ebola care. Ebola remains a massive health crisis in Liberia and Sierra Leone. PIH-funded care teams and health clinics have been fighting the outbreak with very limited resources since before any of us even heard about it. These people recently received Time Magazine’s Person of the Year award, and PIH is one of the leading organizations supporting them.

Cancer and other chronic diseases: 80% people who die from cancer live in the developing world, but only 5% of cancer-related spending goes toward their diagnosis and treatment. PIH works to get better treatment options to the poorest people. 

Community health initiatives: Both Save the Children and Partners in Health work to bring better local care—from vaccinations to safe childbirth settings—to rural and poor communities around the world, including the U.S. 

Refugees from the conflict in Syria: Save the Children is one of the leading organizations providing assistance, schooling, and nutrition to the millions of refugees from the Syrian civil war. 

These are only a few highlights. Both organizations, of course, do much more work around the world, and I am so excited that even before the p4a actually begins, we’ve already raised over $175,000!

Check out the fundraiser and I’ll see you in a couple hours when the 48-hour livestream begins!