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again with a Dutch documentary? wtf
I don’t know what to make of this. It seems all they really need is a few boxes of colourful blocks/LEGO.
normally I would say ‘i’m going to shoot myself in the face’ but no…. now I want to call upon my fellow youtube haters and someone please… please.. shoot me in the fucking face.
@MrGreenbaypackersfan Ik denk dat ze een hele stapel van die filmpjes hebben liggen. (als je Nederlands spreekt xD) If not, tja, bummer.
@ald0sco
Congratulations, you can truthfully say first, as in first comment actually related to the content of the video.
too*
These are brilliant, anyone who comments saying something retareded like “OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG” is a close-minded fool. DO YOU HEAR ME, FOOL!!
It’s nice to see there’s still good in the world.
This isn’t just a problem in Africa
Children growing up in situations like this, raised by unintelligent television and not being taught the value of education, is scarily close to home
This is great, I’m really glad they’re doing this. Developing spacial ability and learning colors and shapes, and even just having something to interact with, is great for early learning… it’s good to see they’re managing to help some kids out.
@ald0sco that’s not LEGO, that’s MEGABLOCKS BOOO YEAH, in all seriousness give the children your megablocks.
@ElGrandeBanana why would someone who understands dutch whine about it beiing a dutch commentary , fucking retard
Still better than NYC public schools.
waarom de ondertiteling?
Is there a reason there is not an English voice over?
I’m glad that you guys have put this content up here. I normally find such educational and interesting videos from TED.
@chill579 jealousy is a hell of a drug
OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
@chill579 OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
Thank you for this video! Please do more stories on early learning.
OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
Nice incite about lives in other places THAN the US or other developed countries. Keep up the great work Rocketboom!
@lemonsyay1 Those are Duplo. By Lego.
@chill579 OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
@zdepapepa hahahaha touché my friend, touché
I wish early education was required in my state. But then, our legislators don’t even fund K-12 education and suck up the losses the federal government offers by purposely not meeting the requirements.
0:34 is pretty disturbing. cant they teach children even basic stuff like 1,2,3
or build them toys from wood?
um.. my new life goal:
Buy plane tickets to Africa and give these kids enthusiation (is that a word?)
@IHaveDimensia Haha. Worth a try.
@vitaR86 Because there are other languages other than English.
@chill579 – I wouldn’t go so far as to call them “brilliant.” More like self-righteous. I don’t know where Rocketboom gets these videos, but have you not noticed that they all have a similar theme? They all involve white people boasting about the stuff they’ve given to African countries.
“I gave a bunch of day care centers some wooden blocks.”
“That’s…neat. I guess.”
“Did I mention all the kids could do was stare at the CEILING before I came along?”
“Really? You’re a genius, then!”
Start a daycare with one pop-up pirate and one crocodile dentist. BAM! You are now the best daycare outside of Durban.
@chill579 b-b-but…molly is hot…
@johnnytastetest brilliant in the sense of shining a light on a dark situation, not the amount of intellect required.
The next step up is perhaps to get some simple logic based games in there, like chess, and language games. I learned to play chess at 4,5 years old, and started playing NES and computer games unsuprovised at 6 years old. I had a significant advantage in knowledge adaptation rate and logic reasoning over my classmates in grades 1-7 but the school was too slow paced so i got bored.
This is so nice and brilliant, when they’re old enough they will kill and rape farmers and their families and also know colours and stuff!
Just great!
I really like that rocketboom has been bringing light to situations within underdeveloped countries. Keep them coming.
@chill579 hey you thought of it first, you’re close-minded
Where’s the stupid blonde whore?
@chill579 Soooo… you pity the fool?
0:7 he says fucking
Why do these people have children if they can’t afford to support them?
Rocketboom: Way better then any other news channel
I was like what the hell, I know this language.
Good old Dutch.
@gulllars – A “dark” situation, huh? Good one. I’m of the opinion that these people shouldn’t need outside help with this kind of stuff. If their creativity and motivation is lacking to the point where they can’t create their own cheap wooden blocks or come up with their own rudimentary chess set, then that’s just pathetic. Of course, they DO have this ability, which reinforces my original contention that these are self-righteous videos.
These people make more than one baby, regardless if they can or can not provide for it.
Work your way out of the slums, and then plan on making children, so that they will not have the same tragic fate that you had while growing up.
A general tendency for bettering one’s self is needed here. School is the best way to achieve that. No schools -> No hope.
Disadvantage a child at this critical step in his development and you doom him for life.
@johnnytastetest self-righteous depends on the person helping. If you look down on the people you help as pityfull and less worthy, you are self-righteous. If you want to help people in a tough situation out of goodness and compassion, you’re not.
I don’t see any clear signs of self-righteousness in this video.
I have little patience for self-righteous people, but even less for proud willfully ignorant people (not that you are one).
Instead of running half way across the world for a cause, Molly could walk 10 miles and find this in outer-NYC… though that would require leaving Manhattan, so we know it won’t happen.
1:57 boob massage
What language is the narrator talking in? Is it Dutch?
People with down syndrome and other mental disabilities can lead relatively normal lives if they have alot of mental stimulation when they are kids.
So what have we learned today? Dont have kids if you cannot support yourself.
@gulllars – You’re right, I’m not ignorant. I’m just playing devil’s advocate here. I don’t think someone necessarily has to have a low opinion of someone else to consider themself righteous, do you? Those kids should definitely have the basic building blocks of a solid education (so to speak), but they’re naturally inquisitive and tactile anyway, and the video tries to make the argument that because they may not have the funds to buy bits of wood to stack, they’ll just “stare at the ceiling.”
why do they just let them sit there? you can play and have fun without toys! what the FUCK?
@bigred2989 it is a white dude in south africa, i’d assume so
I saw lots of education value, they are learning social skills. Not sure when education starts for them, in the United States the age 5-years is kindergarten that is 1/2-day of education preparation, as 1st Grade is when formal education begins. We see the wealthy have pre-schools for everything, but they are not the normal, most people have the same problems. Cultural problems are into law, heritage, religion, and language and that is what needs to be remedied.
OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
I don’t care about stupid niggers being niggers, I come here to realise my girlfriend is fucking shit-ugly!
I’ve got nothing against Molly (she’s really attractive, nice and makes nice reports), but these are much better in content than most of the stuff you have. Keep’em comming, por favor!
OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
@RectalExaminationBot She’s so fit? lol what?
OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
One thing that bugs me is that I want to follow up on these interesting stories, but in the information bar there aren’t any links. I don’t mind going to google and searching unlimited child, but it would be nice if you provided links straight to their website.
OMG WHERES MOLLY SHE IS SO FIT OMG
wow molly really let herself go
I’d never watch rocketboom than the local news channel
shouldn’t this be on rocketboom humanwire?
good story
“They just sit and eat. There’s nothing they can do other than to sleep, stare at the roof, and eventually go back home.” – African Day Care Lady
This is not much different than the blacks we have here in America. Same shit, different nation. We’ve tried domesticating them, but had poor results. We taught them English and grammar, but they’d rather use Ebonics to remain as different as possible. We even stopped calling them niggers… and then… they started calling each other nigger. /sigh
@chill579 Thank you. Molly should really make a video addressing those perverts, to shut them up and put them in their place.
so they’re reinventing the wheel in Africa once again?
the only reason people watch these videos is because of molly. she should be in every video. people are not tuning in for your informative content.
what language is the narrator speaking?
could be worse
@karnella Dutch
@jekader
Ai please. You know it’s needed. Simply pointing out that Africa is third world does nothing.
Just kill all niggers, problem solved.
This world needs to be flushed, be gone poop (:
@ThaisBlackXboxLive You need to flushed from this world, You ungrateful undereducated racist filth!
@sincityfire Undereducated? Say what nigga? They are the fucking undereducated fucks here.. And how can I be flushed? I’m no shit… Niggers are shit..
1st
@ThaisBlackXboxLive Get a life moron.
@ThaisBlackXboxLive what if the world was the other way around….
would you like people to kill you?!?!!
@chill579
C´mon, and what about freedom of speech?
What’s up with Rocketboom and uploading videos of niggers? And why isn’t the commentating in fucking English?
I’m about to unsubscribe if they keep up this shit. Rocketboom keeps getting worse and worse. It’s rare they upload anything worth watching anymore, 9/10 times their videos are just a waste of time.
@chill579
Her cute-ness is too much hehe! ^_^
i love these videos, it is very inspiring to see such work being done around the world.
@v1tusphoenix If I were born as a nigger I’d probably commited suicide, and I would agree with the whites that we niggers should be exterminated.
Ouch theres some hate in this vid.
I would actually reccomend using less molly despite the fact that I only watch this shit because of her. Shes funny and cute so why not. I did origionally subscribe because of know your meme however.
Molly is adorable and sexy lots of people see this and get a bit.. fussy over rocketboom videos.
From what ive seen in the comments the type of people slobbering over molly are just.. asswipe douchebags.
I mean really…
Why was the “Or Not” portion not addressed?
Here in the more developed parts of Asia, this has been pulled to the extreme, where children are going through preparatory classes before they even reach kindergarten. Do we take away the joys of childhood and fill it with tuition and studying just so a child may have a slight advantage over his/her peers in the future?
@ThaisBlackXboxLive You have a problem.
@ThaisBlackXboxLive
If you hate niggers that much, why don’t you commit suicide, it’s obviously you who has a problem with other people, and not the other way around…
maybe you should stop being so frustrated?
What language is that ?
Maybe its because African’s have an average IQ of 80…
inb4 “RACIST”….It is a fact, even poor whites outscore rich blacks in the US. Facts don’t lie, facts are racist.
All children are the treasure of the world
i will dedicate my life to spread justice.
Why, out of all other parts of the world, does Africa require our constant involvement just to give them normal lives? Can they not feed themselves, create their own jobs, have their own health care? If they can, we shouldn’t be spoon-feeding them. If they can’t, we shouldn’tbe doing it either.
Seriously, Africa, sort yourself out and stop looking to us for constant help.
@hurbaga Dutch
To Nom ?
Or Not to Nom ?
That is the question
@t1mTV There’s a lot of channels without Molly yet they get a great amount of views
@maksphoto78 Great… Now take into account that we, the white guys, screwed Africa to begin with. You know, colonization, decolonization, slavery and all that. Besides, I think it is a moral obligation to educate all. Sharing knowledge so that they can generate their own. We took away a lotand got way to much for ourselves now. Let us share our knowledge, our technology and our or modern ways with the world so that they too can benefit from it. In return, lets learn a bit of humility from them
@maksphoto78 Africa was doing fine untill we came over and fucked it up. The reason we need to help africa is because if we had not come in and: Introduced new diseases; destoryed comunitys but shipping all the young men away to america to be slaves; Claimed the natual resourses as our own ect… then Africa WOULDN’T HAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS TO BEGIN WITH!!
@ThaisBlackXboxLive Your comment makes me sad. Why can’t we all just accept each other for the way we are? There is always going to be something you don’t like about someone else, whether it be religion, ethnicity, or gender among a whole spectrum of things.How about if you were killed, along with everyone else of your faith (being atheism), ethnicity (being white, not exactly sure on country of origin), or gender (being male)? Everyone deserves to live and that’s why your comment makes me sad.
@Fex13 I think that this education program is great yet I daresay that if white colonists hadn’t come, it would have taken African tribes thousands of years to make some progress and become civilized.
Europeans didn’t make all those people any happier, they just tried to pushed them into contemporary civilization of that time but they failed, For the most part, tribes are at the same point where they had been before the arrival, excepr for the fact they use computers and all
Is there a link for this organization? As an educator, I would like to get involved in a charity like the one mentioned in this video.
@ThaisBlackXboxLive dude…
you are obviously never lived the life….
I sure wish they would stop posting boring shit
What a great initiative
@DSQueenie It’s very easy to blame the colonialists and slavery, but that was a long time ago. Slavery was a common practice in Africa even before we came there, we simply made use of it. And I’m sorry, but diseases like AIDS and malaria come here from Africa, not the other way around.
The needs of Africans are the same as the needs in any other part of the world, yet somehow other parts of the world don’t have to rely on our constant help.
Good video!
het lijkt erop dat rocketboom houd van nederlands, no subtitles needed thank you ^^
@maksphoto78 Yes slavery was practiced among african countrys however it was done more or less sustainably. We came in and wiped out entire vilages which destroyed the social sturcture of those reagions witch is only begining to repear itself now. It takes hundres of year to create effictive social and economical links in counrtys and slavely has only been stopped for 100 which isn’t that long historicly speaking. Also, there is guilt among countrys that had abused the region.
@maksphoto78 lastly africa is poorer than other regions because mony of its natural resorses are stilled owned by forgin companys. But you are right there are many other places in the world that need our help. So i think we should help them too
im happy to see this
@nathpollen Done, links added.
@TasarlaSkaara Try the infobar.
Why is everything in dutch? :p
Dutch for the win!
WTF a Dutch Video Again (Respect for dutch people)
@nathpollen The links are down there now, it takes them a while to get them up.
lol, molly in the tags to get more views :’)
Hell yes. Good on the The Unlimited Child folks!
@DFFAS2009 Thanks for the props mate.
*puts on sunglasses*
I don’t understand how you can dislike this vid… unless your reason is Molly isn’t in it because your a sad troll.
@cx420ns Who is they? Are you talking about the ignorant uneducated woman who stays with the kids because she cannot get a job? She probably does not do anything with the kids because she is busy trying to make some food or something and she does not know any better.
6000 views
@elizzhu same here
@nathpollen link’s in the description.
i’m not trolling or anything.. just trying to be helpful
perhaps it was added after your comment. have a wonderful day/night/etc
@dkallisti Yeah, they add them after I watch… probably an indication of how much time I spend on the computer.
What language are they speaking? Afrikaans?
@KarlaQat the language = Dutch (Dutch news report) and Please use your brain next time. No Offence but “Afrikaans”??? is Asia or America or Europe a Language? Africa is a continent (remember) which is build up bij Countries which have there languages.
Good Job rocketboom. but….yes But, please cover more of basic truth. Why does this situation arise? why isn’t this already done? why is it that a white person came to do it? its obvious there is no need for funding or outside help to do this. So what is the real story. I think that would be a good follow up. Start with IMF and UN. you will then come across Aids and on the way something about religion. But Keep you mind open, because the truth is stranger than fiction! cheers
@Sizomu hahaha someone thinks Afrikaans isn’t a language!
@pjmcnally I know its a sister Language of Dutch. but calling it “Afrikaans” will and may confuse alot. because it has nothing to do with Africa and Africans. even calling it “native” is a big lie, like Wiki will suggest. It is a product of the colonies. Like American is just a slightly different version of English. hope this show what I meant.
@Sizomu No offence but you didn’t know Afrikaans was a language?
@SimonGriffindor Pls read my previous comment. and think about what I am trying to say.
@Sizomu Yes but clearly on your first comment, you had never heard of the language, when you made the comments about Europe and Asia and stated Africa was a continent. Clearly if you knew it was a language you would not say that.
@Sizomu I Disagree, it is not a small difference between Afrikaans and dutch. The grammar has some MAJOR difference’s.You cannot compare it with American english.
@djmaxxl U r right, is used a bad example. its origin is Dutch. so calling that language “afrikaans” is misleading. in dutch it is like saying people in America speak Americans. it won’t even make sense when there are more countries in America which have there own language.
@SimonGriffindor but its not…. I didn’t know its refer d to as “Afrikaans”. I didn’t think long enough to see that. but I still want to press on with: its a bad presentation/name for a language. and to be honest I felt a bit disappointed as an African. I feel like too many people think Africa is a country, and that “easy” thinking was the reason this language is now known as “Afrikaans”. Ask a Dutch person what: Afrikaan & Afrikaans mean.
was supprised when i suddenly heared dutch, Netherlands FTW
africa sucks!
black kids haha
Playgrounds are important too. Swings, teeter totters, slides, merrygorounds, etc. do more than just stimulate young minds.
lol
@cx420ns Sure, but the point is that you must play games that train your brain.
At least they don’t bring guns to school or end up with blood alcohol level of 2.72 like here. Yeah the worls is a happy place.
@cx420ns youd think they could afford toys
@TheBetterGame It wasn’t there when I first watched the vid. Thanks though.
please watch this watch children friends life watch education turn off life why ?????
@cx420ns without toys they do nothing at all, so what is your piont?
They need all the help they can get to move on with civilization
@MrSivabrothers what?
@Sizomu you don’t get to say “use your brain next time” if you’ve never heard of “Afrikaans”.
no.
bad hypocrite. BAD
@Dutchgirl002 coz apartheid
@maksphoto78 Why is Africa so suck?
Guns germs and steel (google it).
that’s why.
@ragenFOX easy spreadable justice straight from the fridge.
@woody500z
[citation required]
@roidroid what does that mean?
@ragenFOX … sorry I am unsure howto explain butter physics to the sandwich uninitiated.
LOL NIGGERS!