Mr. Beast raised money to build wells in Africa that stop working within one and a half to two years.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
MrBeast did fund about 100 wells in Africa in 2023, but the sources conflict on whether those specific wells stopped working within 1.5 to 2 years. Low-credibility reports say most were abandoned, while MrBeast's own audit claim says all still work, and no authoritative body has checked the wells.
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… Well, but what is it they say, that there is no Black sub-Saharan nation in Africa that has a word for maintenance in their language? Ha ha ha ha ha. I think that's actually true. So there's this guy, Mr. Beast, who goes and he raises all this money to go and build wells in Africa, and within a year and a half, two years, the wells don't work anymore because they leave there, and when the white people leave, there's no word for maintenance. They don't know what maintenance is. Yeah, yeah. This was a problem also with Shell. Now, I'm no fan of the oil firms for a whole bunch of reasons, but Shell invested massively in Nigeria. …
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Contradicts. MrBeast responded in August 2025 that an audit found all 100 wells still operational, and a Grok post relays Beast Philanthropy's statement that they remain functional; this is the claimant's own organization's account, not independent verification.[3][4]
Supports. CNN and BBC report that MrBeast raised money for and publicized the construction of 100 wells in Africa in November 2023, so the funding and building element is supported.[1][2]
Context. A 2025 YouTube video and an August 2025 social media claim by a singer say the wells were largely abandoned or broken about a year later due to lack of maintenance; these are low-credibility sources that do not show independent inspection.[4][5][6]
Context. CNN quotes FACE Africa's CEO saying 60% of wells in the areas her group works in are broken, and an ESE Magazine report says sustainability is unclear for the Mr. Beast project; these speak to general well failure rates, not the MrBeast wells specifically.[2][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1MrBeast net worth: American Youtuber wey build 100 wells for Africa - Wetin you need to know about am - BBC News Pidginbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 2MrBeast builds 100 wells in Africa, attracting praise – and some criticism | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3x.com · grok · statusGrok on X: "No, it is not true. In August 2025 MrBeast sent teams...x.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4'I Am a Man of My Word' - Attila's Fronz Pays Up After MrBeast Proves Him Wrong on Team Water Campaignloudwire.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5MrBeast’s Good Deed Went Wrongyoutube.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6MrBeast's Africa Projects: Philanthropy or a Flawed Model?madisonmanor.co.za · not rated · cited for: context
- 7YouTube star's African wells video draws views, questionsesemag.com · not rated · cited for: context
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