Sarah Mclachlan: World on Fire

Sonesh gave me this pointer. Click right here www.worldonfire.ca

A music video can cost up to $150,000, but this video was made in $15. The rest of the money was used as follows:

$200 = Cost of production assistant for 1 day = School fees for 100 children in Ethiopia
$480 = Cost of 1 office phone = Equipment for 10 classrooms in Africa
$5000 = Cost of makeup and hair for 1 day = 1 year of schooling for 145 girls in Afghanistan
$500 = Cost of sound playback = Cost of all nuts and bolts to hold 50 houses together in Bangladesh
$1150 = Cost of filming equipment = 5 bicycle ambulances in Nepal
$9500 = Money spent in meetings, taxes, and union fees = Money needed for film screening in West African refugee camps towards education and escapism for 180000 refugees
$10200 = 2 hours of film stock = 6 wells build in 6 different countries
$3500 = Cost of a production supervisor = Schooling and support for 70 children of war in Sierra Leone
$3000 = Catering for a 1 day shoot = 10950 meals for street children in Calcutta
$5400 = Studio costs = Independence for 100 widows in Afghanistan
$15000 = Camera and art department cost = Power generator for small scale industries and businesses
$2625 = Cost of electricians for 1 day = Livestock as a source of food and income for villages across world
$15000 = Cost of 1 mobile medical unit in India which will treat 150000 people in its lifetime
$2500 = Cost of editor for 1 day = Schooling for 100 children in Tanzania for a year
$11000 = Cost of editing and post = Money for running a street children's hospital for a year
$1500 = Training in skills for 7 former child soldiers which can help them rebuild their lives
$3500 = 100 grannies adopted
$16500 = Director's fees = Total running cost of a South African orphanage for 1 year
1 sq mile = Area of Central Park in NYC = Area of largest slum at Kibera in Kenya housing 800000 people
$7500 = Earnings of producer = 6 months medicine for 5000 patients
$22500 = Production company = 12 room clinic in Kibera

It is not about asking for money, but it is about telling people how easy it is to do so much. A list of donations is right here.