Sarah McLachlan's World on Fire

Sarah McLachlan's "World on Fire" 

Check out this link to view the "World on Fire" video we watched in class.  Here are the lyrics and below are the charities McLachlan donated to:

World On Fire by Sarah McLachlan

Hearts are worn in these dark ages

You’re not alone in these stories’ pages

The light has fallen amongst the living and the dying

And I'll try to hold it in 

Yeah I'll try to hold it in

The world's on fire, it's more then I can handle

I'll tap into the water try and bring my share

Try to bring more, more then I can handle 

Bring it to the table 

Bring what I am able

I watch the heavens but I find no calling

Something I can do to change what’s coming

Stay close to me while the sky’s falling

I don’t wanna be left alone don’t wanna be alone

The world's on fire, it's more then I can handle

I'll tap into the water try and bring my share

Try to bring more, more then I can handle 

Bring it to the table 

Bring what I am able

Hearts break hearts mend love still hurts

Visions clash planes crash still there's talk of 

saving souls still the cold's closing in on us

We part the veil on our killer sun

Stray from the straight line on this short run

The more we take the less we become

The fortune of one man means less for some

The world's on fire, it's more then I can handle

I'll tap into the water try and bring my share

Try to bring more, more then I can handle 

Bring it to the table 

Bring what I am able

World On Fire Donation List

Charity	For	Amount	Total  Donation
Caroline for Kibera www.cfk.unc.edu	12 room clinic and land deeds Medicine for 5000 people for 6 months in Nairobi Kenya	• $22,500 • $7,500	$30,000
Comic Relief	Running street children’s hospital in India for a year Feeding 10 street children in Calcutta 3 meals daily for 1 year Schooling for 100 street children in Tanzania Education for 200 students in Ethiopia	• $11,050 • $3,000 • $2,500 • $400	$16,950
CARE USA www.care.org	Building of 6 wells in S.E Asia, Latin America & Africa Helping 100 widows to develop income generating activities in Afghanistan Sending 145 girls to school for one year in Afghanistan Equipping 10 classrooms in Afghanistan Training 10 teachers in Afghanistan	• $10,200 • $5,400 • $5,000 • $480 • $400	$21,480
DORCAS www.dorcas.net	Total running costs of orphanage in South Africa Improving the lives of 10 elderly people in Eastern Europe	• $16,500 • $3,500	$20,000
Engineers Without Borders - Canada www.ewb.ca/en/index.html	To purchase and implement a Multi-Function Platform in Ghana Christy Yaa: scholarships Nana Yaa: scholarships	• $15,000 • $1,000 • $1,000	$17,000
Help the Aged www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb	Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) vehicle providing medical treatments	• $15,000	$15,000
Film Aid www.filmaid.org	Entertainment & escapism for refugees	• $9,500	$9,500
War Child www.warchild.ca/	70 former child soldiers to receive schooling & psychosocial support 7 young people in Sierra Leone to receive job training Education, shelter & food for orphans in Ethiopia	• $3,500 • $1,500 • $500	$5,500
Heifer International www.heifer.org/	1 heifer, 2 goats, 1 buffalo 2 sheep, 4 goats, 2 llamas and 1 heifer A pig Chicks Ducks	• $1,000 • $1,500 • $120 • $20 • $20 • $20	$2680
ITDG www.itdg.org	Scheme which would allow 300 families to remove smoke from their homes 10 smoke hoods 5 bicycle ambulances Nuts & bolts to secure houses of monsoon victims Sudanese irrigation	• $1,925 • $250 • $1,300 • $500 • $1025	$5000
Action Aid www.actionaid.org.uk	To aid and implement programs in Khlaipathar village, Orissa, India to encourage families to be able to stay together 5000lbs potato seeds for planting vegetable gardens	• $5000 • $160	$5160

 TOTAL  $148,270