I love this video because it tells you where SHE sent her money. Instead of making some big fancy video she sat on a chair in jeans and bare feet with just her guitar. And yes I am sure they did spend money on the video but with what they could have spent they made someones day better.
Why donate when most of the money goes to the Donation Industry and the other goes to taxes and etc. Probably only $50 goes to the countries in need of money to survive. If you want to donate a $100: You better go there physically because our economy is greedy.
$20,000 - The amount of money it would cost to pay off my student debt so I could have as much money as the people in this video. Last time I checked, $0 is more than -$20,000. And even though they live in a society that has irresponsibly exploited their available resources, I still feel bad. I think they need to look around and notice that the resources that they have cannot support 4 kids. How about we send 20,000 condoms for use. It's not just about throwing money around. Put it to use!
@martinhall95 the reason they have so many children is because these people have farms or cattle. They need the children to take care of the farm and of them when they are older. Also, in many of these countries, many children is a status symbol.
and you may have a 20.000 $ debt, but you have an education, you have been able to go to school. And right now, you are surfing the internet in a comfy home. no job? state support!. Meanwhile, they are working their asses off, for almost nothing.
The ethical person will not be judged by their wealth, respect, or social standing, but by how little they lived on and how much of their income they used to help those around them. It doesn't matter if you donate a million dollars when you make 10 million a year. True sacrifice is living on 80k a year and donating 10 million a year. I wish I could find one person who was ethical, but I have yet to find them.
I wish I were rich so I could give those in need basic things we all need in order to live...If by god's grace I should ever be a rich lady, I'd give so much of it to people like those in the video-the people that deserve it. Money is just paper and fibers, and I need so little of it to be happy...Give me the basics, a roof over my head, and a dog and I'm fine. If I'm ever rich I'll give so much to those who REALLY need it... <3
Coming from several years in the corporate world of advertising and marketing, and moving finally into a social enterprise, I realized that there are many creative people out there who are willing to do pro-bono work. We are at a tipping point of realization that we are in a world of limited resource and we need to learn to share with the next billion!
maybe if you mentioned the money spent on tanks and weaponaries it would've made more sense...because not only do these countries starve but they're an easy target to whomever craves power..
Ironically enough our government handicaps the civilians lof most 3rd world countries that we give "foreign aid" to. Why? Because the money we send to their government gets into the hands of DICTATORS and totalitarian governments. The people never see it.
The best thing we can do is lead by example. Freedom is very important and unfortunately our own freedoms are under attack at home in America. Our government is too big and too powerful.
"Throwing gas on the school" Me: what? "Pulls out a lighter and wents like =D"
Done, Myn work is finished "God slays me from 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000091623673 yards away!
"Comming up to god, Do the same thing at god and gets to hell, but at hell he uses water and flowers gets to god, God sends me back to earth and the same thing repeats over and over agein."
Americans do AMAZING things for the rest of the world. In fact we spend astronomical amounts more than any other country when it comes to private donations.
I for one am proud to be an American - but I'm tired of the left throwing it in my face.
remember the words that were written by the Iranian poet Saadi, so many years ago: The children of Adam are limbs to each other, having been created of one essence.”
A Reality check,,,,,,,,,, a palace may not be erected wiithout a ruined home somewhere… it is a fact, when there is a stomach full of food somebody else is hungry… Just look at the amount of food being thrown in the dumpsters in America.. Undoubtedly that amount of food can save many from hunger…..
i personally don't care o-o u can hate i don't care but why should i care not like its involved with me i don't want to do anything and i don't care at all o-o everybody would keep money rather then give it........ they got eachover in that situation its not my problem and i don't care O-o
@1musicRAWR ok so you dont care? but lets put you in that cituation. how would you feel if you were one of thoes people and you saw something like this saying i dont really care because it has nothing to do with me? dont you think they are greateful for everything we do for them dont be so selfcentard im not hateing on you for ur comment im just saying its not a good mind set to be in think about that if that was you up there
look at that poser lloyd banks' assy video, wonder hoe many people he could have helped instead of paying a group of women to pretend to like his stinky ass.
What about the hungry, starving people HERE in the USA? What about the charities HERE? It's neat that we should want to help out other countries, but what about the homeless HERE? It only makes sense... That's just my opinion; please don't hate.
@RocketRodder Because here in america, 5,000 dollars won't buy 150 people education. It will barely buy 1-2 students an education. Also, oranges don't cost 2 cents each here in america. Could it be done here, yes it could, but there are loads of people starting to death, and yet the bum by the subway entrence outside my building has been here since before I started employment.
Dont get me wrong, both need help, just which helps the most people? are 150 lives of Afgahn's worth less than 2 here?
22 people who can make a difference but does not want to face reality and being haters and 588 people who wants to face reality but cannot make a huge difference other then to support
I get this and it's sad but we waste money on loads of things we don't need and as much as I like her music she can't pretend that she hasn't made music videos that cost the money that this video is talking about. She also can't pretend that she hasn't spent huge amounts of money on dresses for events I'm sure she's only wore once. So amazing films that can change the way people think about things shouldn't be made, those crew people don't have the right to make a living. That doesn't make sense
I get this and it's sad but we waste money on loads of things we don't need and as much as I like her music she can't pretend that she hasn't made music videos that cost the money that this video is talking about. She also can't pretend that she hasn't spent huge amounts of money on dresses for events I'm sure she's only wore once.
Tonight, while listening to this song as I cried for our world. This song has been on my lips for days wherever I go...in the laundry room, walking...housecleaning...
Normally I would say not be so judgmental about each other, but the truth of the matter is...we are human (its what we do). Sometimes the problem lies where people think they are so right that they call down those who have different opinions. I understand that some of you may find it frustrating that the world does not see what is going on...but everyone is aloud to have their own point of view, to like or dislike whatever they want, that is one of the benefits of our free will and opinions.
Sometimes we may not realize how much we change the world. For example, by arguing over who is wrong and who is right, you may have inspired someone who never thought about it at all, to have an opinion, and that person could possibly change the world. Everything always happens for a reason..whether we live to see how it turns out or not. What we should remember is to respect each other no matter what our differences are and help out whenever you can. Remember, we are all human!
It's a damn shame & honeslty very sad that there are so many people that just don't give a fuck. It's a cold world & things are only going to get worser but there's always hope and there are still a few of us left who actually are concerned and think that we can change what's coming but honestly only God can do this. I feel @ times that we are his worse creation.
go right to hell with what you say. all the world is large enough for all human-beings. theres not 1, repeat not 1 that is too many or a load; problem has a name: capitalism; if all articles of universal declaration of human rights are respected now. there remains no problem at all; this stupid non argument of yours is not new but malthus already said and was rejected even by procapitism theoreticians.
From rich countries, developing countries need the finances and know-how to build infrastructure to support themselves. They also need education about birth control.
wow, funny to see the ignorance. the reason why there are so many people in africa is that they have that kind of culture... they have a lot of condoms but they simply don't use them. otherwise, video is good. makes a good point!
@imwmv I completely agree. I know that some of these places have beliefs that forbid birth control and all of that but they then look to the US and Canada to be their atm machine. Also, as much as I love this song and think that Sarah Mclachlan is a wonderful person for doing such a thing there are starving people right here in Canada, and in the US I'm sure, and not all of them got there by drug/alcohal abuse. Why not help the people here at home before sending money to everyone else?
go to hell again for many of these 3rd world countries regimes are fully supported by US; besides the world is but one theres no such things as 1st, 2nd,or 3rd worlds.
its quite easy to resign to rubbish like you; trouble is this rubbish can well lead to a full scale catastrophe that is another world war to reduce this so called over population thus GO TO HELL to your opinion.
so what if US or canadian citizens want to give their money; should they ask your opinion; i see how nasty your opinions are: edging toa sort of economic KKK which is not so different .... your US is totally oposite that of franklin roosevelt (a former president remember) and a fantastic john stenbeck with his masterpiece grapes of wrath that im sure either you havent read or hate like those who wanted to prevent its publication because of its last scene(splendid).
@mahvachcheidani Exactly how are they nasty? It's unfair how we do all this for those countries and nothing for our own. Some places won't allow commercials to be aired about LOCAL charities like the food bank and others. Why not? I don't see why we bend over backwards for people in other countries when they do have the means to cut back there expenses...for example, NOT have three kids when you know you don't even have enough money to feed yourself. Never said the message of the vid was wrong.
that video just destroyed me. it was so incredible and moving, they really did an amazing job. i really don't want to just sit in a classroom anymore, i want to be out there doing something and helping someone!
@blueMnM415 You could earn lots of money, live a simple life, and donate the extra. We need rich people who know what to do with the money. But I hear you, I am trying as much as I can right now to reduce my world impact. One thing you should really do is stop buying bottled water, they are pulling water out of one watershed and putting it into another one, not to mention all the polution from making the bottles.
:D I've been looking for a song to embody the book Fahrenheit 451 for a school project. I think I'll use this one. Yay! This is such a fantastic song!
It's time that we all grow up and realize what a perverse illusion we have been caught in. It is beyond words to watch this video and yes, it is really madness. We can balance all, if we will just share a little with our brothers and sisters who we have taken advantage of for far too long. The Danes are blindfolded - do not see anything - have enough in themselves without taking responsibility. Getting more and more ill - destiny always prevails. Love and light.
On set $1150 = filming equipment. In Nepal $1150 = bicycle ambulances x5.
$9,500 would have paid for meetings, tax and union fees. Instead, in West Africa, $9,500 paid for film screenings in refugee camps = education + escapism for 180,000 refugees.
This is a single mother in Ghana, Africa. She works 2 jobs, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week to earn the $200 it costs to send her son to school.
(12 million are blind due to cataracts which can easily be treated. 40% live below the poverty line. 80% live in rural areas with little access to health care.)
$2,500 = 1 editor OR = schooling for 100 street children in Tanzania for a year.
$11,00 = all editing and post. $11,000 will run a street childrens hospital for a whole year.
$1,500 will give 7 former child soldiers training in skills that will help them rebuild their lives.
gosh how touching, i relly regret wasting alot of things and throwing them later in the garbage, when others wish to have clean glass of water and a clean place to stay
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Today I bought three triple baconators at Wendys, tore open three packets of sugar and salt for each burger, took one bite out of one, then threw them in the trash. I then went to the front of the establishment and put my receipt into the donation box for building schools and bring food into Africa.
A while ago, I was walking down a beach during the low tide. This beach was covered with starfish, and the rising sun would soon kill them. Stepping around the starfish, I came upon a boy throwing the starfish into the water. I asked why, saying that he doesn't make a large difference in life. His response gave me a change on how I look at life. He bent over, picked up a single starfish, and tossed it back in, saying, "It makes a difference for that one."
@Javascap - The problem with this story is that starfish are tidal creatures and low tide is a natural part of life 4 them. This boy was doing more harm than good. He probably damaged several of them by ripping them off the rock they were attached to. Much of the "giving" we do is to make US feel good but has no lasting effect and in many cases does more harm than good. Having said that, this too is a part of the human experience. Do what you can and practice compassion in al parts of your life
Sad how people are so wrapped up in condemnation they would stomp (while agreeing and repeating) the very message she so profoundly and beautifully shares in this video, which could affect and change the lives of millions, and at the same time say that this is exactly what is needed...it would be far easier to say, "Wow"....
I think some people here are missing the point. The message here is not necessarily for us to feel shitty or donate money, but rather it's revealing just how LUDICROUS the entertainment industry is in the US and just how much impact that money could have elsewhere.
It also highlights the extreme wealth disparities between nations--it is important for us to absorb and spread awareness. An eventual overhaul/revolution of the system is necessary!
@chinklicious I don't think you understand. This video is supposed to encourage you to do something. Being aware of a problem and not fixing it even worse than not being aware and not fixing it. It's supposed to tell you to look at something like your ipod and your flat screen TV and new video game and think: "Isn't there something I could spend this money on that would actually make a difference in the world?"
Some of the additional info about the creation of the video should be included in the description. Before I read into the link I was shocked by the budgeted cost of the video and ready to complain. Instinctive reaction from an independent filmmaker :P
It doesnt matter, the industrial revolution brought us more power than we could handle. Admit it, were all fucked, there wont be a god or heaven to save us sadly.
Not sure why they are singling out the film and TV industry. This industry employs many people, many of whom are philanthropic in nature. Ive been giving to oxfam every month for ten years, how many of you have? And if not, why not?
Entertainment is a key element in our society and shouldn't artists, get their due rewards for what they do? There is so much work that goes into a production, and production people are some of the hardest working people I have ever come across.
@ncje you completely miss the point. Think of how many brilliant artists/musicians/talented people go undiscovered each day because of poverty and lack of opportunity. The hoarding of money by the music/film/TV industries in rich countries like ours contributes to keeping these people poor and unknown. But it doesn't have to be that way. That's what this video is all about.
The most poignant music video I have seen in a long time. I was always aware of how much waste there was in this world, while millions of people go hungry and live in appalling conditions....but seeing it here has certainly brought tears to my eyes. As citizens of this world, we all really need to wake up and see the realities around us and do something to rectify them.
I will do you one better Sarah...In the last nine years the U.S. has spent just over a trillion dollars (U.S.) waging pointless wars. Anyone care to guess about what it would have cost to feed, provide clean water, provide minimal shelter and educate the most disadvantaged billion persons on earth for the last nine years?
@IndigoCat17 and there are poor people here who have nothing, in rural apalachia and some reservations there are people who live in third world conditions. i think that all disadvantaged people in the world need a helping hand i think that what she did in this music video is beautiful and its really mind boggling how much people spend pointlessly on things.
The craziest part is that kids in Haiti or Somalia are more hopeful and eager to learn and live than kids in countries like ours that have so much. The most powerful image out of Haiti that I've seen after the quake was a child who'd made a kite out of a paper plate and string, he had the biggest smile on his face. Barefoot and surrounded by trash, playing with a paper plate and he looked like the happiest kid in the world <3 Breaks your heart.
@Jaypawfan1 yea great point. this sentiment definitely hit me really hard the second I traveled overseas (ie. outside of the US). We take so much for granted its just a shame.
@Jaypawfan1 Excuse me Jay yet I think the word sad is overrated when EVEN peopl die as a matter of waste for other people to bloom, when they are considered as things or pieces of furnitures or only pictures when actually they are REAL livings and sadly missed by other loved ones... Again, what do people understand by love and only BUY Mr number 2 because he is handsome and can provide good sex to ladies who know NOT any better.
The problem is getting the money to the right people. You can donate thousands of dollars but unless you hand it off to the organization's head, odds are it won't all get to them. Even then, the organization may not be able to spend the money on the items needed. That's one of the reasons why some parts of Africa are still terrible places to live. We donate so much to the Red Cross and maybe half of it actually gets there.
While I agree deeply with this video, it makes things look too easy.
God bless Sara Mclachlan. Takes a wise, conscientious person to have such a sensibility and awareness. There are so many good people in this world, so many helpers. There is so much to smile about. Thank God.
i wish every person sees this video at least one time in their life. this is my second time doing a project on this song at school and it really means alot. im glad she wrote this song.
i like this song & more the video because it tells a story , its not about sex,or violence ,or love,its about us.& them. like think what if this happened to u&u were stuck out in the middle of the night every day ,& had nothing , EVERY country has those people , but theres things being done,in the other countries/cities or whatever,nothings being done , food banks help,so does the money , but its not enough . read my comment earlier . & think about , life is precious , what if we had nothing .
It means, the more wealthy someone becomes, generally it also means the more greedy they become, and that money could go in on some other useful things.
great video and very inspiriting, except the last version which makes no sense. The fortune of one that means less for some. Basic flaw of economics 101, if that was so we would see almost no economic growth. We worlds gross produce is increasing and we have enough food to feed everyone, we just do not have the roads and distribution to get it there.
Many developing nations have a few (corrupt) individuals at the top of the food chain who have control over the country's natural resources, resources whose rights should be plowed back into the nation's coffers to benefit all. What right do a handful of people have to hold the oil rights when the bottom 97% has barely enough food to eat? Eco 101: you can't have a stable economy until you have a stable middle class.
actually, stable middle class is only needed in a democracy in order to prevent a revolt.
But I agree, it is horribly wrong, then the United States gives aid to the government, which hordes all the aid too. But just because someone makes money doesn't mean that the less get less. If Microsoft earns an extra billion dollars, it doesn't mean that the poor are one billion dollars poorer.
people dont realize that we have a lot , even if we have a little . that does make sense just think about . this song is about people not having anything . & us spending money we dont need .
when im older im gunna be rich & im gunna sponser so many children & im gunna help those poor families out there . i am only 13 years old & that dream is one im gunna stick with .
i love this song so much , sarah mcLachlan . isnt she beautiful too ? :P .
is nice to hear about this... but if want to help somebody you need to start now... not to wait to be older... because You'll be like people who use everything expensive....
Trust me... because I'm was in this place... and the time is running very fast and you can forget about your dream...
very nice movies but.. If i don't mistake I see Romania there like poor country like what we were in the movie. WE are not like what you present Romania. I invite you in my country to visit and to see nice things here...
There are rich people in every Third World Country, but some of these Third World countries don't have public welfare like in the United States, Canada, France, England, and other places, so they rely on charities or on nothing.
many time we say this country is very poor but people there are happy and maybe their results are much better like our.... but... everytime we are thinking we are strong
I love this video because it tells you where SHE sent her money. Instead of making some big fancy video she sat on a chair in jeans and bare feet with just her guitar. And yes I am sure they did spend money on the video but with what they could have spent they made someones day better.
SRay47 1 month ago
Why donate when most of the money goes to the Donation Industry and the other goes to taxes and etc. Probably only $50 goes to the countries in need of money to survive. If you want to donate a $100: You better go there physically because our economy is greedy.
202Aamir 1 month ago
29 idiots 29 vollidioten
serafinmarius 1 month ago
$20,000 - The amount of money it would cost to pay off my student debt so I could have as much money as the people in this video. Last time I checked, $0 is more than -$20,000. And even though they live in a society that has irresponsibly exploited their available resources, I still feel bad. I think they need to look around and notice that the resources that they have cannot support 4 kids. How about we send 20,000 condoms for use. It's not just about throwing money around. Put it to use!
martinhall95 2 months ago
@martinhall95 the reason they have so many children is because these people have farms or cattle. They need the children to take care of the farm and of them when they are older. Also, in many of these countries, many children is a status symbol.
and you may have a 20.000 $ debt, but you have an education, you have been able to go to school. And right now, you are surfing the internet in a comfy home. no job? state support!. Meanwhile, they are working their asses off, for almost nothing.
delubra 2 months ago
wtf is it a joke?
MrKlemensas 3 months ago
@MrKlemensas why would it be a joke?
Taps254 2 months ago
@MrKlemensas where do you see as a joke????
hitmen43 2 months ago
@AmagaiBluWave you appear to be right, I have not heard of him. He looks like someone whom may be what I would call an ethical person.
bluefootedpig 3 months ago
design for change, not for profit
Crisandthetube 3 months ago
The ethical person will not be judged by their wealth, respect, or social standing, but by how little they lived on and how much of their income they used to help those around them. It doesn't matter if you donate a million dollars when you make 10 million a year. True sacrifice is living on 80k a year and donating 10 million a year. I wish I could find one person who was ethical, but I have yet to find them.
bluefootedpig 4 months ago in playlist bluefootedpig's Favorited Videos
Jesus did say what you did the least for my brother you did for me
MsVendetta86 4 months ago
The 2011 world youth day in Madrid 60.000.000 of euros...........for welcome pope and pilgrims. Jesus was poor
madrilius 5 months ago
heel mooi bedankt ,johanna .
johanna794 5 months ago
I wish I were rich so I could give those in need basic things we all need in order to live...If by god's grace I should ever be a rich lady, I'd give so much of it to people like those in the video-the people that deserve it. Money is just paper and fibers, and I need so little of it to be happy...Give me the basics, a roof over my head, and a dog and I'm fine. If I'm ever rich I'll give so much to those who REALLY need it... <3
AiEnkai 6 months ago
top frau
sptizen song
leider scheissen alle drauf
hauptsache mann selbst ist was ganz besonderes
ich hoffe wir sterben alle langsam und schmerzhaft
mehr hat jkeiner von uns verdient
ihr dummen wixer genauso wie ich !
bongsud 7 months ago
wasting time
uthar1986 7 months ago
Coming from several years in the corporate world of advertising and marketing, and moving finally into a social enterprise, I realized that there are many creative people out there who are willing to do pro-bono work. We are at a tipping point of realization that we are in a world of limited resource and we need to learn to share with the next billion!
gynetht 7 months ago 4
Your headings are too fast.
you wanna read them and in the next second there is a new one!
fabiansist 8 months ago
maybe if you mentioned the money spent on tanks and weaponaries it would've made more sense...because not only do these countries starve but they're an easy target to whomever craves power..
1protozoa 8 months ago
@1protozoa
Ironically enough our government handicaps the civilians lof most 3rd world countries that we give "foreign aid" to. Why? Because the money we send to their government gets into the hands of DICTATORS and totalitarian governments. The people never see it.
The best thing we can do is lead by example. Freedom is very important and unfortunately our own freedoms are under attack at home in America. Our government is too big and too powerful.
Go Sarah!
canefan17 7 months ago in playlist Sarah McLachlan
it's so beautiful. i cry when i watched it. No fake glam :)
kumudasundari 9 months ago
"Throwing gas on the school" Me: what? "Pulls out a lighter and wents like =D"
Done, Myn work is finished "God slays me from 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000091623673 yards away!
"Comming up to god, Do the same thing at god and gets to hell, but at hell he uses water and flowers gets to god, God sends me back to earth and the same thing repeats over and over agein."
JagEterCoola 9 months ago
Sarah is amazing and this video is heart-breaking. I hope it has an effect on people.
TheLucyblades 9 months ago
Cool song. The video sorta took away from it.
Americans do AMAZING things for the rest of the world. In fact we spend astronomical amounts more than any other country when it comes to private donations.
I for one am proud to be an American - but I'm tired of the left throwing it in my face.
canefan17 9 months ago
remember the words that were written by the Iranian poet Saadi, so many years ago: The children of Adam are limbs to each other, having been created of one essence.”
Mehdi5218 10 months ago
A Reality check,,,,,,,,,, a palace may not be erected wiithout a ruined home somewhere… it is a fact, when there is a stomach full of food somebody else is hungry… Just look at the amount of food being thrown in the dumpsters in America.. Undoubtedly that amount of food can save many from hunger…..
Mehdi5218 10 months ago
we all have the choice of what kind of person we want to be...be the change you want to see.
JessiBHicks 10 months ago
for the low cost and simplicity of this video, it is very powerful.
and one I would watch again instead of those over-produced, over-hyped and largely senseless vids out there...
cdcotr 10 months ago
this isnt the prodigy??? (Backs away quietly)
stevesparx256 10 months ago
i personally don't care o-o u can hate i don't care but why should i care not like its involved with me i don't want to do anything and i don't care at all o-o everybody would keep money rather then give it........ they got eachover in that situation its not my problem and i don't care O-o
1musicRAWR 10 months ago
@1musicRAWR ok so you dont care? but lets put you in that cituation. how would you feel if you were one of thoes people and you saw something like this saying i dont really care because it has nothing to do with me? dont you think they are greateful for everything we do for them dont be so selfcentard im not hateing on you for ur comment im just saying its not a good mind set to be in think about that if that was you up there
MRjustin8990 10 months ago
@MRjustin8990 *situation and i would probably suicide if i was in that suicide and if i even care
they all can go and f*** die all they are is black people
1musicRAWR 10 months ago
@1musicRAWR what do you have against black ppl :/
MRjustin8990 10 months ago
Wonderful and amazing....
khairulsheikh 10 months ago
look at that poser lloyd banks' assy video, wonder hoe many people he could have helped instead of paying a group of women to pretend to like his stinky ass.
hugeackman 10 months ago
What about the hungry, starving people HERE in the USA? What about the charities HERE? It's neat that we should want to help out other countries, but what about the homeless HERE? It only makes sense... That's just my opinion; please don't hate.
RocketRodder 11 months ago
@RocketRodder Because here in america, 5,000 dollars won't buy 150 people education. It will barely buy 1-2 students an education. Also, oranges don't cost 2 cents each here in america. Could it be done here, yes it could, but there are loads of people starting to death, and yet the bum by the subway entrence outside my building has been here since before I started employment.
Dont get me wrong, both need help, just which helps the most people? are 150 lives of Afgahn's worth less than 2 here?
bluefootedpig 10 months ago
22 people who can make a difference but does not want to face reality and being haters and 588 people who wants to face reality but cannot make a huge difference other then to support
Freedom8905 11 months ago
I get this and it's sad but we waste money on loads of things we don't need and as much as I like her music she can't pretend that she hasn't made music videos that cost the money that this video is talking about. She also can't pretend that she hasn't spent huge amounts of money on dresses for events I'm sure she's only wore once. So amazing films that can change the way people think about things shouldn't be made, those crew people don't have the right to make a living. That doesn't make sense
Kate18TX 11 months ago
I get this and it's sad but we waste money on loads of things we don't need and as much as I like her music she can't pretend that she hasn't made music videos that cost the money that this video is talking about. She also can't pretend that she hasn't spent huge amounts of money on dresses for events I'm sure she's only wore once.
Kate18TX 11 months ago
Wow, this is powerful!
osotegrande 11 months ago
Tonight, while listening to this song as I cried for our world. This song has been on my lips for days wherever I go...in the laundry room, walking...housecleaning...
thrivingsalmon 1 year ago
I could never watch another music video the same way again. Powerful
VivaSaiHe 1 year ago
Normally I would say not be so judgmental about each other, but the truth of the matter is...we are human (its what we do). Sometimes the problem lies where people think they are so right that they call down those who have different opinions. I understand that some of you may find it frustrating that the world does not see what is going on...but everyone is aloud to have their own point of view, to like or dislike whatever they want, that is one of the benefits of our free will and opinions.
darcymazerolle 1 year ago
Sometimes we may not realize how much we change the world. For example, by arguing over who is wrong and who is right, you may have inspired someone who never thought about it at all, to have an opinion, and that person could possibly change the world. Everything always happens for a reason..whether we live to see how it turns out or not. What we should remember is to respect each other no matter what our differences are and help out whenever you can. Remember, we are all human!
darcymazerolle 1 year ago
21 people dislike this video! Why? Too many facts, huh?
punya09 1 year ago 2
@punya09 their just haters
ggaaajnkjnsdh 11 months ago
@ggaaajnkjnsdh ... Now it's 26! lolz Some things never change!
punya09 8 months ago
this changed me
boberwerd45 1 year ago
T_T
germanboy12 1 year ago
this video truly shows how materialistic we are. they say were have a bad economy because not everyone can get an ipad for christmas.
elephunts101 1 year ago 13
@elephunts101 so true!
knobrock 1 year ago
I still remember the first time I saw this video in a friend's house few years ago, I jumped from my seat and I spent a minute clapping my hands !!!
homyce 1 year ago
This almost made me cry
TheBellaisa18 1 year ago
It's a damn shame & honeslty very sad that there are so many people that just don't give a fuck. It's a cold world & things are only going to get worser but there's always hope and there are still a few of us left who actually are concerned and think that we can change what's coming but honestly only God can do this. I feel @ times that we are his worse creation.
Cool87Breeze 1 year ago
who gives a fuck, da world is a dump either way...come on, bring it on, start hating
darkspawn92 1 year ago
@darkspawn92,
Well maybe if people put a little effort into helping, it wouldn't be such a mess of a place.
TheNickelDimeQuarter 1 year ago
@darkspawn92 lol i <3333333333333 ur comment. i feel the hate and feed off of it.
th3kingflores 1 year ago
oh snap! what a happy ending!
adelaiderain 1 year ago
answer: theres nothing wrong with this video at all.
mahvachcheidani 1 year ago
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imwmv 1 year ago
@imwmv
go right to hell with what you say. all the world is large enough for all human-beings. theres not 1, repeat not 1 that is too many or a load; problem has a name: capitalism; if all articles of universal declaration of human rights are respected now. there remains no problem at all; this stupid non argument of yours is not new but malthus already said and was rejected even by procapitism theoreticians.
mahvachcheidani 1 year ago
From rich countries, developing countries need the finances and know-how to build infrastructure to support themselves. They also need education about birth control.
gimmedavidb 1 year ago
@gimmedavidb
you also need not to take yourself as a professor in a lecture hall.
mahvachcheidani 1 year ago
This video is a fine retelling of how these freeloading African children are stealing American jobs like the scum they are.
Sorry, I thought that was really funny. <_<
plattawabbe 1 year ago
wow, funny to see the ignorance. the reason why there are so many people in africa is that they have that kind of culture... they have a lot of condoms but they simply don't use them. otherwise, video is good. makes a good point!
katukatuP 1 year ago
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imwmv 1 year ago
@imwmv I completely agree. I know that some of these places have beliefs that forbid birth control and all of that but they then look to the US and Canada to be their atm machine. Also, as much as I love this song and think that Sarah Mclachlan is a wonderful person for doing such a thing there are starving people right here in Canada, and in the US I'm sure, and not all of them got there by drug/alcohal abuse. Why not help the people here at home before sending money to everyone else?
AngelicRain 1 year ago
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imwmv 1 year ago
@imwmv
go to hell again for many of these 3rd world countries regimes are fully supported by US; besides the world is but one theres no such things as 1st, 2nd,or 3rd worlds.
its quite easy to resign to rubbish like you; trouble is this rubbish can well lead to a full scale catastrophe that is another world war to reduce this so called over population thus GO TO HELL to your opinion.
mahvachcheidani 1 year ago
@AngelicRain
so what if US or canadian citizens want to give their money; should they ask your opinion; i see how nasty your opinions are: edging toa sort of economic KKK which is not so different .... your US is totally oposite that of franklin roosevelt (a former president remember) and a fantastic john stenbeck with his masterpiece grapes of wrath that im sure either you havent read or hate like those who wanted to prevent its publication because of its last scene(splendid).
mahvachcheidani 1 year ago
@mahvachcheidani Exactly how are they nasty? It's unfair how we do all this for those countries and nothing for our own. Some places won't allow commercials to be aired about LOCAL charities like the food bank and others. Why not? I don't see why we bend over backwards for people in other countries when they do have the means to cut back there expenses...for example, NOT have three kids when you know you don't even have enough money to feed yourself. Never said the message of the vid was wrong.
AngelicRain 11 months ago
that video just destroyed me. it was so incredible and moving, they really did an amazing job. i really don't want to just sit in a classroom anymore, i want to be out there doing something and helping someone!
blueMnM415 1 year ago 26
@blueMnM415 You could earn lots of money, live a simple life, and donate the extra. We need rich people who know what to do with the money. But I hear you, I am trying as much as I can right now to reduce my world impact. One thing you should really do is stop buying bottled water, they are pulling water out of one watershed and putting it into another one, not to mention all the polution from making the bottles.
bluefootedpig 10 months ago
@blueMnM415 I feel exactly the same way! Incredible!
madma11 10 months ago
wow. 21 heartless people disliked this video. Thats just sad.
AMTalkshow 1 year ago 3
Brilliant.
Strawberry64Fields 1 year ago
Animals are not objects! you ruin the video when you showed them like that :-(
animallog 1 year ago
What a beauty Sarah is :)
lolomica 1 year ago 5
18 people have no ♥
LondonHockeyGurl 1 year ago 3
@LondonHockeyGurl 21 now
AngelicRain 1 year ago
:D I've been looking for a song to embody the book Fahrenheit 451 for a school project. I think I'll use this one. Yay! This is such a fantastic song!
seventhlostgal 1 year ago
It's time that we all grow up and realize what a perverse illusion we have been caught in. It is beyond words to watch this video and yes, it is really madness. We can balance all, if we will just share a little with our brothers and sisters who we have taken advantage of for far too long. The Danes are blindfolded - do not see anything - have enough in themselves without taking responsibility. Getting more and more ill - destiny always prevails. Love and light.
Creatrix13 1 year ago
Too fast for an non nativ english speaker, I cant read most of the text... so got the idea but nothing more out of this video :(
Valdur5 1 year ago
@Valdur5
This video cost $150,000.
What's wrong with this video?
Well, it only cost $15.
$150,000 could make a difference to over 1,000,000 people.
On set in LA $200 = a production assistant for 1 day OR in Ethiopia $200 = 100 childrens school fees for 1 term.
Office Phones = $480. $480 equips 10 classrooms in Afghanistan.
$5000 = Cost of make-up and hair for one day OR one years schooling for 145 girls in Afghanistan.
whenjenn 1 year ago
@Valdur5
Don't worry we are not asking for money.
On set $1150 = filming equipment. In Nepal $1150 = bicycle ambulances x5.
$9,500 would have paid for meetings, tax and union fees. Instead, in West Africa, $9,500 paid for film screenings in refugee camps = education + escapism for 180,000 refugees.
This is a single mother in Ghana, Africa. She works 2 jobs, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week to earn the $200 it costs to send her son to school.
whenjenn 1 year ago
@Valdur5
At night she sells oranges. Each orange = 2 cents. She might sell 50 oranges. 50 oranges = $1.
Kenya, Cambodia, Niger, Angola: $10,200 = 2 hours of film stock OR = 6 wells built in 6 different countries.
$3,500 = a production supervisor OR = schooling and support for 70 children of war in Sierra Leone.
In LA, catering for a one day shoot = $3,000 but this time, $3,000 has bought 10950 meals for street children in Calcutta.
whenjenn 1 year ago
@Valdur5
Studio Costs $5,400 = independence for 100 widows in Afghanistan.
$15,000 = Camera and Art Deptartment costs = A machine to generate power for and entire rural community > energy, irrigation, business.
Cost of electricians on set for one day = $2,625 = livestock as a source of food and income for villages across the world.
India $15,000 = Mobile Medical Unit. In its lifetime, it will treat 150,000 people = styling costs.
whenjenn 1 year ago
@Valdur5
(12 million are blind due to cataracts which can easily be treated. 40% live below the poverty line. 80% live in rural areas with little access to health care.)
$2,500 = 1 editor OR = schooling for 100 street children in Tanzania for a year.
$11,00 = all editing and post. $11,000 will run a street childrens hospital for a whole year.
$1,500 will give 7 former child soldiers training in skills that will help them rebuild their lives.
$3,500 = 10 grannies adopted.
Scholarships.
whenjenn 1 year ago
@Valdur5
$16,500 = Directors fee (+1st and 2nd AD). $16,500 = total running cost of a South African Orphanage for one year.
Kibera, Kenya. East Africa's largest slum. 800,000 people living in 1 sq mile. 1 sq mile = Central Park, NYC.
A producer would earn $7,500. THis could buy 6 months of medicine for 5000 patients.
He is hungry, but his body can't absorb the food.
The production company =$22,500. Instead, Kibera will get a 12 room clinic.
So that is where all the money went.
whenjenn 1 year ago 4
@Valdur5
full screen mode+spacebar
peace
r0bbae 1 year ago
I love her!!! Just saw her at Lilith Fair in Toronto ....for thr third time :) She always makes me cry, she's such a beautiful person!
chrisplean 1 year ago
still brings me to tears, inspiring.
SollaiQ8 1 year ago
gosh how touching, i relly regret wasting alot of things and throwing them later in the garbage, when others wish to have clean glass of water and a clean place to stay
oh Sarah how human she is
hooterbabe66 1 year ago
omg i want to take all those little kids and bring them home so i can wash them up and cook them a nice hot meal :(
dm19821982 1 year ago
Verey impacting
moscarellimichele 1 year ago
16 dislikes? Must be a glitch of some kind
crazyaboutthewoman 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Today I bought three triple baconators at Wendys, tore open three packets of sugar and salt for each burger, took one bite out of one, then threw them in the trash. I then went to the front of the establishment and put my receipt into the donation box for building schools and bring food into Africa.
For every one of you, there is six of me.
JJ2plus2 1 year ago
@JJ2plus2 I lol'd
BecuzIt 1 year ago
@JJ2plus2
While I understand your point, I hope. (consumerism)
It's people like you , who are so obsessed with being right, that make it a struggle to make any strides in a forward direction.
I know that for every one of me there are six of you. Why do you think people like me continue helping anyway?
krisnsteph 1 year ago
A while ago, I was walking down a beach during the low tide. This beach was covered with starfish, and the rising sun would soon kill them. Stepping around the starfish, I came upon a boy throwing the starfish into the water. I asked why, saying that he doesn't make a large difference in life. His response gave me a change on how I look at life. He bent over, picked up a single starfish, and tossed it back in, saying, "It makes a difference for that one."
Javascap 1 year ago 4
@Javascap - The problem with this story is that starfish are tidal creatures and low tide is a natural part of life 4 them. This boy was doing more harm than good. He probably damaged several of them by ripping them off the rock they were attached to. Much of the "giving" we do is to make US feel good but has no lasting effect and in many cases does more harm than good. Having said that, this too is a part of the human experience. Do what you can and practice compassion in al parts of your life
thewatcherIAM 1 year ago
Strong.
TheJakeStpeter 1 year ago
It would have been better, in my opinion, without the blatant lip synching in the beginning. :( It's good anyway though.
Ashilikia 1 year ago
lagu yang bagus, hemat biaya, menyentuh
wayanswaka 1 year ago
Die 2BS ist sehr berrührt von diesem Video...und ist davon überzeugt das man etwas dagegen tun sollte...
taatinaamaazaa 1 year ago
Die 2BS ist sehr berrührt von diesem Video...und ist davon überzeugt das man etwas dagegen tun sollte...
taatinaamaazaa 1 year ago
The more we take .. the less we become
Jaz00ra 1 year ago 4
its really sad how people can spend 150,000 shooting a music video
sarah mclachlan really sets the example to everyone
instead of wasting all that money, they could change the lives of 1,000,000
kimichiblue 1 year ago 9
Sad how people are so wrapped up in condemnation they would stomp (while agreeing and repeating) the very message she so profoundly and beautifully shares in this video, which could affect and change the lives of millions, and at the same time say that this is exactly what is needed...it would be far easier to say, "Wow"....
orcastom 6 months ago
Just out of curiosity, was she contracted to make this (ie paid) by someone, or was this an altruistic move on her part.
DeusExMachina10001 1 year ago
I think some people here are missing the point. The message here is not necessarily for us to feel shitty or donate money, but rather it's revealing just how LUDICROUS the entertainment industry is in the US and just how much impact that money could have elsewhere.
It also highlights the extreme wealth disparities between nations--it is important for us to absorb and spread awareness. An eventual overhaul/revolution of the system is necessary!
chinklicious 1 year ago 26
@chinklicious
Even though the video isnt about makin us feel shitty .. but still you should feel shitty after watching something like that..
Jaz00ra 1 year ago
@chinklicious I don't think you understand. This video is supposed to encourage you to do something. Being aware of a problem and not fixing it even worse than not being aware and not fixing it. It's supposed to tell you to look at something like your ipod and your flat screen TV and new video game and think: "Isn't there something I could spend this money on that would actually make a difference in the world?"
NeonFraction 9 months ago
WOW!
kaelbabby 1 year ago
so many comments from people who speak like they have cause to judge. fix what you can, help where you are needed, and save the righteous lecture.
birdofprey35 1 year ago
Some of the additional info about the creation of the video should be included in the description. Before I read into the link I was shocked by the budgeted cost of the video and ready to complain. Instinctive reaction from an independent filmmaker :P
Good message, I'm glad the money was well spent.
ApeIncognito 1 year ago
POWERFUL.
winchestboyzarehot 1 year ago
It doesnt matter, the industrial revolution brought us more power than we could handle. Admit it, were all fucked, there wont be a god or heaven to save us sadly.
gameplaya117 1 year ago
@gameplaya117 - Don't lead others astray until you know the truth. Do some real research, you may be surprised at what you find. :)
krucifyd1 1 year ago
Not sure why they are singling out the film and TV industry. This industry employs many people, many of whom are philanthropic in nature. Ive been giving to oxfam every month for ten years, how many of you have? And if not, why not?
Entertainment is a key element in our society and shouldn't artists, get their due rewards for what they do? There is so much work that goes into a production, and production people are some of the hardest working people I have ever come across.
ncje 1 year ago
@ncje you completely miss the point. Think of how many brilliant artists/musicians/talented people go undiscovered each day because of poverty and lack of opportunity. The hoarding of money by the music/film/TV industries in rich countries like ours contributes to keeping these people poor and unknown. But it doesn't have to be that way. That's what this video is all about.
isforshooting 1 year ago
if u are trying to make a video atleast try to get the locations of countries on the map correct.
ajaykul 1 year ago
@ajaykul right, cause that's the only thing needed to convince you this is a great video...
isforshooting 1 year ago
I seen this in school
alekey13 1 year ago
this song needs much much much more views.
J0kerofHearts 1 year ago
The most poignant music video I have seen in a long time. I was always aware of how much waste there was in this world, while millions of people go hungry and live in appalling conditions....but seeing it here has certainly brought tears to my eyes. As citizens of this world, we all really need to wake up and see the realities around us and do something to rectify them.
coeurfleur 1 year ago 4
I will do you one better Sarah...In the last nine years the U.S. has spent just over a trillion dollars (U.S.) waging pointless wars. Anyone care to guess about what it would have cost to feed, provide clean water, provide minimal shelter and educate the most disadvantaged billion persons on earth for the last nine years?
talus007 1 year ago
now watch this:
watch?v=4oscOsCGNE0
worIdcitizen 1 year ago
"That's where all the money went." She forgot to add our greedy ass politicians. That's where all of the money goes.
BigRoadJunkie4Life 1 year ago
it's sad how little playtime this song/video got
olov244 1 year ago
Very very effective. Shows us our insanity, and the same path for us to walk. Join Four Years Go. Let's GO
purpletour0903 1 year ago
"The more we take, the less we become
A fortune of one that means less for some"
wow. that's epic.
thecharredremain 1 year ago 2
This video was amazing. It hurts my heart to think that people really need it spelled out for them in such a way though :-( Open your eyes people.
thecharredremain 1 year ago 4
Best video ever! HEAR! HEAR!
BadAnnie 1 year ago 5
sad how we think about ourselves and not the people that are dieing in many poor countries
IndigoCat17 1 year ago 4
@IndigoCat17 and there are poor people here who have nothing, in rural apalachia and some reservations there are people who live in third world conditions. i think that all disadvantaged people in the world need a helping hand i think that what she did in this music video is beautiful and its really mind boggling how much people spend pointlessly on things.
midnightsun465 1 year ago
It's so sad how wasteful we are... and how easily we forget how much we truely have
Jaypawfan1 1 year ago 61
The craziest part is that kids in Haiti or Somalia are more hopeful and eager to learn and live than kids in countries like ours that have so much. The most powerful image out of Haiti that I've seen after the quake was a child who'd made a kite out of a paper plate and string, he had the biggest smile on his face. Barefoot and surrounded by trash, playing with a paper plate and he looked like the happiest kid in the world <3 Breaks your heart.
thecharredremain 1 year ago 3
@Jaypawfan1 yea great point. this sentiment definitely hit me really hard the second I traveled overseas (ie. outside of the US). We take so much for granted its just a shame.
TracyMacToDaRack 1 year ago
@Jaypawfan1 Excuse me Jay yet I think the word sad is overrated when EVEN peopl die as a matter of waste for other people to bloom, when they are considered as things or pieces of furnitures or only pictures when actually they are REAL livings and sadly missed by other loved ones... Again, what do people understand by love and only BUY Mr number 2 because he is handsome and can provide good sex to ladies who know NOT any better.
PauleQueenie 1 year ago
wow, this video and song are incredible! Congrats Sarah for such a wonderful job....I liked it since I saw first time on 2004
joseabreuduran 1 year ago 44
nice! very very good!!!!!!!!
pilothel 1 year ago
i love this song
theclockman1 1 year ago
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PauleQueenie 1 year ago
The problem is getting the money to the right people. You can donate thousands of dollars but unless you hand it off to the organization's head, odds are it won't all get to them. Even then, the organization may not be able to spend the money on the items needed. That's one of the reasons why some parts of Africa are still terrible places to live. We donate so much to the Red Cross and maybe half of it actually gets there.
While I agree deeply with this video, it makes things look too easy.
actingshinigami 2 years ago 6
that not fair, im from swiss, i had hard tims, but they have nothing, just the wish to life. this have we not ever...
fuck money
schwarzenberg1802 2 years ago
how easy we forget...
lafko79 2 years ago 2
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super amazing and TRUE <3 Sarah McLachlan is the Best!!
Cutiepie123341 2 years ago
what cost 15$ at the begining of the video ?
uncaljeff 2 years ago
The entire music video cost $15.
NBear927 2 years ago 3
heartwarmingly awesome... every musician should see this. every person should see this too.
orbitalsatellite 2 years ago 2
God bless Sara Mclachlan. Takes a wise, conscientious person to have such a sensibility and awareness. There are so many good people in this world, so many helpers. There is so much to smile about. Thank God.
Zaimah1 2 years ago
i wish every person sees this video at least one time in their life. this is my second time doing a project on this song at school and it really means alot. im glad she wrote this song.
AdamLambertsCool 2 years ago
every country needs an Obama and a Sarah
tazzy191 2 years ago
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sarah palin?
joeglimmix 2 years ago
not quite..i was actually meaning to say sarah m..the singer.
tazzy191 2 years ago
"There's something I can do to change what's coming"
whatUneverknew 2 years ago
Beautiful. Bless you!
truthfordonna 2 years ago 3
was it banned from vh1 or fuse as well
remixchild 2 years ago
Super Lied und super Video
berndh1 2 years ago
Sarah McLachlan is an insiration
Boblesss222 2 years ago 2
i like this song & more the video because it tells a story , its not about sex,or violence ,or love,its about us.& them. like think what if this happened to u&u were stuck out in the middle of the night every day ,& had nothing , EVERY country has those people , but theres things being done,in the other countries/cities or whatever,nothings being done , food banks help,so does the money , but its not enough . read my comment earlier . & think about , life is precious , what if we had nothing .
mkaayla 2 years ago 4
It means, the more wealthy someone becomes, generally it also means the more greedy they become, and that money could go in on some other useful things.
MATTISASOLDIER 2 years ago 4
great video and very inspiriting, except the last version which makes no sense. The fortune of one that means less for some. Basic flaw of economics 101, if that was so we would see almost no economic growth. We worlds gross produce is increasing and we have enough food to feed everyone, we just do not have the roads and distribution to get it there.
bluefootedpig 2 years ago
@bluefootedpig
Many developing nations have a few (corrupt) individuals at the top of the food chain who have control over the country's natural resources, resources whose rights should be plowed back into the nation's coffers to benefit all. What right do a handful of people have to hold the oil rights when the bottom 97% has barely enough food to eat? Eco 101: you can't have a stable economy until you have a stable middle class.
CrewMom2265 2 years ago
actually, stable middle class is only needed in a democracy in order to prevent a revolt.
But I agree, it is horribly wrong, then the United States gives aid to the government, which hordes all the aid too. But just because someone makes money doesn't mean that the less get less. If Microsoft earns an extra billion dollars, it doesn't mean that the poor are one billion dollars poorer.
bluefootedpig 2 years ago
this song really puts every into perspective. what a beautiful song
MrShorts01 2 years ago 2
people dont realize that we have a lot , even if we have a little . that does make sense just think about . this song is about people not having anything . & us spending money we dont need .
when im older im gunna be rich & im gunna sponser so many children & im gunna help those poor families out there . i am only 13 years old & that dream is one im gunna stick with .
i love this song so much , sarah mcLachlan . isnt she beautiful too ? :P .
haha , (:
mkaayla 2 years ago 5
is nice to hear about this... but if want to help somebody you need to start now... not to wait to be older... because You'll be like people who use everything expensive....
Trust me... because I'm was in this place... and the time is running very fast and you can forget about your dream...
dezastru134 2 years ago
wow a lot of uses for money... otherwise its a good song!
MrMoney898 2 years ago
very nice movies but.. If i don't mistake I see Romania there like poor country like what we were in the movie. WE are not like what you present Romania. I invite you in my country to visit and to see nice things here...
have fun
dezastru134 2 years ago
There are rich people in every Third World Country, but some of these Third World countries don't have public welfare like in the United States, Canada, France, England, and other places, so they rely on charities or on nothing.
imhotep1 2 years ago
many time we say this country is very poor but people there are happy and maybe their results are much better like our.... but... everytime we are thinking we are strong
dezastru134 2 years ago