MIKA Heroes ( From I Love Beirut)

To commemorate the one year anniversary of the Beirut blast, I want to share with you this new performance of my song Heroes. Originally inspired by the A. E. Housman poem The lads in their hundreds Heroes, speaks of the challenges of conflict and the more hidden victims of disasters and violence. The hidden victims, survivors, far from everyones eyes and ears. I also wanted to take this opportunity to give you a bit of info on how the 1m Euros raised last year was used by Lebanese Red Cross and Save The Children. Lebanese Red Cross used funds to provide immediate assistance to 15, 000 affected people for Health, Emergency Medical Services, Blood Transfusion Services and Basic Assistance through the provision of food and Non Food Items distribution. Your donations contributed to the 39804 Ambulance missions, 20838 distributed blood units, food parcels and hygiene kits to more than 20, 000 households and support of 15, 000 people with Primary Health Care. And with the help of your donations Save The Childre