Earlier this year, a media agency offered to make a documentary on the solar panel project in Rwanda. Apparently, they heard of the project serendipitously and were quite interested. After some exploratory discussions, both sides were comfortable with the idea and we agreed to go ahead.
They sent a team to interview some of the key members on campus. Then a four member team came with the project team to Rwanda in July. They followed the project team around from morning till evening, through the preparation, training, actual field work, the last minute arrival of the shipment of batteries, the community celebration, … They interviewed some of the teachers and students, the house owners, our community partners, Rwandan government official, the Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda, and a lot more.
The result is a 30 minute documentary on the project, which is now available through a number of channels. It provides an excellent picture of the impact on the community, the actual work itself, how we organise the whole thing, the vision behind the project, how the students feel, what the village people think of the project, how our president think of the project, … There are textual write-up, and likely to be other shorter pieces, as well. We are very happy with the result. It is certainly of a much better quality than anything that we have tried before.
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