THE CHILD WHO DOMO THE WIND – TEST
As described by the film at the time of starting is based on a real story. In this I was able to visualize that it tries to show us the political and social situation of the African continecontext in which the country was.
The young and main actor Kamkwamba, never gave up and imposed his imagination in the face of the daily problems of his family, neighbors of the entire Malawi territory, among those mainly the problem was hunger. With so a few years, Kamkwamba devised a five -meter high wind mill.
An idea that came to mind at the Kachokolo local school;that same as he was expelled several times because his family did not have to pay the registration. With his determination, courage, persistence, and that entrepreneur.
There he found a book entitled Using Energy (use energy), which changed the future of his family and neighbors. In the film I was able to show Kamkwamba’s perseverance to convince his father about his discovery.
But at first I could not persuade his father no matter how much he wanted to explain about wind energy when he only understood tillage activities, I do not accept his idea and there is only hunger and death.
The young man’s insight made the wind bring water to Wimbe, its native population, in the central region of Malawi. With recycled materials, his father’s bicycle picture and plastic tubes, the mill generated enough energy to pump water from the local well.
In a land whipped by floods and droughts, having the opportunity to make two annual crops was somewhat unthinkable. But when there is nothing to lose, even the most crazy makes sense.
The film, which has a great presence of the local language (Chichewa), is in addition to a history of overcoming, a touch of attention to political leaders. "Democracy is like an imported cassava, it rots before," says William’s father.
The government tried to hide the food crisis that hit the country and that led the routine to a labyrinth without exit. With the big wood companies ravaging forests, the earth ran out of natural barriers to avoid flooding in the rainy season. With the bogged down fields and the lost harvest, the citizens stopped having a vital and economical livelihood, the local market was emptied and the trade disappeared. Pillage arrived. The school registrations stopped paying, the students left the classrooms to help their parents to work a yerma land and the teachers ceased to be. Faced with the vicious circle, ingenuity was imposed. There was nothing to lose. "I’m not dreaming, dad," says William to finally gain his father’s trust.
William Kamkwamba is a hero in Malawi. The day the wind mill turned, its life and that of its people flew free. Since then he tries to inspire other young people not to settle for and through their organization, Moving Windmills Project, favors the development of the country’s rural areas.
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