It has been a long time since the last blog post. Basically, a lot have happened and I haven’t done any updates here cause I didn’t really know where to start. So now I have decided to just to give it a go, and sort of catch up with the latest activity. I have had several ups and downs during the past weeks. Mostly ups, and the project is certainly on the move in the fast lane forward:
- A while ago I got a phone call from Barcelona; “We have 8 ambulances available for your project…” These 8 ambulances then turned into 11, and that’s a lot more than I thought of in the beginning of the project.
- So the project took a turn: From being a “small” project about an ambulance on a road trip making a movie about getting sponsors to support the Masanga Hospital, it has now turned into being a relatively big documentary project focusing on the UN 2015 goals, while still bringing an ambulance to the Masanga Hospital.
- I went to a meeting with Falck about having them as my sponsor for the project and thereby donate an ambulance for the project. It was an interesting meeting with a lot of good talks and questions toward the project and it’s focus. Falck liked the project and found it interesting and essential. Unfortunately they were not able to provide the project with the needed vehicle.
- Neither are the 11 Spanish ambulances capable of getting through the jungle. As they are all front wheel driven, instead of four wheel driven, it would be impossible to even get the ambulances to the Hospital, not to mention that they would be pretty much useless on the roads in Sierra Leone… So now I have to figure out how to use them the best way possible.
- Then I went to a meeting with the Danish International Rescue Federation who have rebuild ambulances and sent them off to Afghanistan. They are now looking into how they can support the project, and I will have a clearer picture after Easter.
- I have also been talking with different film production companies about having them on the team to produce the documentary movie. I have talked to Kong Gullerod a young company with great minds involved, and I also talked to Copenhagen Bombai. Both meetings were a great experience and also underlined the fact that no matter where I go, or who I talk to – everybody seems to like the project, which is a delightfully good feeling that provides me with even more energy and will to fulfil the project.
- On my tour of exploration, I have crossed roads with several interesting projects I think deserve some attention. If you like this blog and this project, you might find these different projects interesting too.
By the way: Yesterday we started the recordings of the project, to make sure we have some background information with us when the whole project is over.
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Gavin // April 14, 2009 at 5:56 pm |
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Der står at det er for master students der søger om støtte til feltarbejde – ved ikk om det kan bruges men måske kan den kringles. Cheers!
Henrique // April 14, 2009 at 7:38 pm |
Soren, big big congratulations on the ambulances!!! WOW dude, it’s amazing!! Please tell more about this “Barcelona call” and what is the deal…
By the way, some very good friends of mine live in Barcelona and they would be totally up for creating some kaos there if you want more people to get involved in the project!
How are you creating the “local activities” during the Euro-tour?
Did you receive the “Long Way Down” documentary from Johannes?
Big up, congrats!!
Kiki