Malayaka was born of a mentally ill mother on December, 2005. Her body thrown in a trash can and rescued by Robert Fleming, a young man from Vermont that by a rare twist of fate, saw how his life turned into a totally new direction that day. Malayaka was followed by many more sick and dying babies which now all live in a house at the heart of Entebbe. Uganda.
This is the story of Robert, Dilia and a few more US and European citizens, that one day saw the opportunity to save a new born baby from certain death, and how all their lives changed because of that timely decision. "Accidental Home" deals with the genesis of a solidarity project involving newborn babies in Uganda. ...read more
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The way we live our lives makes it easy to forget about the world around us. Instead we dedicate all our energy and emotions to the most immediate: work, kids, home loan...
Oftentimes we are capable to open our eyes and stare directly into those events outside our family, our circle of friends, or even our country. And we do it usually propelled by our own disappointment with ourselves and with those circles so close and dear to us.
When in a personal and independent way, we can concentrate all our empathy for a world we see unjust or merely “still under construction,” then we exercise our right -and privilege- to change this world.
As members of a developed society we understand we have the duty or simply the need to improve the situation of those less fortunate.
This film will observe how a group of “normal” people decide to join forces and dedicate their time, money and energy to develop a solidarity project around a home welcoming orphans coming from life and death situations.
We will witness the difficulties they must face: from bureaucratic impediments to partisan laws, but also those at a more personal and intimate level, where they must deal with their own fears and limitations, hopes and frustrations, and even the fighting capacity that any human being has at a very specific moment.
At the end of 2005 the local police in Entebbe offered Robert Felming, American citizen established in Uganda, the legal custody of a newborn baby girl whose mother suffered from psychosis and who tried to end with the babies life at her birth. More legal custodies started to come through and Robert began to “take” more babies in similar and worst circumstances.
In just over two years Robert and his home for abandoned babies project already have 22 little ones. The details of each individual “negotiation” to obtain legal custodies are full of dramatic stories, from unlimited needs and difficulties caused by legal drawbacks and environmental situations from a country like Uganda, possibly one of the most socially and economically affected country of Africa.
This rapid development and growth of Robert’s project made him look for help. That is how he found Dilia, and her friends – some Spanish girls that felt in love with the project immediately. The babies, their situation, illnesses and incredible youth touched their hearts in such a way that they went straight back to Spain and set up an organization to help Robert’s amazing mission, The Malayaka Home (Malayaka is the name of the first baby Robert saved).
All of the above happened in a very short space of time. Soon, these incredible people will have to face making significant decisions that will affect the lives of these children and of the more to come.
This report wants to be witness of the forthcoming events and outcomes: the struggle to get passports, custody, and medical care specialized in children. But also to secure legal battles, personal favors and money to enable them to carry on with this amazing human gesture.
Today, at this present time, this is not just a project outside or external to their lives. All the people involved know the babies, the children. They know their faces, they customs. They have approached passionately another country, a different culture and way of life, and their answers to the puzzle are not a mere conviction to achieve a good work, but rather a confirmation of a vital engagement.
"Accidental Home" wants to be a testimony of the germination and development of a human’s project beyond its success or failure. This disquisition will be left in the viewers’ hands.
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