Zewdu

ZEWDU the street child. from Enrico Parenti, Takae film on Vimeo.

This film, Zewdu, was shot in the capital of Ethiopia in Central East Africa, and shows us the immense suffering children can be born into. It reminds people that they should be thankful for what they have because there are other less fortunate people all over the world. It also reminds us to be outraged that the world would let such things happen to those who are the most fragile and innocent and don't deserve this. They didn't plan for such a thing like this to happen to them, if they could it is sure that they would prevent this from happening because no one wants to suffer.

Zewdu is a kid in Ethiopia and he's homeless. To get money to eat he sells candy, someone gave him a lot of money and he wanted to spend it by going to the village that his dad lives. He makes a phone call to try to reach someone who knows his dad, the lady he was looking for wasn't working that day so he called the next morning. When he called she picked up and he asked for his dad, he told her to tell him that he's coming home. She told him that his dad was sick for days and he passed away and his aunt was at his funeral but she left. He went to write a letter to his aunt and send it but he didn't know the address, so he couldn't send it. 

I think it's very sad that kids have to suffer from hunger. If I had thousands and thousands of dollars, I would try to help these kids and try to end world hunger even if it is a slow working progress. I have to appreciate what I have because there are thousands of other kids that don't have not one of what I have, I do thank god that I don't suffer what they have to go through, but I feel that they shouldn't be going through it at all. It must be devastating not knowing where any of your family members are and being alone and both parents being gone.