Sawdust (documentary project)

Proposed film

Sawdust was developed by HOME Storytellers around Jacques Kabongo, a Congolese refugee who trained in carpentry through There Is Hope after displacement brought him and his family to Dzaleka.

Development material filmed Kabongo in his workshop and presented vocational education as one route toward rebuilding income and independence. The project was also designed as an impact campaign supporting the expansion of There Is Hope’s vocational programmes.

Published status

The HOME Storytellers project page described the film as raising production funds, with its schedule delayed while COVID-19 affected travel. It listed the duration and production dates as undetermined.

No reliable source reviewed for this entry confirms that the proposed documentary was completed or publicly released. It is therefore catalogued as a documentary project in development, not as a released film. Readers with a later primary production record are invited to submit it for review.

Relationship to There Is Hope

The project documented carpentry training associated with There Is Hope, the organisation founded by Innocent Magambi near Dzaleka. Its stated impact goal was to raise additional funding for vocational training, linking the proposed film directly to the organisation’s education and self-reliance work.