Today I wandered down to the Weverstraat in my town where
Wibo Teerlink has his shop, called Cambium. Wibo is an idealist with great
understanding and knowledge of modern products that contribute to a more sustainable
lifestyle. I purchased the new WAKAWAKA gadget from him. It is a solar-powered
lamp that can also charge the mobile telephone and tablet.
We talked about strategies for making solar energy available
to all participants on the Pulang Kampung III journey. Wibo showed me the American-made
LUCI lamps that produce as much light as kerosene lamps to light up cozy gatherings in the night. These would be ideal in the Batak villages at night
when we show our film.
And of course, there is the indispensable WAKAWAKA power to
charge the mobile telephones. I would like everybody on the voyage to have one
of these chargers. These will allow everyone to keep their telephones charged during the journey, even when we are traveling in boat and bus. The youth will be able to keep theirs and afterwards show everyone in
the villages how they charge their telephone using the light from the sun.
The total bill for this solar requirement for the Pulang Kampung III journey will come to 1000 euro, a reasonable price
due to Wibo’s goodwill and desire to make this project work. I told him that we
would be documenting the journey in film and that useful images will come out
of the project that he and the manufacturers of the solar products will be able
to use for promotional purposes.
Wibo and I are going to pool our efforts to realize this
“solar goal” of Pulang Kampung III. He was very pleased with MJA Nashir’s
design of the Pulang Kampung III proposal and will use it when we look for
support for the project. When he shook my hand at the end of our meeting, he
said confidently, “It is going to work.”
In the meantime, I have my mobile telephone charging at the
rate of 1%/minute as my solar charger transforms sunlight into electricity on
this cloudy day.
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