The Project Proposal

The Story

Every person has a calling. Some people are called to help those in need, locally and globally. Global Citizen is the story of a man's journey as he seeks to understand those individuals who sacrifice everything to serve the oppressed, the poor, and the disadvantaged. While narrating the production through a daily journal and video blog Gabe will travel to three tormented regions of the world and meet the individuals who attempt to help. He will assist in the day to day chores they typically do, observe how they live, how they interact with friends and family members back home, how they spend their free time, and their motivations to live the life of a Global Citizen and the goals they have for their future.
Follow his journey to the most desolate villages deep in the African Jungle where he will assist in the daily chores of running a refugee camp. Watch as he joins in the aid and construction of a hospital and orphanage in Haiti. Learn from their stories as he makes an emotional connection with the individuals responsible for running a New York City rescue mission. Transform your heart and spirit as you take this life changing discovery of finding your own calling to serve, inspire, act in any capacity your heart calls you to do. Look inside yourself and determine your own destiny and become a Global Citizen.

Storyline
Our story starts in a New York City inner city project, that has been long known for it's poverty, crime, and marginalization. The host will meet those responsible for helping keep the project running. We will spend quality one-on-one time with a few individuals who truly define the character of a Global Citizen. The host will interview these individuals during the normal activities that keep the project running ie; cooking, cleaning, preparing food, going out to the street, meeting the disadvantaged etc. Through a set of conversations we will discover what purpose drives these individuals to serve and act.. We will also spend time with the individuals who have been influenced by their organization and how their life has been changed and impacted. We will meet the people who have been affected, and meet the people who still need desperate help.
Our story will dramatically change as we step off the plane in Haiti where the recent devastating tragic earthquake has left this nation-state in a constant condition of reconstruction. A small passenger aircraft will transport us to the far end of the country to a village that heavily relies on foreign aid and support. It is a relatively small town, where an orphanage and hospital are under remodel. Like NYC we will learn from the epitome of Global Citizens as they show me around, teaching me and the audience the history, culture, and political infrastructure of the area. I will delve into their very being, and search for the purpose and drive that calls them to serve. I will see what it takes to live abroad; the transition, communication with family, technology, culture barriers etc. Similar to NYC we will meet those affected and those whose life has changed as a result of these Global Citizens.
The third pillar of our story climaxes in the heart of Africa, in a country riddled by poverty, disease and civil war; the Democratic Republic of Congo. This war torn country is brittled by the lack of governmental institution and relies significantly on outside aid and humanitarianism. A small aircraft will transport us into one of the most desolate parts of this tropical nation during the wettest season of the year. We will abruptly adjust to the conditions foreign to us; the culture, the poverty, the conflict, the lack of public knowledge.
As Gabe adjusts to the harsh living conditions the Congolese are faced with, this will become the most heartfelt portion of our story as he creates the most powerful emotional connection of the film with the Global Citizens responsible and the audience. The audience will discover the commonality between all of these amazing and inspiring individuals who sacrifice all and receive nothing to make this world a better place. We will finally discover what it takes to be a Global Citizen, and how any person can live a meaningful and substantial life through contributing to society in any form, local or foreign, near or far. This is the story of finding a person's calling to serve, to inspire and to act, locally and globally.