East Sumba – Rumah Kambera – 16/02/2026

In this photo, Josef, a Kawan Sehat health worker in Lahiru, treats a child's wound during a home visit. He and his wife, Sarlota, who has been a Primary Medical Care programme worker for over three years, provide first aid in an area without a doctor. Cleaning, disinfecting, monitoring, and explaining: simple but crucial steps to prevent an infection from becoming serious.

What 2025 Truly Changed on the Ground

👋 This is Alex, writing from Sumba. A year’s work now fits into a single document → the 2025 Activity Report.

We have just completed our 2025 Report. It is not an administrative document. It is a journey. Photos, faces, construction sites, medical care, and sometimes difficult decisions. You see reservoirs filling, lamps lighting up, health agents walking in the sun, microscopes in use, training sessions, and truck repairs. Above all, you see what you made possible. Take the time to read it. It is alive.

But behind the images lies a simple reality. Here, a small infection can still become septicaemia. Not because medicine does not exist, but because it arrives too late. A poorly cleaned wound, a fever observed for too long, an impassable road.

That is why the Primary Medical Care programme remains our absolute priority. Every month, between 800 and 1,000 patients are treated in villages where no doctor comes. The Kawan Sehat health agents disinfect, suture, monitor, and explain. We have administered antibiotics under strict protocols to prevent simple infections from becoming life-threatening. Without medicines, everything stops. This is where it truly matters.

Water is the other silent emergency. In 2025, we built eight ferro-cement reservoirs in Hambarita. Each carries a name chosen by the children and validated by the elders. Wai Ma Hammu. Wai Pandulang. Wai La Padang. They are not numbers. They are identities. Each reservoir changes the daily lives of about fifteen people.

In Laindatang, after nine months of unsuccessful drilling, we built a 115 m³ reservoir. One hundred and fifteen thousand litres of clean rainwater. Today, it is full. Three hundred people no longer live in fear of shortages. In 2026, we aim to build twelve more. Twelve names. Twelve anchor points. Twelve communities became more stable.

We are also working on a project to study septic conditions in ultra-rural areas. Funding could be secured through external support. We are assessing the possibility of fully integrating it into our other programs. The objective is clear: to understand the situation on the ground precisely in order to prevent avoidable deaths. Measure. Adapt. Improve.

And then there is Rumah Kambera. Our current base is ageing. Roofs leak. Walls crack. We have acquired land to build a new medical and social centre. A pharmacy, a treatment room, a small laboratory, and a training space for health agents. Nothing spectacular. Just a solid place to continue working seriously. Plans are being finalised. More information soon.

Treat. Prevent. Build. Stay.

The 2025 Report shows what has been done. The months ahead will determine what we can secure. Thank you for standing with us in this simple and demanding reality.

⬇️ If you would like to understand in detail what we achieved in 2025, you can download the Activity Report, available → in French and → in English. It contains nearly 50 illustrated pages.

Alex, for Fair Future – Monday, February 16, 2026

Directly. Without Detours.

When you support us, nothing goes elsewhere. No intermediary, no external structure, no subcontractor. We receive, purchase, transport, and build ourselves. It is our teams on the ground, the villages, and the beneficiaries themselves.

Nothing is imposed. Every project is discussed, designed, and adapted with the community: the reservoir model, its location, the organisation, and the priorities. We never decide alone. We guide, coordinate, and work alongside. This direct, simple, and responsible relationship has been our strength for more than 17 years.

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For us, community care is simple actions carried out at the right time, in the heart of villages. Train local agents, treat early, and prevent disease progression. It involves working with families, strengthening their capacity, and building a health system where none existed. Close, concrete, shared.

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