In rural Indonesia, sexually transmitted infections spread silently. No testing, no education, no access to care. Untreated infections lead to infertility, neonatal complications, and chronic disease. Prevention, early diagnosis, and community training are not optional. They are urgent.
Health systems cannot function without roads, water, electricity, and basic logistics. In rural Indonesia, care often stops where infrastructure ends. No access means no diagnosis, no treatment, no survival. Building health starts long before the patient arrives.
Malnutrition weakens the immune system and turns simple infections into life-threatening conditions. In rural Indonesia, children face this cycle daily. Without nutrition, prevention fails. Without treatment, recovery stalls. Food and medical care must go together.
In rural medicine, delay is often the difference between life and death. Distance, lack of transport, and late diagnosis turn treatable conditions into emergencies. Every hour matters. Strengthening early care and access is essential to reducing preventable deaths.
Rubella continues to circulate in rural Indonesia, often unnoticed. Without vaccination and early detection, it leads to severe congenital complications and lifelong disability. Prevention exists. What is missing is access, awareness, and consistent public health action.
Plastic waste is not just pollution. It contaminates water, food, and air, directly impacting human health. In Indonesia, exposure is constant and cumulative. Without waste management and prevention, this silent crisis fuels disease across entire communities every day.
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Where the Money Goes – 93 Per cent Reaches the Field
Understanding how transparency turns donations into real impact
Solar power lights SDN Mbajik and restores water and internet to a remote school in East Sumba.
Every donation to Fair Future Foundation becomes something tangible.
Clean water flowing from a new tank, medical treatment reaching a child in an isolated village, light shining in a school that never had electricity. Since its creation in 2008 under Swiss law, Fair Future has adhered to one clear principle: to do more, spend less on administration, and serve those who are left behind.
93% of donations go directly to the field
Each year, on average, approximately 93 per cent of every franc donated goes directly to our humanitarian programs, including medical care, clean water and sanitation, education, and emergency response. The remaining few francs cover only essential logistics such as transport, storage, and tools. (See our programs here)
This is possible because Fair Future is built almost entirely on voluntary work. The foundation has no foreign employees and no paid directors. Alex Wettstein, who founded Fair Future and serves as its president, works full-time in the field as a volunteer. He receives no salary, as required by Swiss foundation law, where members of the board are unpaid and act out of conviction, not for professional gain.
Local teams, local salaries, local strength
Our projects are carried out by Indonesian collaborators who live in the regions where we work. They are doctors, nurses, engineers, drivers, and coordinators who receive fair local salaries aligned with national standards. This model respects the local economy, promotes dignity, and ensures that nearly all funds remain within the communities themselves.
By avoiding foreign payrolls and expensive international structures, we can build more reservoirs, distribute more medicines, and train more health agents. This approach is rare and almost unique among international NGOs.
Transparency and accountability
Every franc is tracked, audited, and accounted for in accordance with Swiss regulations (see all annual reports and accountings here). Fair Future is supervised by the Federal Department of the Interior in Bern and registered under IDE CHE-114.715.376. Independent auditors review our annual accounts, and all decisions are taken by the Foundation board, a volunteer body of five members based in Switzerland.
This governance model, which has no salaried management layer, ensures that donations are used exclusively for their intended purpose: transforming lives through practical and measurable results.
Real impact, measurable change
When you give to Fair Future, your contribution is not lost in administration. It becomes medicine for a child suffering from malaria. It becomes a solar-powered water pump for a village. It brings education and dignity to families who previously had neither.
Our programs, such as Primary Medical Care, Water Connections, Child Health, and Kawan Against Malaria, are built with communities, not imposed upon them. They are born from local discussions, local labour, and local commitment.
A collective effort: our volunteers
From the hills of eastern Indonesia to the desks in Switzerland, hundreds of volunteers give their time, skills, and energy. They design, build, teach, and care without keeping track of the hours. Their dedication is the invisible force that multiplies every franc’s power.
Why this model matters
We are not an organisation that delegates or outsources compassion. We act ourselves. We speak the languages, we live among the families, and we witness both hardship and progress. Our lean structure is not an accident; it is a choice that allows us to stay close to reality and far from bureaucracy.
The ultimate goal is simple: every donation should reach those who need it most.
Thank you very much for your attention – Today, the 14th of November 2025 – Alex Wettstein
Overall Impact Rate
(All percentages below represent the proportion of total annual expenses)
- 93 percent of all expenses directly fund field programs. This is the global efficiency rate of Fair Future. 93%
Breakdown of the donations received
(All percentages below represent the proportion of total annual expenses)
- • 65% – Medical care, health, water access, energy, women and childhood programs 65%
- • 18% – Education for children, families, remote teachers and schools 18%
- • 9% – Logistics, accommodation, travel, transport, storage, voluntary management 9%
- • 8% – Administration, auditing, accounting, legal obligations, reporting in Indonesia and Switzerland 8%
Your donation becomes real medical care
Help us reach the unreachable. Every franc you give funds medicines, dressings, tests, and clean water to prevent sickness. It powers solar lights for cold vaccines and night care. It keeps Kawan Sehat agents and Fair Future teams travelling hours to remote villages without doctors or clinics.
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Primary Medical Care
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Kawan Against Malaria
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Health For Every Child
Child health programs reduce disease, improve hygiene and nutrition, and support learning by keeping children healthy where medical access is limited.
Water Connections
Ferro cement reservoirs and village water networks secure clean litres during longer droughts and after floods, cutting diarrhoea and kidney problems.
