Following nine months of failed drilling, we've constructed a 114 m³ reservoir in Laindatang, which is entirely powered by rainwater. Almost 300 villagers, predominantly children, now have access to clean water. The project kicked off in June and is now complete. Together, we can bring an end to the water crisis.
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Alex
About this author: Alex Wettstein - Founder, President, and Director of Socio-Medical Activities at Fair Future Foundation - Alex Wettstein is the key figure leading the Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss medical nonprofit transforming lives in the remote areas of Southeast Asia. Growing up in Switzerland after being born in France, Alex was inspired to pursue humanitarian work by his father, Axel Kahn—a renowned physician and geneticist. This blend of compassion and scientific influence fueled Alex's dedication to enhancing people's well-being. More than 15 years ago, Alex established the Fair Future Foundation with a focused mission to tackle significant gaps in healthcare, education, and access to clean water in underserved communities. For over twenty years, he has lived and worked in Indonesia, deeply engaging with the challenges faced by these remote areas. His leadership goes beyond strategic planning; it involves active participation in medical and social operations to ensure each initiative is both effective and responsive. Under Alex's leadership, the foundation has provided clean water to tens of thousands of people, constructed schools and healthcare facilities, and educated local communities in sustainable living practices. His innovative approach features the integration of solar power and advanced technologies such as solar water pumps, replacing polluting diesel generators used in water drilling projects. Alex has been a leading advocate in combating infectious diseases like malaria, dengue fever, tuberculosis, and those related to inadequate sanitation. He focuses on prevention and sustainable solutions that enable communities to become self-reliant and resilient. As a distinguished figure in humanitarian work, Alex was recently honored with the Paul Harris Fellow Recognition by Rotary International for his significant contributions. Furthermore, Fair Future's documentary "Matawai: Shades of Water" debuted in the remote village of Mbinudita, highlighting the pressing water crises faced by these communities and bringing global awareness to their challenges. Alex's life is characterized by action, innovation, and empathy. Through his relentless work with the Fair Future Foundation, he has transformed countless lives and built a legacy of compassion and lasting change. His vision inspires those around him, demonstrating that meaningful impact starts with unwavering dedication and a desire to improve the world.
Wai Pa Luri Wangu | Rainwater tank for clean water access
Fair Future Foundation Act for Life
Fair Future delivers primary medical care, clean water access, and essential support to ultra rural communities in eastern Indonesia. We act for life where access ends and where families rely on our teams to stay healthy and safe.
Who are the Kawan Sehat health agents?
In this article you finally discover who are Kawan Sehat health agents, not as numbers but as people. Through portraits and short testimonies they explain who they are, where they live, the patients they care for and why they chose to become the first line of medical care in remote East Sumba hills every day.
Kawan Sehat health agents in remote Indonesian villages
In the hills of East Sumba, Kawan Sehat health agents walk for hours to reach families who live far from any clinic or road. Equipped with a medical backpack and solid training, they treat fevers, wounds and malaria, document every case, and call our doctors when a life is in danger and transfer is possible.
Kawan Sehat wound care in remote villages saves lives
In this image Kawan Sehat wound care happens on a bamboo floor where clinics are days away. The agent irrigates, debrides if needed, applies a sterile dressing, checks tetanus, and teaches danger signs. Early care stops infection before it spreads to the blood. This is how primary medicine prevents funerals.
SolarBuddy in Umalulu for child health
Wai Pandulang clean water in Hambarita
SolarBuddy lamps in Lataluri improve child health
Hambarita water reservoir plaques – eight named tanks
This picture shows Hambarita water reservoir plaques resting on the grass moments before installation. Each plate carries a local name because water is treated like kin. When a tank is called by name, people maintain it, clean gutters, and guard the lid. Eight new reservoirs will store rain, cut disease, and return time to families.
SolarBuddy lamps East Sumba – quality control to classrooms
At Rumah Kambera we checked 2,224 SolarBuddy lamps East Sumba one by one. Volunteers, Rotary, Fair Future and Kawan Baik tested brightness, panels, switches and batteries, fixed faults, logged QR codes, and packed each unit for long journeys to schools with no electricity. Light prevents injuries, improves study, and protects health.
Mbajik solar electrification – first village cinema night
Erwin, the Field Coordinator of the Primary Medical Care programme, spends days crossing muddy roads, broken bridges, and steep trails to deliver medicines to Kawan Sehat agents. His work keeps remote East Sumba villages connected to lifesaving care, dignity, and trusted medical support.