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The Medical & Prevention category focuses on evidence-based field medicine and public health actions implemented in ultra-rural contexts.
It documents how primary medical care, disease prevention, and early intervention reduce morbidity and mortality where access to healthcare is absent. Articles address infectious diseases, maternal and child health, hygiene, vaccination, and community education, aligned with WHO recommendations. Beyond theory, this section presents concrete medical practices carried out on the ground by trained local health agents, highlighting how prevention remains the most effective and sustainable medical act in vulnerable populations.
At SDN Ndata, a little boy explores an illustrated meal with our volunteers Rambu Maris and Umbu Kenzi. Two posters open a conversation about food, cost and variety, linking classroom learning with local produce, vegetable gardens and the water families need to grow more of their own food.
A mother holds her infant as our team takes a blood sample. In eastern Indonesia, malaria screening sits alongside year-round prevention. Before the rains, our Kawan Sehat workers use two illustrated posters to discuss symptoms, mosquito protection and when families need to seek care.
In Bidi Hunga, Erwin gathers residents around our original health posters. Tobacco, alcohol, food and malaria become subjects for questions and role-play. These workshops make prevention part of community care, with practical explanations that respect daily realities and complement treatment.
A Honda EU22i generator donated by Rotary friends in Mandurah, Australia, with John Kevan’s help brings power to community-care days in East Sumba. It supports medical equipment, microscopy when needed, device charging and education. Thank you for helping our teams care where electricity is scarce.
On 24 October, our team saw around 100 patients in Bidi Hunga, three hours from Rumah Kambera. Sixteen health cards in Bahasa Indonesia helped connect clinical assessment and appropriate medicines with practical actions at home, warning signs and the need for continuing professional care.
In Bidi Hunga, a doctor examines a child beside our new health cards. Around one hundred patients attended the 24 October care day. The cards help families choose practical steps for daily health, extending the consultation without replacing medicines or further care when they are needed.
A girl watches the hands supporting her own during a rapid malaria test. Women and young children sit close behind. In East Sumba, our work connects this careful clinical gesture with clear advice, timely treatment and the practical challenge of reaching the next important stage of care.
Beside a popular jogging trail in Waingapu, our new HIV and waste billboards meet people during their evening routine. Some young people thanked the team. Alex walked three kilometres here, reflecting on how public health messages can open a conversation without demanding a personal disclosure.
For World Food Day, a shared village meal in East Sumba brings us back to what children need every day. Fair Future connects nutrition education for children and parents with safe water, sanitation and local care, while recognising the pressures of poverty and a changing climate.
Fair Future has sent IDR 18 million, approximately CHF 826, to Kawan Baik Indonesia for an upcoming medical care day in Bidi Hunga, East Sumba. Around 150 residents are expected, with medical consultations, practical health education and follow-up through Kawan Sehat agents planned.
Fair Future Foundation has initiated a donation of IDR 48,851,593 to Kawan Baik Indonesia for Primary Medical Care. Rotary’s equipment funding freed our own resources for medicines, supplies and field work in East Sumba, supporting continuity without resolving the wider funding need.
For Global Handwashing Day on 15 October, Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia examine how water, soap and practical education support infection prevention in East Sumba. Working facilities and repeatable habits are essential alongside medical care, wherever people live.
