At Taman Baca reading spaces in East Sumba, children learn to read and write through books, stories and creative activities supported by Fair Future and Kawan Baik.
Picture of the day

The Picture of the Day category shares one daily image from ultra-rural Indonesia, captured during real field work.
Each photo documents medical care, disease prevention, clean water access, and community life as it is, with no staging. This is visual evidence of constraints, decisions, and measurable impact where healthcare access is limited.
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Handwashing: A Lifesaving Habit in Rural Areas
Handwashing with clean water and soap is a simple preventive measure that reduces transmission of many gastrointestinal and respiratory infections, especially where sanitation is limited.
Clean Water: A Child’s Better Future
Clean water close to home reduces exposure to unsafe sources, supports hygiene and gives children safer conditions for school, health and daily family life.
Joyful Learning With Kawan Sehat Book
The Kawan Sehat book helps families in rural East Sumba learn practical habits around hygiene, nutrition, prevention and everyday health through simple shared lessons.
Children’s Joy: Clean Water Close to Home
Children in Mbinudita experience clean water close to home through Water Connections, reducing long water-fetching journeys and supporting hygiene and daily family life.
Families Fight for Clean Water Every Day
Families in rural East Sumba often depend on scarce and unsafe water sources. Water Connections works with communities to improve storage, access and health around water.
Together We Build: Collaboration in Rural Communities
Fair Future and village residents plan and build projects together in rural East Sumba, combining local knowledge, shared labour and long-term responsibility for the infrastructure.
Everything, Yet Nothing: A Family’s Fight for Survival
A mother and her children in East Sumba live with severe shortages of food, water and secure shelter, reflecting the daily reality of families in isolated rural communities.
A Child Hears Her Heartbeat for the First Time
In a remote village in East Sumba, a young girl hears her own heartbeat through a stethoscope for the first time, turning a simple medical tool into a moment of curiosity and health education.
Water and Nutrition: Saving Lives in Remote Villages
Fair Future and Kawan Baik work with remote families facing malnutrition by improving access to clean water, food security and practical resources that support healthier daily life.
Kawan Sehat: Vital Medical Care in Tough Terrain
Rambu Veronika, a health agent with Kawan Sehat, courageously navigates steep and hazardous trails to deliver essential medical care to the remote villages of East Sumba. Her commitment underscores the remarkable efforts of volunteers who save lives daily despite challenging conditions.
Ruth’s Smile: Healing Children with Primary Care
Ruth, a Kawan Sehat health agent in Lukukamaru, supports a sick child with local primary care in a village where professional medical services are difficult to reach.













