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The Water Connections category documents long-term interventions designed to ensure safe and reliable water access in ultra-rural settings.
Articles describe the planning, construction, and maintenance of wells, gravity systems, reservoirs, and distribution points, combined with basic sanitation and hygiene measures. These actions follow WHO water and public health standards, recognizing clean water as a core determinant of health. By reducing exposure to waterborne diseases, supporting hygiene, and improving daily living conditions, water connections contribute directly to lower morbidity, child health protection, and community resilience.
After completing Phase 2 of the Laindatang Water Connections, we have successfully provided clean water and improved health in Laindatang. This initiative has significantly upgraded their quality of life by reducing infectious diseases and promoting healthier lifestyles.
Phase 3 drilling in Laindatang reaches a promising water source after difficult fieldwork, a key step toward expanding clean-water access in this remote East Sumba community.
The documentary Matawai, the Shades of Water premiered in Mbinudita, sharing the community’s experience of water scarcity and the long-term work behind Water Connections.
Women Kawan Sehat health workers from remote Mahu communities restock medicines and receive practical training to provide safer local care where health services are difficult to reach.
In Hambarita, Fair Future provides urgent care to a young man after a snakebite, illustrating the need for rapid assessment, wound care and referral in remote areas.
Fair Future trains Kawan Sehat health workers to measure blood pressure in remote East Sumba, strengthening early detection and follow-up where formal care is scarce.
Kawan Sehat health agents in Mahu receive medical training and supplies to provide primary care in remote communities affected by malaria, dengue and diarrheal disease.
Katrina, a Kawan Sehat health agent in Lapinu, has provided primary medical care in a remote village for more than two years with training, medicines and support from Fair Future and Kawan Baik.
Two girls in remote East Sumba gain access to clean water and private sanitation through Water Connections, supporting hygiene, school attendance and safer daily life.
A 5,000-litre reservoir built with residents in Laindatang brings clean water closer to schoolchildren and families, reducing exposure to unsafe water and easing daily water collection.
Pak Kudu Huring and villagers build a 5,000-litre ferrocement reservoir in Laindatang, bringing safer water closer to families and supporting health, hygiene and nutrition.
Fair Future’s Water Connections project improves clean-water access in Laindatang through local infrastructure, storage and community participation.
