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Eight schoolchildren stand together before a newly finished, unpainted Water Connections reservoir in East Sumba.<\/p>\n
Photograph in 1920 \u00d7 1080 format. Click the image to view it at full size.<\/p>\n
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This new Photo of the Day<\/a> shows eight children standing side by side in front of a newly completed, unpainted water tank in East Sumba. Some rest their arms on another child’s shoulder. Dressed in the white shirts and red shorts that make up their uniforms, they face the camera. Here, water is a daily necessity for schoolchildren’s growth, health, and learning.<\/p>\n Through Water Connections<\/a>, Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia<\/a> have built around twelve reservoirs in this village area. These children attend a school that previously had neither water nor toilets. It still has no electricity. Bringing electricity there remains dependent on future funding.<\/p>\n For a growing child, safe drinking water, varied food, and hygiene go hand in hand. Contaminated water can cause diarrhoea, which can worsen undernutrition. Water within reach makes handwashing possible. Protect stored water from contamination and treat it when needed before drinking. Soap and usable sanitation facilities are part of these daily routines.<\/p>\n Our posters and guides on water, drinking-water safety, kitchen gardens and nutrition connect practical learning with daily needs. Providing water for schoolchildren makes those lessons practical when hands, food, or utensils need washing.<\/p>\n Dozens more reservoirs are needed. Each planned 5,300-litre unit<\/a> costs CHF 2,245<\/strong> and serves more than 15 people across three to four families.<\/p>\n These children need water for the ordinary work of a school day, to wash their hands and handle food safely. Maintaining existing reservoirs and building new ones are part of that daily care. Thank you to everyone helping us continue this work.<\/p>\n See inside a ferrocement reservoir<\/a> to understand the waterproofing work behind this rainwater storage system.<\/p>\n 14 October 2026 | Alex Wettstein<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][dsm_text_divider header=”External Links” admin_label=”5. Title: External Links” _builder_version=”4.27.9″ _module_preset=”21536528-39cb-48dd-9e70-e5a08f7ac11f” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dsm_text_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text – Verified external resources” _builder_version=”4.27.9″ _module_preset=”a9f9db81-700d-4f32-ab60-12f4699a1a92″ text_orientation=”left” custom_css_main_element=”text-align: left !important;” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_text=”Understand water, health and learning” admin_label=”Pop-Up Button – Water health and learning” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ _module_preset=”ea06e631-5eb7-48fe-b975-7d01a636427d” custom_margin=”2vh||||false|false” dsm_modules_popup=”on” dsm_modules_popup_library=”25128167″ dsm_modules_popup_width=”25%” dsm_modules_close_icon_color=”#111111″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” dsm_modules_popup_width_tablet=”65%” dsm_modules_popup_width_phone=”95%” dsm_modules_popup_width_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acht Kinder stehen neben einem neu fertiggestellten Reservoir in Ost-Sumba. Ihre Schule hatte zuvor weder Wasser noch Toiletten und verf\u00fcgt immer noch \u00fcber keinen Strom. Die Water Connections Verkn\u00fcpfung von Wasserversorgung mit praktischer Gesundheits- und Ern\u00e4hrungsbildung ist notwendig. Noch ben\u00f6tigt man Dutzende weitere Reservoirs.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":25128166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[315,1223,286],"tags":[450,1669,1436,1670,1653,1667,1584,1668],"class_list":["post-25128165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-health","category-picture-of-the-day","category-water-connections","tag-child-health","tag-drinking-water-safety","tag-east-sumba","tag-kitchen-gardens","tag-nutrition-education","tag-schoolchildren","tag-water-connections","tag-water-reservoirs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tMaking water for schoolchildren available<\/h2>\n
Growing bodies need safe daily routines.<\/h2>\n
The next reservoirs are still needed.<\/h2>\n
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