Malaria Emergency | In order to effectively fight the ongoing malaria epidemic in our region, our medical teams need vital resources such as medicines, rapid diagnostic kits, laboratory equipment and two microscopes. In addition, it is very important that we have access to impregnated mosquito nets and indoor spraying equipment (IRS) to prevent any potential infection. Thank you from the heart.

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Extract and Description of this short News | As part of the departure of the Truck of Life - week #2 of December 2022 - for Sumba East and our Medical-Social Base Camp, we still have a little space available to load equipment such as Medical equipment, medicines and clothes for children and newborns that you no longer use. You can bring all of this to us at the foundation headquarters (see the link here to find us in Denpasar). Here is a list of medicines and other materials you need to bring to Rumah Baik, Denpasar Selatan. Thank you very much for your support Kawan,

Space for various equipment is always available in the truck of life. Do not hesitate to bring us what is no longer helpful to you.

As I write these few lines, we only have a few days left before leaving for our Medico-Social Base Camp in Sumba East. Consequently, we inform you that we are lessees of the following goods. Therefore give us what is more useful to you, it is sure that it will be for other families there.

Hello everybody, how are you today, Kawan?

This an essential update on our more than urgent needs, friends of Fair Future. Today we are taking another step in this primary medical care program for kids in ultra-rural areas. We have nos six days left before leaving.

A reminder: For the primary medical care program for children in rural areas and in short, people in rural villages do not have access to primary medical care. “Medical centres” are often several hours away by foot when there are any. The harshness of life here in eastern Indonesia means children from rural areas are often injured. Yet nothing is available to deal with them unless you are the. No doctor, knowledge, medical equipment and, of course, no antiseptic or medicine. These injuries can lead to the death of a child or an adult if they get worse. We must therefore act quickly.

List of medical equipment we need that you can donate

Wet wipes, Plasters, Medical tape, Disinfectants, Bandages, Energy bars, Pilgrims, Solar headlamps, Medical equipment for infusions, Medical kits, Solar chargers, Water purification tablets, Plasters, Medical scissors, Medical tweezers, Stethoscopes, Kits first aid, alcohol swabs, syringes, needles, baby scales, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters…
But also all the material you deem suitable to treat an injury, a wound, a cut, or a burn when you do not have access to a medical centre.

List of other materials that we need, and you can donate

Blankets, Toys for children, Shoes, Trainers, Sandals, clothes, Soaps, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Underwear, School notebooks, pencils, erasers, small books, colored pencils, chalk…

List of drugs and medicines that we need, and you can donate

Anti-malaria treatments: Primaquin©, Doxycycline©, and Kina©, for seven days treatments;
Oral drugs: Paracetamol, Ibuprofene, Apirine, Bethadine, Antiseptics, Salbutamol, Allopurinol, Betahistamine, Domperidone, Metformin, Ambroxol, Scopma, Oralite, Zink, Vitamine C, Vitamine B, Ranitidine, Glibenklamid, Ketoconazole, Antasida…
Ointments: Gentamicyn, Ketoconazole, Kloderma…
Medical syrups: Sakatonik, Biolycin, San-B-Plex, Mycetin, Caviplex, Paracetamol, Lapimox, Inivit, Curviplex, Hofaxol, Unibaby, Antasida, Amoxicillin, Cefradroxil, Domperidon, Cotrimoxazole…

Thank you from the heart, the December 2nd, 2022 – Alexandre Wettstein – CEO, Founder of the Swiss Fair Future Foundation.

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An absolute emergency | #waterconnections - Laindatang site, East Sumba. A project entirely linked to the program to combat water-related infectious diseases, malnutrition and infant mortality. The fight against Malaria in East Sumba is one of our priorities with the primary medical care project for children in ultra-rural areas. This achievement will save lives here.

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Water Connections - The Map

That of the Water Connections Project can be seen here Kawan. What remains to be done so that everyone has access to clean and healthy water?

There are more than forty toilets, more than thirty tanks between 3,500 and 25,000 litres, three deep boreholes, more than fifteen kilometres of HDPE pipes that we have buried, and thousands of fittings and taps. See the full Map here.

Testimony and speaking out

Our proximity to communities and families in distress implies a duty to raise awareness to improve their living conditions or their situation.

The Fair Future or Kawan Baik teams may witness violence, injustice, and deliberate acts and must testify.

Testimony is the act of becoming aware, in private or public, of what we see or have seen happening in front of us and by documenting these acts, we report.

Sometimes Fair Future speaks out publicly to highlight a crisis, expose abuses, challenge the diversion of aid, or speak out against policies that restrict access to health care, education, food and all other forms of social protection.

Supply and logistics

Fair Future already helps thousands of families every year but we are struggling!

However, one of our main problems is that we don’t have enough equipment and not enough medicine when we should always have enough material for the work to be done and for the patients to be treated.

In particular for the response to emergencies or in the event of natural disasters, when supplies must be needed within 24 hours.

But also for long-term programs, where a regular supply of equipment and drugs is essential. Fair Future and its teams cannot respond to and deal with all requests due to a lack of resources.

Minimization of risks for everyone

The actions carried out on the ground by the Fair Future and Kawan Baik teams are based solely on needs, regardless of political, economic or other interests.

On the ground but also everywhere else, our teams communicate and dialogue on a daily basis with communities, village authorities and regional governments, to facilitate access and supply to medical care, clean water, and food sufficient for the inhabitants of villages and rural communities.

Fair Future and Kawan Baik do everything possible to minimize the risks for our teams and the villagers to provide them with what they need.

The Fair Future teams

“You never know when it will happen, but it will happen again.”

When a health or social crisis affects one of the regions in which we are already, the Kawan Baik (good friends) of Fair Future who are present will mobilize to assist.

Fair Future, as it often does, can mobilize personnel from the region with whom we often work, including a group of over one hundred volunteers. Specialists can also be sent on-site from one of its logistics bases in Denpasar or Waingapu. Our teams include medical personnel, logisticians, water specialists, and project managers.

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Water Connections project in Laindatang Village

This village currently lacks access to water, resulting in widespread illness and malnutrition. Both children and adults are underweight and have insufficient access to food and water.

It is imperative that we take action to provide hundreds of people with access to clean water. The prevalence of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and infectious diarrhoea linked to contaminated water sources has taken a significant toll in this region. With the feasibility studies completed, we are ready to work.

Your click can make a difference in the lives of over a hundred families living in extreme conditions in this village by providing them with access to clean water and toilets.

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Beyond Borders: Fighting Malaria Together in Eastern Indonesia. This new "Picture of the Day" shows a young girl from Lapinu village who appears unwell. Taken in 2020, Alex examined her and used a stethoscope to listen to her heartbeat. In April 2023, we revisited the village as part of the Primary Medical Care program. Unfortunately, the girl contracted malaria and suffered from high fever, body pains, and poor overall health. However, after receiving treatment and giving advice to her mother, the little girl has shown significant improvement after just one month.

Our organisation is dedicated to promoting public health in ultra-rural regions of Indonesia (like here in East Sumba), and we're deeply concerned about the impact of malaria on vulnerable communities, as you know already. Sadly, malaria remains a leading cause of illness and death in Indonesia, particularly in East Sumba, where we are based.

Some little history: The word "malaria" originates in Italian. It comes from the expression "mal'aria", which translates as "bad air". This term was used historically to describe the belief that disease was caused by inhaling polluted or stale air in swampy areas. The Plasmodium parasite is responsible for causing malaria, and research suggests that it has been affecting humans for at least 4,000 years.

Several human behaviours contribute irreparably to the spread or persistence of malaria. Here are some of the factors that lead to an increase in malaria cases:

Failure to prevent mosquito bites, poor waste management, inadequate housing and sanitation, deterioration of hygienic conditions, deforestation, alterations to natural habitats, movement of people, drug resistance*** and misuse, limited access to health services, higher illiteracy rates among younger populations, and lack of community involvement and awareness can all lead to an increase in malaria cases… And this, among other examples!

As a result, many people, particularly children and pregnant women, continue to suffer from this preventable and treatable disease. Our program aims to tackle these issues head-on by implementing various activities to strengthen malaria control efforts in the region. It is crucial to highlight that combatting malaria demands a unified strategy encompassing preventive and therapeutic measures. It also involves initiatives to enhance the environment and living standards of communities affected by the disease.

***The problem of self-medication and the consequent development of resistance to antimalarial drugs are two interconnected challenges that significantly hinder the effective management and control of malaria.

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