East Sumba in Indonesia is the region where we have been operating since 2019<\/strong> as part of medical, social and educational projects. It is the region most affected by malnutrition and poverty in Asia. Where we work in ultra-rural areas, 90% of families<\/strong> do not have access to clean water<\/a>, sanitation facilities or electricity.<\/p>\n Laindatang, Mbatakapidu Village<\/a>, has no road leading to it. However, we have been working on it for a year. It takes two to three hours off-road to get there. Thanks to our Truck for Life<\/a>, a medicalized 4×4 truck, and thanks to it, we can regularly go to this village to carry out this feasibility study. A project that aims to provide access to clean water<\/a> and sanitation facilities to these poor families living in extreme conditions. From our base camp at Rumah Kambera<\/a>, Laindang is 25 km, about 10 km of rutted dirt and stone roads through hills and fields. The terrain is rough, steep and slippery when it rains. Only adapted vehicles can access this region.<\/p>\n The problem of this impoverished village is linked to water points, which are almost non-existent or very far away. Families suffer from malnutrition, chronic respiratory and joint diseases, diarrhoea and other illnesses related to the consumption of unsafe water and the absence of sanitation facilities and toilets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Infant mortality is also high, and we are working hard to save lives here through medical programs such as access to primary medical care in ultra-rural areas. To our knowledge, these families have never had sanitary facilities. Peeing and pooping are done behind a tree with all the health problems. It should also be noted that these families do not receive any help besides what we give them. In particular, no government help.<\/p>\n The community has always maximized the use of rainwater for cooking, eating, and drinking water. Washing or doing laundry is done simultaneously: People wash their bodies with detergents directly at the water source. Due to the lack of water, the villagers wash only once a month or, at best, every two weeks. When their rainwater reserves are exhausted, most women and young girls have to walk for hours – between five and ten kilometres –<\/em> to find water: They often leave in the evening to return home in the morning with only a few litres of water, which they carry in five-litre jerry cans<\/a>. The nearest water source is on a hill and not accessible for transporting animals such as horses or water buffaloes. Thus, children aged five and women must carry their jerry cans<\/a> on their heads and at arm’s length when possible.<\/p>\n The village is made up of several groups of houses. Nearly 200 people<\/strong> live here, are everywhere here, a majority of children. They currently have two or three rainwater storage tanks of different sizes, 3000 – 5000 litres, very worn, with rusty irons inside. They need to be healthier reservoirs, and storing water here is dangerous.<\/p>\n These reservoirs are intended to store rainwater during the rainy season (which only lasts two months here)<\/em>. But during the dry season, everything is empty. The villagers themselves built these water tanks<\/a>. The rainwater that flows there comes from the roofs, so it is dirty. Water storage is a huge problem here as Malaria is intense and mainly affects children under five, pregnant women and the chronically ill. That is to say, almost everyone here!<\/p>\n On this subject, our medical teams are constantly confronted with cases of Malaria<\/a>, and we lack antimalarial drugs. Mortality is very high here due to Malaria<\/a>. Stagnant water from old cisterns is a critical transmission factor besides the fact that this rainwater is undrinkable, unhealthy and hazardous to health.<\/p>\n To overcome the lack of water, buying water brought here by a 5,000-liter tanker is possible. These trucks need help to reach the village and the groups of houses to fill the tanks. Once there, the vehicle will also have lost a lot of water, around 1\/3 of the 5,000 litres. The cost of a tank truck here is three times more expensive than elsewhere. Linked to the fact that access is challenging.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” width_last_edited=”off|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”2vh||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color=”#FFFFFF” open_toggle_background_color=”#AE2012″ icon_color=”#AE2012″ _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”be5c6ea7-0bf9-460a-a3a6-d87ae7ac23a1″ toggle_font=”Open Sans|800||on|||||” toggle_font_size=”18px” closed_toggle_font=”Open Sans|600|||||||” body_font=”Open Sans||||||||” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font_size=”14px” body_line_height=”1.6em” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” ul_font_size_tablet=”15px” ul_font_size_phone=”14px” ul_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” ol_font_size_tablet=”15px” ol_font_size_phone=”14px” ol_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_text_align_tablet=”justify” header_text_align_phone=”justify” header_text_align_last_edited=”on|phone” header_2_text_align_tablet=”justify” header_2_text_align_phone=”justify” header_2_text_align_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_2_font_size_tablet=”23px” header_2_font_size_phone=”22px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”][et_pb_accordion_item title=”The project and its realization” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Since July 2002, we have been active in this village. Fair Future is working on a new #WaterConnections<\/a> project similar to those already created and working well.<\/span><\/p>\n Our teams have detected several deep sources using our equipment. They are between 60m and 120m deep<\/strong>. The drilling site remains to be determined by the community. The amount allocated depends on the drilling depth and the technical equipment we have to install.<\/span><\/p>\n Knowing there is no electricity in the village, setting up a direct current pump and two solar panels is necessary to ensure sufficient flow.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”A unique way of working” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Fair Future works in all the projects it sets up with local communities. This means that it is the villagers who work with us. They learn new knowledge and share their lives there. In return, we feed them in our canteen and offer them coffee and time together.<\/span><\/p>\n This is a model that we have used in absolutely all of our projects. From the smallest to the largest, such as the construction of the SD Mbinudita<\/a> school, the Water Connections<\/a> Mbinudita site project (40 reservoirs, 30 sanitary facilities, 4 boreholes)<\/em> for 300 families, more than 2,800 people.<\/span><\/p>\n See the Google Maps of the Water Connections project<\/a> here.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Duration of the project on site” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n The start is planned for March 2023 (the month we had designed with them). This also coincides with the end of the rainy season, allowing us to drill and access the Laindatang site.<\/span><\/p>\n The drilling should take about two months because the hardness of the ground on site is complicated. We have already seen it before during different drills. The Fair Future teams live on-site for the duration of the project and do not return to Rumah Kambera base camp for the weekend generally.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Beneficiaries” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n As explained above, it is for all of us at Fair Future and Kawan Baik<\/a> to (re)start a job that we have already done so many times: To give a healthier, more harmonious life to an entire population.<\/span><\/p>\n For Laindatang, more than 200 people will have access to toilets and clean water. The result for them is a reduction in infant mortality and improved living conditions regarding food and water.<\/span><\/p>\n A notable improvement in hygiene conditions is linked to the provision of showers and toilets. <\/span>As seen in all the other #water connections-related<\/a> projects that Fair Future have implemented, wealth will be generated by creating vegetable gardens<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”The risks of this project” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n The main risk<\/strong> is not finding the water at depth. In this case, it will be necessary to drill again. Even if the risk exists, we always do everything we can to reduce it: We have water source detection equipment that reassures us, and of the dozens of drilled boreholes, we have always succeeded.<\/span><\/p>\n The 2nd risk<\/strong> is that the drilling may take longer than expected related to the source of the subsoils. For example, one week to drill 50 cm<\/strong>, as has already happened to us. You have to be patient and have plenty of coffee available.<\/span><\/p>\n The 3rd risk<\/strong> is related to a broken drill head. So in all drilling, there is always a part that breaks and a weld to be redone. But we have calculated the risk and have the repair material on site with us.<\/span><\/p>\n The other risks<\/strong> are related to on-site illnesses that the Fair Future teams might catch. But we are, I believe, totally immune, having already had everything.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”The project in a few figures, the budget” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n\n
More information about what were are doing with the #waterconnections<\/a> all around.<\/em><\/p>\nMore details about this project in Laindatang<\/h3>\n
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