Fair Future Foundation Restores Clean Water in Mahu Region. Discover how Fair Future Foundation revived clean water access at Mahu’s health centre, improving healthcare for thousands.”
Fair Future Foundation’s unwavering commitment to improving healthcare in East Sumba reached a significant milestone last month. In Mahu, a region where over 20,000 people sought medical care, a critical issue was addressed – the lack of clean water at the local health centre, Puskesmas. This setback severely affected hygiene, patient care, and overall facility operations.
Over the past month, Fair Future has reached another significant milestone in its charitable mission in East Sumba, one of the most impoverished regions of Indonesia. They restored access to clean water to the Puskesmas, a health centre in the Mahu region that had been without water for three years.
A Puskesmas, or medical care centre, is an Indonesian institution designed to provide free healthcare to all. Unfortunately, the one in the Mahu region, a refuge for over 20,000 people, was deprived of water, a vital resource. The lack of water has disastrous consequences for any healthcare facility, particularly regarding hygiene, equipment sterilization, and overall care quality.
The importance of having water in a healthcare facility is paramount. Imagine women coming to give birth or injured and sick patients in a centre without a drop of water for washing, rinsing, or caring for them. And what about the sanitary needs of all the employees and patients occupying these facilities without access to water for the toilets?
Rising to this challenge, Fair Future invested nearly $10,000 to restore an essential water supply and ensure that patients do not leave sicker than they were upon arrival. With over two hundred meters of pipes, a new 2500-litre PVC tank, a new submersible pump, and the repair and replacement of numerous taps, toilets and showers, the team worked tirelessly to restore this fundamental right.
After about ten days of work, success was achieved. The hospital in the Mahu region now has regular access to clean water. This success is crucial for the ultra-rural communities of Mahu, where the right to water in the region’s only medical centre is a matter of life or death.
However, there is still much to do. Access to water and electricity is minimal in the region, and the malaria rate is among the highest in Southeast Asia. Therefore, Fair Future continues its efforts, notably through the Zero Malaria program, to combat this devastating disease.
While this first success is critical, Fair Future knows that the fight is only beginning. Some residents must walk nearly ten hours to seek medical care, taking enormous risks along the way. These are the challenges that Fair Future now needs to face. It is clear that their needs remain considerable, but one thing is sure: every step forward, like the one accomplished last month, makes a monumental difference for the residents of East Sumba.
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