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Questo "Immagine del giorno"Vivere invecchiando, vivere felice, come dice la proverbio. Questo uomo non è vecchio, ma la durezza della vita qui, le ore trascorse su strade sterrate e fangose per portare acqua malsana e consumarla, gli conferiscono i tratti di un vecchio del villaggio. Posizione: Padi, villaggio Mbinudita, East Nusa Tenggara.

Un vecchio bastone di bambù che lui stesso aveva costruito, solo un pareo da indossare, la pelle conciata dal sole e dal lavoro nei campi, nelle risaie. La sua sottigliezza è legata mangiare la sua presenza qui è impossibile. Lui? Non è così vecchio, ma non sa nemmeno l'età. Ci dice: 60 anni. E lui è lì, lo conosciamo da molto tempo. Partecipa all'incontro con le famiglie di Padi, Mbinudita, e l'East-Sumba.

Gli ascolta mentre parliamo dei mezzi che possono essere messi in atto affinché anche lui possa avere una vita migliore, una vita con meno stress idrico, meno malattie e più cibo da bere e da mangiare grazie ai mezzi e alle tecnologie disponibili. Infrastrutture che Fair Future e Amici buoni ho costruito qui gli ultimi quattro anni.

Questo "Immagine del giorno": Yesterday, we asked the children to sing a song outside, in front of their school in SD Negeri Mbinudita. A song that we recorded and which will serve as a support for the film "Matawai", which Fair Future produced. A film about the immense problems linked to the lack of clean water here in this region… Posizione: SD Negeri Mbinudita, East Nusa Tenggara.

In 2019, there were only about sixty, in 2023 there are more than a hundred and this is increasing. From three classes, we went to five and it will grow even more during the year. More children mean more classes, more teachers and more life too.

Yesterday, Kawan Elthon, Primus and Ino recorded the children singing a song called: "Akulah Sang Air", which means: "I am water". So yesterday was a great day for all these little ones, to whom we explained what we were doing. Soon you will be able to hear them as part of the film "Matawai" (water sources) which will be presented in the next two weeks.

"Akulah Sang Air – I am water"… Nothing could be more true here for all these children whose primary mission -in their everyday life- is to often cover several kilometres on foot, to fetch a few litres of water which is potentially dangerous to health. But since 2019, Fair Future and Amici buoni are changing things here, in this huge region of Prai Paha, Nggaha Oriangu in Sumba Timur. All now have access to a source of clean water via #waterconnections, to a school #sdmbinudita, to primary medical care #primarymedicalcare among others…

In questo "Immagine del giorno", a young girl from the village of #Mbinudita is happy because now she and her family have access to water, so they can wash. Before for her, washing was once every two weeks, even once a month for others from the same village. Posizione: Prai Paha, East Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara

The consequences of not washing on the body are disastrous: Development of microbes on the skin causing many skin diseases such as Scabies, ringworm, or dermatosis, and also much more graceful diseases: Typhoid fever, Hepatitis A, and Cholera. Not being able to wash leads to death linked to the development of the diseases mentioned. It is also a strong signal of the lack of water in a village. Not being able to wash for lack of water also means not being able to eat and drink enough.

Practising good personal hygiene is essential to allow proper functioning of the skin (breathing, secretions). Washing keeps the skin healthy, relaxes the body and maintains a positive self-image. This is why Fair Future and Amici buoni develop solutions for access to better health by providing access to healthy and clean water. The cheapest and most effective drug.

In questo "Immagine del giorno" The work of these female superheroes, who have performed hundreds of primary medical procedures since December 2022. This program is because there is no access to medical care here. These women are the only possible resources, and what they do is extraordinary. Posizione: East Sumba – NTT.

Il primary medical care program that Un futuro giusto e Amici buoni have set up is unique worldwide. A reminder? This program aims to provide theoretical and practical means to teachers in isolated villages to offer first medical care in the event of injury or illness of a child or an adult. It's simply outstanding; it saves lives. 

It focuses on specific populations, groups and communities that are excluded from healthcare access systems and left behind. It offers knowledge and tools to teachers in ultra-rural villages to heal and save lives. It is the teachers of schools isolated from everything who provide first aid; 95% of them are women. There is no doctor or access road here, and the nearest health centre is often hours away. Fracture? Malaria? Dengue? A snake bite? A burn? A choking person? Acute fever in a child? These women, these teachers from isolated villages, are also caregivers, real heroines in their interventions.

In questo "Immagine del giorno" a man who must be 40 years old (but who seems much older), is going to prepare the little rice he has found in the house. It will be for his meal or all those of the week certainly. He cleans it with the wind blowing, throwing it in the air from his rattan basket in front of his house. Here in the ultra-rural villages, few people own rice fields, so they have to buy rice when they can. Posizione: Desa Mbinudita – Prai Paha.

Eating healthy here? It is very complicated, it is even impossible. The water available is scarce, even if we change this in certain regions. All the meals for these families in East Sumba – where Fair Future and Amici buoni set up socio-medical projects – consist of corn and a little rice when the families have it.

Vegetables are far too rare or you have to look for those found in the forest, in nature. Meat is almost never present, or when there is a feast they will kill a pig or goat to cook it and share it with friends and family. Fruits? Maybe one day, in a photo, they saw some.

In #sdmbinudita, East-Sumba, the #waterconnections project provides access to healthy and clean water sources close to families' houses. They can cook, and have a vegetable giardino to grow their own vegetables. Gradually, habits change, and the health of the villagers improves.

Questo "Immagine del giorno" depicts a 12-year-old girl who goes to the #sdmbinudita school built by Fair Future and Kawan Baik, in East Sumba, in order to follow the lessons given by one of the five teachers. She is lucky to be able to go there every day. Posizione: SD Mbinudita Prai Paha.

Quality education for all is one of the most robust and proven pillars of sustainable development. You still have to be able to go to school. This is all the more true when you are a girl. But these successes come up against significant challenges in developing regions due to high levels of poverty, lack of food, acqua potabile and other emergencies to which we are trying to find solutions (access to basic healthcare e Primary Medical Care, for example).

Indeed, the main task of almost all these girls of school age in the ultra-rural villages where we are active is to fetch water that is not very clean and not very healthy, far from their homes. To do this, they have to walk for hours carrying jerrycans.

In #sdmbinudita, East-Sumba, the #waterconnections project provides access to healthy and clean water sources close to residential homes. From now on, it does not take much time to have water in quantity and quality. And so young girls can go to school.