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<\/a>At the heart of our work: sharing knowledge. FairFuture’s educators and health teams lead impactful sessions in schools, teaching children how to live healthier, safer lives.<\/p><\/div>\n
Presence is the first treatment. We stay, we learn, and care becomes possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n In remote East Indonesia, medicine starts long before issuing prescriptions. Presence teaches discipline<\/strong>: wash wounds with clean water and soap, debride gently, cover, and monitor. Use antibiotics only when necessary. Proper training<\/a> of local health workers<\/a> helps prevent<\/strong> infections, safely reduce<\/strong> fevers, and identify<\/strong> danger signs early, hours before a distant clinic can.<\/p>\n This embodies Kawan Sehat<\/a>, our Primary Medical Care<\/a> program. During an intensive week, we teach men<\/strong> and women<\/strong> to triage and recognise dehydration<\/a>, rapid breathing, persistent fever, malnutrition<\/strong>, and high-risk pregnancies. They provide oral rehydration<\/a>, safe pain relief, wound care, and infection prevention<\/a>, and refer immediately when red flags appear. For malaria<\/a>, still highly prevalent in this region, we focus on prevention<\/strong>, education<\/strong>, and swift action: using long-lasting insecticide-treated nets<\/a>, controlling standing water, early testing when available, and prompt treatment or referral. The same thorough approach applies to dengue<\/strong>, tuberculosis<\/strong>, polio<\/strong>, and leprosy<\/strong>: prevent, detect early, treat appropriately, and protect households.<\/p>\n Being there also involves building what health needs to survive. On a hillside above a village, we, along with the community, are constructing a 115 m\u00b3 clan water reservoir<\/a> and a network of hand-built ferro-cement tanks<\/a>, each with a capacity of 5,300 litres<\/strong> – no electrical grid or pumps –<\/em> just skill, stone, sand, steel, and many hands. When water is nearby, mothers save hours<\/strong> fetching water, children<\/a> miss fewer classes, wounds are cleaned<\/strong>, and diarrheal diseases decrease<\/strong>. Every day, we learn that water is fundamenta<\/a>l to primary care.<\/a><\/p>\n Logistics is also part of care. Our Truck of Life<\/a> and the new Truck n’ Load<\/a> traverse mud and rock to restock bandages, basic medicines, oral rehydration salts, and nets for health agents. With Rotary and SolarBuddy<\/a>, we deliver thousands of solar lights to schools and homes without electricity\u2014providing steady light for studying, safe cooking, and nighttime care.<\/p>\n The results are tangible<\/strong>. Kawan Sehat health<\/a> agents now treat between 700 and 1,000 patients monthly<\/a> in these ultra-rural hamlets. The ferro-cement tanks already serve hundreds daily. Each week, a child reads<\/strong> at night, a wound heals<\/strong> cleanly, or a fever subsides<\/strong>, thanks to the neighbour’s training, supplies, and trust.<\/p>\n We conduct this work the Swiss way<\/strong>: precisely<\/strong>, transparently, and relentlessly. For sixteen years, over 93%<\/strong> of every franc has reached the field. We do not pay salaries<\/strong> from donations, keep administration minimal, and publish everything, successes, mistakes, and lessons learned from staying present.<\/p>\n If you can help today, you will literally turn fuel, gauze, soap, tests, and cement into care. Your support<\/a> sustains health agents, completes community reservoirs, and keeps our trucks moving into places no one else reaches. If you cannot give, please share this story. Either way, stand with us as we keep showing up, because that is where medicine begins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Today, the 4th of September 2025 \u2013 Alex Wettstein<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”In Short \u2013 In Short \u2013 Presence Becomes Lasting Care” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”_initial” text_font=”Open Sans|500|||||||” text_line_height=”1.3em” background_color=”#F6F6F6″ custom_margin=”2vh||2vh||false|false” custom_padding=”15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9lbnZpcmEiLCJzZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJwb3N0X2lkIjoiMzY5MDAwIn19@” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” background__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” background_color__hover=”#EFF7FF” background_enable_color__hover=”on” dsm_modules_popup_width_tablet=”65%” dsm_modules_popup_width_phone=”95%” dsm_modules_popup_width_last_edited=”on|desktop”]<\/p>\n Rooted in the community, we transform logistics into acts of kindness. 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