We will construct seven ferrocement tanks in Laindatang to provide clean water to isolated families. Three of these are funded, but four are still needed. We require CHF 2,300.- for each tank. Your support guarantees access to clean water for the most remote communities. Donate now and be part of this life-changing project.
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Water Connections. The deep borehole of MbinuDita – Part#1
From the drilling site, here in East Sumba, MbinuDita village. In the middle of nowhere, at the foot of the hill that hosts our school in SD Mbinudita. Most of the work has started. Several phases will lead us to provide a clean water network to more than 200 families who have never had direct access to it. Where it’s complicated is that the groups of houses are sometimes several kilometers apart. This, therefore, makes the thing technically complex in terms of physical law! This action is fully linked to the “Water Connections” program, initiated by the Fair Future and Kawan Baik Indonesia foundations.
The “Water Connections” Project – The Full Presentation!
The .PDF presentation of the current project “Water Connections” – Drinking water for 200 families in MbinuDita. This document presents to you in detail the project that we started at the beginning of November, after months of preliminary studies. Once completed, the water connections will reach homes, families throughout the MbinuDita region. A magic trick carried out thanks to all of you, to all the friends of the Foundation. the “Kawan Baik” from here and elsewhere. No water, no life. No blue, no green.
Water Connections project – Today, we started drilling in MbinuDita
From the drilling site, here in East Sumba, MbinuDita village. A very rural and isolated region, in which nearly 220 families live, economically poor, without access to water, electricity, sanitation solutions (WC, shower), or medical care. A region where the lack of water is wreaking havoc in terms of health. Our are therefore able to provide them with what they need most. Clean water to live, to drink, to have good health, to prosper economically too. These few photos were taken during the last 15 days during our mission to prepare the village for the arrival of a source of clean water, via the drilling of a deep well – more than 60 meters -. This action is fully linked to the “Water Connections” program, initiated by Fair Future and Kawan Baik Indonesia foundations. A complicated project but which will come to fruition after two weeks of work on the spot, or about 15 days to drill, there … In the middle of nowhere, at the bottom of the hill that hosts our school in SD Mbinudita.
Medical assistance – Malaria in Indonesia, what we are doing?
Risk is present throughout the country, excluding urban areas, and excluding the areas specified: J akarta, Surabaya, Denpasar (Bali), and other large cities are risk-free, including the beach resorts in southern Bali. Sporadic cases of malaria in travelers have been reported from rural areas of Java, Bali (Padangbai area), Bintan, and Lombok islands. The WHO data does not take into account the situation in eastern Indonesia, which is linked to the lack of existing data. Nevertheless, malaria in the regions of Flores, Sumba Timur and Kupang is important in rural villages.
Rumah Kambera, the last few months on the site!
Rumah Kambera, some pictures taken during the last 6 weeks. A job 18 hours a day, 7 days a week in order to give the best of ourselves to all those who have great needs in the regions of eastern Indonesia. The foundation develops and implements actions in eastern Indonesia (NTT) and notably in East Sumba. To do so, we decided to coordinate our actions from what is now; “The Fair Future Base Camp” in the eastern regions of the country. In a village near Waingapu called Lambanapu. Rumah Kambera is its name. This -house- is a place of coordination of all our socio-medical, educational activities in favor of children, women, and communities in rural and peripheral regions where access to water, electricity, education, or healthcare is almost non-existent.
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To support the actions of the foundation, you can help us in several ways. You can buy one of our t-shirts for example! The Fair Future team in the field uses this new 2021 t-shirt. Pure White and simple, it uses the colors of Switzerland, Indonesia, and of course, our official logo. The Red and the White: Association of two colors which represent Passion and Purity!
Impact of air pollution on health in Indonesia!
Outdoor air pollution is a mix of chemicals, particulate matter, and biological materials that react with each other to form tiny hazardous particles. It contributes to breathing problems, chronic diseases, increased hospitalization, and premature mortality. In Indonesia, this is the cause 50% of morbidity nationwide. How is air pollution affecting Indonesia? More than 80% of the Indonesian population of more than 260 million inhabitants, is exposed to annual average concentrations of pollution, well above the WHO guideline. The country has the fifth-highest loss of years of life in the world due to particulate matter pollution.
Assistance to people in case of malnutrition problems
Social consequences of malnutrition. Undernourished children have weaker immune systems and are thus more susceptible to infections and illnesses. Long-term insufficient nutrient intake and frequent infections can cause stunting, whose effects in terms of delayed motor and cognitive development are largely irreversible.
Medical Assistance for Children’s in pandemic time
Fair Future notes that children are certainly the most affected by the indirect impact of the pandemic than by the viral infection itself. Indeed, we have noticed that the COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on the health of children, but through the increase in poverty, the loss of education and the closure of schools -here in Indonesia the closure of schools since March 2020-, food insecurity, violence as well as increased pressure on health systems and reduced access to personal health care services.
Rumah Kambera Base Camp – Covid-19 fight and Clean Water updates
Management of the pharmacy, water supply, Covid-19 program, infrastructures, and day-to-day organizations.
Facing the crisis linked to the pandemic, the lack of water and vital resources, managing the organizational structure in order to optimize the social and medical assistance that we offer. The 24 hours that a day counts are not enough to do everything!
Covid-19 fight – Free vaccination day for 500 registered people – 26.09.21.
Vaccination is still not accessible to everyone! Fair Future and Kawan Baik Indonesia, in collaboration with Denpasar City Youth Organization, Denpasar City Covid Task Force, Health Office, Social Service, and several medical personnel volunteers, have the opportunity to be able to carry out free vaccinations. This day of free vaccination will be held on September 26, 2021, at Rumah Sanur Creative Hub, Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia foundations Base camp in Denpasar.
We allocate CHF. 10,000.- for the construction of a new Central Clean Water Access Point, in East Sumba
We are indeed pleased to announce the funding, for an amount of more than CHF 10,000.-, of a new Central Point of Access to Clean and Potable Water, as part of socio-medical actions in Rumah Kambera, eastern Indonesia. Access to water for families is essential for their lives, health, and well-being. In this sense, implementing sustainable solutions is one of our main goals with the Fair Future Foundation. In addition, this program is clearly part of the fight we are leading and engaging against the pandemic here in eastern Indonesia.
Tomorrow 31.08.21, a 3rd team will join forces already present in eastern indonesia
After having sent the 2nd team on-site last week, Fair Future will leave on August 31, 2021, in reinforcement to join the Base Camp of Rumah Kambera in Sumba East. A 3rd team made up of Kawan Ayu, Kawan Hasto and Kawan Alex. The mission is clearly defined in what we have been doing for months on the spot, namely: To fight as best as possible the devastation linked to the Covid-19 pandemic on the spot.
Covid-19 fight | We have just allocated CHF 5,000 for medical equipment
As part of our fight against the ravages of the pandemic in eastern Indonesia – where the situation is much more serious than in Bali -, Fair Future also wanted to help those on the ground here in Denpasar. These volunteers fight so much and more, against the problems linked to the spread of the pandemic in Indonesia, in Bali, and who do not really succeed. But who does what is necessary, that is to say, the essential!
COVID-19 fight. An additional team is leaving for the territories of eastern Indonesia
On August 25, 2021, an additional team will reinforce the staff already on-site, in the fight against the pandemic in the territories of eastern Indonesia. A truck has already left for the provinces of southern Indonesia. It is filled with drugs, antigen tests, masks, disinfectants, and other first-aid equipment to help this population of nearly 300,000 inhabitants who do not receive any form of aid, apart from that which Fair Future and Kawan Baik Foundations bring on site.