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Water Connections Mbinudita, the beginning of the adventure
Access to water is not just a matter of providing it to a community. It is closely tied to our location and individual needs. The modern and rural worlds have vastly different interpretations of what water means. To address the needs of the people we serve, we strive to provide clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and irrigation. By doing so, we aim to improve their quality of life, health, and happiness. Our #waterconnections project has benefitted over 250 families and 2,500 people, with 70% of them being children residing in a remote rural area. Thanks to #rebuildmbinudita, water is now available in both quality and quantity.
Water Connections, the ongoing project on the MbinuDita Site
Where are we with MbinuDita’s Water Connections project? What are the funds that we have already collected, those that we have already invested in this vital project like never before for more than 2000 people without access to clean water? We present to you via a small infographic what we have already done, what remains to be done and the schedule for the next steps.
Fair Future will purchase a deep well drilling machine for #WaterConnections
In order to allow access to drinking water to those who do not have it, within the framework of the program for access to medical care and improvement of the health of the populations of the outermost regions of the east of Indonesia, Fair Future has decided to invest CHF. 9,500.-, i.e. IDR. 145,000,000.-, for the acquisition of a deep well drilling machine. A machine for drilling more than 130 meters deep, in one of the regions where access to water is extremely difficult… This investment is part of the “Water Connections” projects.
Water Connections Project – A life without water in MbinuDita village
Have you wondered what your life would be like if you didn’t have water at home? No toilet, no place to wash? What if the little water available was often unsuitable? Dangerous for the health of the most fragile? Deadly?
#waterconnections, This is why this project is important for us but especially for them. The right to have good health is a non-existent concept when water is present neither in quality (unsuitable, dangerous…) nor in quantity (a few liters per day only for an entire family). By Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia
Water Connections – Tender for the purchase of a deep well drilling machine
We are tendering for a deep well drilling machine, which will be used in drinking water and health improvement programs, by Fair Future and Kawan Baik, in eastern Indonesia, especially in the rural and outlying areas of East Sumba. Where we operate. Are you a local business? Located in East Java, Bali? And you want to build our future machine? So contact us to submit your best offer.
For the #WaterConnections Program, we have raised 42% of the budget!
We want to thank all those who help us in this project and are proud to announce that we received in donations, approximately 42% of the total budget. We encourage you all to do even more to carry out this vital project for more than 200 families, more than 2000 people, women, and children who do not have access to clean water. Without water in quantity and quality, living conditions cannot improve and people become sick and die. Without water, there is no green, no blue, no life. Without water, there are no plants, no trees, no fruits, no vegetables, no food.
Tuberculosis incidence in Indonesia in relation to the COVID pandemic!
The annual risk of TB infection in Southeast Asia is 1-2.5%, representing an upward trend for the region. In Indonesia, there are roughly 500,000 new cases of TB annually and 175,000 attributable deaths. Tuberculosis is the second major killer of adults after cardiovascular disease and the deadliest pathogen out of all communicable diseases. In global terms, there are one billion people infected with tuberculosis at any one time. Eight million new cases are reported annually with three million attributable deaths. However, despite these grim figures and without the influence of consistent treatment and immunization, its incidence is not as high as it was in the 20th century. The problem now is that with inadequate and inconsistent treatment regimes, a pool of persistent sputum-positive cases is being created!
How can you help for the Water Connections Program – MbinuDita site
You can help us finance part of this huge and complicated project. Indeed, we suggest you make a donation corresponding to a complete installation as explained in the pdf document attached to this post. This project is absolutely vital for more than 200 families in eastern Indonesia and is part of the “Water Connections” program, which itself aims to improve the health of people and children. Reduce infant mortality, illnesses linked to the consumption of unclean or even sometimes lethal water. Fair Future treats tens of thousands of people each year and the vast majority of our patients are sick from the water. If we really want to reduce diseases, then let’s work at the source of the problem: Let’s provide access to clean water. To do this, the foundation involves the women and men of the region, in the management of water resources, in sanitation solutions, by implementing safe hygiene practices in order to maximize the benefits for their communities.
2021 is going… 2022 is coming and Fair Future & Kawan Baik are still here!
2021 is going, 2022 is coming and the pandemic is part of our everyday life. We are coping as best we can, our resources are not unlimited and the needs are increasing considerably. One of the Foundation’s tasks is to ensure equitable access to water in quantity and quality, in order to prevent disease, maintain lives and livelihoods. It is about reducing environmental health risks by managing sanitation safely and with dignity. However, the foundation seeks to involve women and men in the management of water resources, in sanitation through the implementation of safe hygiene practices in order to maximize the benefits for their communities.
The Shades of Water or why access to clean water is important to us
One of the Foundation’s tasks is to ensure equitable access to water in quantity and quality, in order to prevent disease, maintain lives and livelihoods. This is to reduce environmental risks to health, by managing sanitation safely and with dignity. Still, the foundation seeks to involve women and men in the management of water resources, in sanitation by the implementation of safe hygiene practices in order to maximize the benefits for their communities.
The impact of COVID on mental health… And how we can help each other
Understanding COVID-19 will help us all to stay safe. Find out more about COVID, and how to protect yourself and your community. The mental health impact of COVID… and how we can help each other. COVID-19 Health Information. Understanding the difference: Malaria & COVID-19. What is ‘long COVID’? Latest COVID-19 Data: Sources: WHO, December 2021. 4.8 Million Deaths: Deaths from COVID-19 are continuing to rise. Let’s do what we can to help stop the spread. 5.4 Billion Vaccine doses given: Doses are not being shared equally around the world. #OnlyTogether can we end the pandemic.
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.