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Matawai the Shades of Water: Mbinudita’s Water Journey
The documentary Matawai, the Shades of Water premiered in Mbinudita, sharing the community’s experience of water scarcity and the long-term work behind Water Connections.
Empowering Rural Women Health Workers
Women Kawan Sehat health workers from remote Mahu communities restock medicines and receive practical training to provide safer local care where health services are difficult to reach.
Primary Medical Care in Rural Areas Saves Lives
In Hambarita, Fair Future provides urgent care to a young man after a snakebite, illustrating the need for rapid assessment, wound care and referral in remote areas.
Life-Saving Primary Medical Actions in Rural Areas
Fair Future trains Kawan Sehat health workers to measure blood pressure in remote East Sumba, strengthening early detection and follow-up where formal care is scarce.
Primary Medical Care: Lifesaving Rural Healthcare Initiative
Kawan Sehat health agents in Mahu receive medical training and supplies to provide primary care in remote communities affected by malaria, dengue and diarrheal disease.
Revolutionary Primary Medical Care Program Saves Lives
Katrina, a Kawan Sehat health agent in Lapinu, has provided primary medical care in a remote village for more than two years with training, medicines and support from Fair Future and Kawan Baik.
Empowering Women and Girls with Clean Water Access
Two girls in remote East Sumba gain access to clean water and private sanitation through Water Connections, supporting hygiene, school attendance and safer daily life.
Clean Water for Children: Health and Life Preservation
A 5,000-litre reservoir built with residents in Laindatang brings clean water closer to schoolchildren and families, reducing exposure to unsafe water and easing daily water collection.
Life-Changing Water Projects in Ultra-Rural Villages
Pak Kudu Huring and villagers build a 5,000-litre ferrocement reservoir in Laindatang, bringing safer water closer to families and supporting health, hygiene and nutrition.
Laindatang’s Water Crisis: A Lifesaving Initiative
Fair Future’s Water Connections project improves clean-water access in Laindatang through local infrastructure, storage and community participation.
Improving Children’s Health with Water and Nutrition
Fair Future links clean-water access, nutrition education and practical health support for children and families in remote communities.
Paul Harris Fellow Award for Fair Future Foundation
Fair Future Foundation, Alex Wettstein and Ayu Setia Wardani receive Paul Harris Fellow recognition from Rotary International for years of medical and social work in East Sumba.
