Our job is to ensure equitable access to water in quantity and quality, which prevents disease and sustains lives and livelihoods.

This to reduce environmental health risks by managing sanitation safely and with dignity and involve women and men in water and sanitation resource management and safe hygiene practices to maximize benefits for their communities.

Fair Future has started a program to provide access to clean water and sanitation solutions to dozens of villages, that have no direct access to water or sanitation solutions, in East Sumba (NTT), Mbinudita village. This program, which started in 2021, has no end date. Water Connections is its name. It aims to forge water connections, in order to get closer to where people live, in rural areas of eastern Indonesia. And in fact, ensuring them direct access to a source of clean and healthy water.

Without water, there will be no plants, no trees, no fruits & vegetables, and ultimately, no food. This project aims to drill a well to a depth of nearly 80m in order to have clean and consumable water, but also to add toilets, a place to wash and organise activities around the theme of water… and ultimately, be able to eat, heal, stay healthy, drink… Live!

It’s too easy to forget what miracle water is. In wealthy countries, clean, safe drinking water is so abundant and readily available that we just take it for granted. Access to drinking water is a fundamental human right.

Yet billions of poor people around the world still face the daily challenge of accessing safe water sources, spending countless hours in line, or traveling long distances and coping with the effects. on the health of the use of contaminated water.

Millions of people fall ill or die every day because they are forced to do without these most basic services. Diseases from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people each year than all forms of violence, including war, making it one of the world’s most pressing health problems.

Water and health in East Sumba including MbinuDita rural area

The main goal and to reduce significant infant mortality, congenital problems, sometimes serious illnesses related to the consumption of unclean water. And therefore improving living conditions, creating economic opportunities, and consequently creating wealth and mental well-being.

• Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to the transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio;
• Absent, inadequate, or inappropriately managed water and sanitation services expose individuals to preventable health risks.

Fair Future throughout its public health actions, can say that: Safe and easily available water is important for public health, whether it is used for drinking, domestic use, food production, or for recreational purposes. But also that the improvement of water supply and sanitation, as well as better management of water resources, can stimulate the economic growth of countries and contribute greatly to poverty reduction.

Economic and social effects of this project in MbinuDita & East Sumba

When water comes from improved and more accessible sources, people spend less time and physical effort collecting it, which means they can be productive in other ways, and this goes for the MbinuDita region;

It can also translate to greater personal safety by reducing the need to make long or risky journeys to fetch water. Here, children and women most often have to travel for miles to fetch a few liters of “edible” water;

Providing a clean water system – better water sources – for these more than 200 families in MbinuDita also means less health care costs, as people are less likely to fall ill and incur medical expenses. medical facilities, and are better able to remain economically productive;

We have seen children die, fall into comas, have mental deficiencies from drinking polluted water here in MbinuDita and elsewhere;

Given that children are particularly vulnerable to water-related diseases, access to a clean water network or -improved water sources-, can translate into better health, and therefore better school attendance. , with longer-term positive consequences for their lives.

Situation in Indonesia

With a population of 264 million people, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world and claims Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The capital, Jakarta, continues to expand as an international hub; however, rural communities and residents of informal settlements in urban areas struggle in terms of poor health and infrastructure. For many households, water sources are distant, contaminated or expensive, and household sanitation is unaffordable.

Nearly 28 million Indonesians lack safe water and 71 million lack access to improved sanitation facilities. Fortunately, there is a growing microfinance sector serving low-income households across the country, and they are recognizing that financing for water supply and sanitation is a growing need.

In Indonesia and around the world, people are navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, and millions are striving to endure this crisis with an added challenge. They lack access to life’s most critical resource – water. Now more than ever access to safe water is critical to the health of families in Indonesia.

Water is a matter of concern to us at the Fair Future Foundation

Our humanitarian responses, our campaigns, and our long-term initiatives to help families improve their incomes, reduce their vulnerability to disasters, and defend their rights.

Our job is to ensure equitable access to water in quantity and quality, which prevents disease and sustains lives and livelihoods; reduce environmental health risks by managing sanitation safely and with dignity; and involve women and men in water and sanitation resource management and safe hygiene practices to maximize benefits for their communities.

Billions of people will lack access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene in 2030 unless progress

Even before the pandemic, millions of children and families suffered without clean water, sanitation, and a place to wash their hands.

Despite our impressive progress, alarming and growing needs continue to exceed our ability to meet. Fair Future is dramatically accelerating its efforts to provide children and families with the most basic needs for their health and well-being, including the fight against infectious diseases like COVID-19.