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Rumah Kambera, our future socio-medical base camp
 👋 Hi friends, this is Alex from Rumah Kambera in Lambanapu, where all our work begins. How are you all doing?
In a few days (28 November), I'm heading back out to field missions in East Sumba. I'm returning to Rumah Kambera, this small, worn corrugated-iron house surrounded by trees, the silent heart of our work there. It's where we've been living and working, in very basic conditions, for almost eight years.
In recent months, the Primary Medical Care programme has treated over 1,000 people, which amounts to nearly 10,000 consultations annually. We produced more than 180,000 litres of clean, safe water storage, trained thousands in hygiene, malaria prevention, nutrition, and infectious diseases, distributed about 2,500 solar lamps, and launched a new HIV prevention poster in ultra-rural areas where the epidemic is rapidly spreading.
Behind every mission is Rumah Kambera.
 A small, dilapidated office in Rumah Kambera, with tables, chairs, shelves piled high with equipment, and a badly damaged floor, serves as the base for the Fair Future team's missions. This very old rented house functions as our small clinic, pharmacy, training centre, workshop, and living space. It has two small bedrooms, a shared bathroom, leaking roofs, crumbling walls, equipment damage from dampness, and insufficient space to store medicines and supplies. Since it is a building we will never own, the necessary repairs no longer seem worthwhile.
We must therefore consider and construct something else: purchase a small plot of land, roughly 1,000 to 1,200 square metres, for 10,000 Swiss francs, and then build step by step a new socio-medical base camp—simple yet sturdy—for around 40,000 francs. In total, 50,000 francs, the equivalent of about six months' worth of Primary Medical Care, to establish a permanent residence: workshops, ample storage, a small clinic, a pharmacy, a proper kitchen, decent sanitary facilities, a much-needed training room, and a few bedrooms for ourselves. It is worth noting that from next year, we will live there permanently to be even closer to those we serve.
 From Switzerland, Australia or Europe, this sum might seem substantial. Here, it undoubtedly provides several more decades of care, clean water, lighting for studying, and protection against malaria, HIV, and other diseases that should no longer be fatal. Rumah Kambera is our cornerstone. Giving it a strong foundation ensures that everything else can thrive.
We will proceed transparently, step by step. If you wish to help us by discussing this project or supporting its realisation, know that this future Rumah Kambera will be a home for those who, like us, refuse to abandon these families.
With all my friendship and more,
Alex, for Fair Future - Friday, November 21, 2025 |
