Alexandre Wettstein

02/12/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

Ten minutes capturing the transformation journey in Haray, East Sumba—a place where the school of Mbajik lived in darkness for decades. This visual story brings to life the real challenges encountered: the blistering heat, the weighty batteries lugged by hand, labour done by the dim glow of a small generator, and the triumphant moment when light illuminated the community.

What sets this film apart is its authenticity. There's nothing staged; just the resilience of a community. See children eager to learn before nightfall and villagers scaling rooftops to lend a hand. Witness the long hours dedicated to wiring and installing a solar energy system weighing nearly a ton. Experience a historic milestone: Haray's first cinema night. For the first time, children and their elders watched a film under the newly installed solar-powered lights.

This endeavour is more than electrification. It's an embodiment of dignity, education, and the collective power of community engaged with us—aligned with Swiss precision and Fair Future Foundation, Kawan Baik Indonesia and Smart Energy Technology dedication.

Currently, over 100 schools in East Sumba lack electricity. This film exemplifies the profound impact light can bring to communities.

Watch the full film and discover how electricity transforms an entire community.
Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-Approved Organisation since 2008. Federal number CH-550.1.057.027-8.

- Smart Energy Technology - Swiss Development & Cooperation - Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia - Promkes Dinkes Prov Ntt - SolarBuddy.org - Rotary Club Mandurah Districts - International Committee of the Red Cross - UNICEF - World Health Organization (WHO)

Delivers electrification of Mbajik School the Movie, documenting five days of demanding fieldwork to bring solar power to a remote East Sumba school where 100 others still wait for electricity.

26/11/2025

𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗔 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

Climate change is a harsh reality impacting the communities we serve. It causes earth cracks, shallow wells to dry up, and children to walk kilometres for unsafe water. As a medical foundation with 16 years of field experience, Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia see firsthand how climate change and health challenges merge.

Extended dry seasons cause dehydration, kidney problems, headaches, and more diarrheal diseases. Rains can wash away crops, pollute water, and damage infrastructure, isolating communities. Stagnant water breeds mosquitoes, spreading malaria and dengue beyond usual seasons. Undernourished families find recovery harder.

Our Primary Medical Care program directly tackles this crisis. Kawan Sehat health agents cross difficult terrains to reach isolated families. Water Connections projects build ferro-cement reservoirs for reliable, clean water during droughts. Teams treat fevers, monitor high-risk patients, and educate communities about climate, water, insects, and disease.

While climate change doesn't create new illnesses, it exacerbates existing conditions, posing greater risks. In these remote valleys, safeguarding health means understanding climate dynamics, strengthening water systems, and ensuring that medical care reaches even the most remote families.

Join us in making a tangible difference!

- Swiss Development & Cooperation - Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia - WWF - UNICEF - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region - WHO SEARO

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://fairfuturefoundation.org/climate-change-and-health/.
Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-Approved Organisation, since 2008.
Federal number | CH-550.1.057.027-8.

Describes climate change and health in East Sumba through medical fieldwork, showing how unsafe water, malaria, heat and malnutrition increase, and...

25/11/2025

Before clean water reached this part of Hambarita, families lived in constant scarcity. Every bowl in the kitchen was washed with the same precious cup of water, reused out of necessity. Children played quietly around their mothers, carefully conserving every drop. This was life before the reservoir was built. Access to clean water is not just essential; it transforms lives.

Upon our arrival, we spent over ten days constructing a semi-buried cylindrical ferrocement tank with a capacity of approximately 5,000 litres. In this short film, you will witness one of the most delicate moments: the demoulding. This crucial manoeuvre demands precision, strength, and composure, illustrating how a single mistake can undo days of meticulous work.

Once the mould is removed, we will apply the final 4- to 5-centimetre-thick layer of cement to the inside, smoothing it by hand. This will be followed by the application of two coats of waterproof, non-toxic paint—an essential barrier that will allow the reservoir to store safe drinking water for years to come.

Helping these families is not an act of charity; it is our collective responsibility. Improving their daily lives means reducing infections, perilous journeys to unsafe wells, and childhood illnesses. This is how we act: slowly, together, step by step, for a more peaceful life.

Join this journey by supporting and . Take action today for a better future.

25/11/2025

Water is the fundamental remedy. Without it, nothing functions: not the body, not the mind, not school, not food. In Hambarita, families have survived on just one or two jerrycans a day, roughly two litres per person, for drinking, cooking, and basic hygiene.

This reel begins where life intersects with engineering: at the circular base of a new ferrocement reservoir. Our team bends and ties iron bars by hand, constructing a spider-web-like skeleton designed to hold thousands of litres of rainwater. Each movement is slow and deliberate, as there are no machines available—only people who understand that accuracy is vital to delivering clean water to this hill.

Nearby, a family cooks over a wood fire, boiling the limited water they possess. They prepare fresh vegetables we brought, a rare and nutritious meal. Children run between tools and jerrycans, laughing, watching the tank take shape ring by ring. They understand this reservoir means filtered water at home, for both their health and education.

A reservoir changes mornings. Kids can wash before heading on long walks to school. Parents find relief from spending hours searching for unsafe water. In a place where dehydration, infections, and malnutrition are common, a few thousand litres of clean water offer a pathway to a healthier future.

This is our mission at and : to stand beside communities, build with our hands, and ensure no child’s life is hindered by the lack of something as fundamental as water.

Join us in making a difference. Your support can fill more reservoirs and futures.

22/11/2025

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻

Families cook with firewood indoors, burn plastic outside, and breathe dust from dry roads all day.

This invisible smoke enters the lungs and blood, triggering asthma, chronic cough, heart disease, and strokes. For children, it means repeated infections, missed school, and stunted growth. For pregnant women, it can affect the baby before birth.

With Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia, we measure these air pollution health risks on the ground and explain them in simple language so every family understands what is at stake.

𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: better cooking spaces, less burning of waste, better ventilation, and masks when the air is thick. Backed by sixteen years of Swiss medical and humanitarian work, we turn scientific evidence into daily practice in ultra-rural Indonesia.



Read more in the full article on air pollution health risks and how we act every day on the ground: https://fairfuturefoundation.org/air-pollution-health-risks/

Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-approved NGO since 2008. 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗛-𝟱𝟱𝟬.𝟭.𝟬𝟱𝟳.𝟬𝟮𝟳-𝟴

Fine particles in polluted air trigger lung disease, heart failure, and cognitive decline. Understanding these risks is crucial to protecting...

22/11/2025

𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: What happens to people who live hours away from the nearest healthcare facility?

𝗜𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, twenty dedicated Kawan Sehat health agents share their experiences in ultra-remote villages. From December 2024 to March 2025, they recorded hundreds of patients and more than a thousand cases, predominantly affecting children and women. Common ailments like respiratory infections, fever, wounds, diarrhoea, and skin diseases are part of their daily challenges. Without this program, these issues would remain invisible, risking severe consequences in rural communities.

In collaboration with Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia we equip, train, and supervise these agents to ensure healthcare, medicines, and preventive measures reach homes, schools, and churches. Our report transparently details the budget used, medication stocks, and the allocation of rupiah. Transparency is not just a commitment; it is documented through medical data, accounting sheets, and field photos.

𝗕𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗞𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, covering more villages and protecting more children. Your financial support for medicine, training, supervision, and transport is crucial to sustain this life-saving program. With sixteen years of fieldwork, we know this approach is among the most efficient ways to improve health outcomes in East Sumba.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, download all medical data and financial documents, and see how each visit and each rupiah is used in the field: https://fairfuturefoundation.org/primary-medical-care-quarterly-report/

Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-Approved Organisation, since 2008. Federal number | CH-550.1.057.027-8.

- Swiss Development & Cooperation - Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia - - Women in Global Health - World Health Organization (WHO) - UNICEF Indonesia - UNICEF - Rotary International - Malaria Partners International

Delivers Primary Medical Care East Sumba by sending trained Kawan Sehat agents to remote villages to treat children and mothers, prevent...

21/11/2025

In Nusa Tenggara Timur, East Sumba in Indonesia, Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia teams now use two HIV posters, in English and Indonesian, created for villages where s*xual education almost does not exist.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗜𝗩 is, how it is transmitted, how it is not, and how condoms, PrEP, sterile needles and treatment protect families.

Kawan Sehat health agents carry these posters in their backpacks, hang them in houses, schools and small clinics, and use them to open quiet, honest conversations about s*x, rights and health.

If you would like the 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, contact us via private message, and we will share the download link with you.

Thank you very much.
Fair Future Foundation - Federal number | CH-550.1.057.027-8



Swiss Development & Cooperation - Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia - UNICEF Indonesia - UNICEF - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region - WHO SEARO - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) - International Committee of the Red Cross - Promkes Dinkes Prov Ntt

20/11/2025

𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗗𝗶𝘁𝗮, 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵.

Over the past three years, two dedicated women, Agustina Pekawoli and Ferias Bangu Kahi, have embodied this mission as Kawan Sehat health workers, specially trained by Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia.

These resilient individuals traversed remote terrains to bring healthcare directly to villagers' doorsteps. Their responsibilities included monitoring fevers, treating wounds, conducting malaria tests, and determining when patients needed to seek more advanced care at nearby Puskesmas or hospitals.

In our recent final evaluation meeting, we gathered on the floor, laid out medical backpacks, and reviewed the detailed notebooks, registers, and educational posters. Each case study offered insights into their hard work and highlighted areas for future improvement. Although Agustina and Ferias are stepping down due to personal commitments—a decision we wholeheartedly respect—they leave behind a legacy of dedication. They returned their medical kits and were awarded certificates acknowledging their invaluable contribution under challenging circumstances.

Our program's journey, however, continues. New Kawan Sehat health agents are prepared to expand our network 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟯𝟬 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀. With ongoing supervision, data management, and training support from Rumah Kambera, we aim to equip each village as its own frontline of care. Join us in supporting and celebrating the growth of community-driven healthcare.

Let's unite for stronger community health! Follow and support Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://fairfuturefoundation.org/kawan-sehat-mbinudita-health/

Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-Approved NGO since 2008. 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗛-𝟱𝟱𝟬.𝟭.𝟬𝟱𝟳.𝟬𝟮𝟳-𝟴

- Swiss Development & Cooperation - Swiss Development & Cooperation - UNICEF Indonesia - UNICEF - World Health Organization (WHO) - Women in Global Health - Rotary Club Mandurah Districts - Malaria Partners International - SolarBuddy.org - UN Women - UN Women Indonesia

Describes how Kawan Sehat MbinuDita health agents Agustina and Ferias end their mission, return medical tools and data, and prepare new workers to...

20/11/2025

𝗜𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮, 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱.

Families use empty jerrycans, which they have by hand or, for the luckier ones, strapped to old scooters. They travel along dusty, stony roads and deep ruts to reach distant springs or water collection points. Much of this water arrives already contaminated or partially spilt. Children drink from open buckets; skin infections are common, and our medical teams have seen far too many cases of diarrhoea that should never have occurred.

Working with the community, our teams from Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia decided to use the rooftops of Hambarita as the primary water source. The result: the Wai La Padang blue cistern, a 5,300-litre ferrocement tank located just steps from three houses. All the materials were carried by hand, neighbours repaired the road, and local workers learned every technical step. Gutters, a first-flush system, and grates now direct heavy rains to the cistern, where the water is safely stored behind concrete walls.

For a medical foundation, this structure is an essential treatment tool. Access to clean drinking water reduces infections, burns from boiling dirty water, and the costs associated with tanker truck deliveries. Girls spend less time carrying water and more time at school. Older people are no longer at risk of falling on steep paths. After sixteen years of work carried out with Swiss support in remote rural areas, we know that every reservoir like the one in Wai La Padang quietly transforms the health of an entire village.

Read more about Wai La Padang and the families of Hambarita on our site here: https://fairfuturefoundation.org/rainwater-tank-wai-la-padang/State-approved

Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-approved NGO since 2008. Federal Number CH-550.1.057.027-8

- UN-Water - UN Women - Swiss Development & Cooperation - Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia - UNICEF - World Health Organization (WHO) - UN Women

Provides rainwater tank Wai La Padang for fifteen Hambarita villagers so rooftop rain becomes 5 300 litres of safe water near their doors, reducing...

19/11/2025

𝗜𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗶, 𝗟𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘂, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲.

Sarlota and Yosef are Kawan Sehat health workers with the Primary Medical Care program. They farm the hillsides, fetch water from a steep river path, raise their children, and then turn their small house into a clinic for the village.

Sarlota also teaches for the Charis Foundation, which opens small learning centres where no school exists or where the official school is too far. Yosef grows rice, corn and a few watermelons, trying to feed the family and sell some when the harvest allows it.

With training, medical kits and support from Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia, they examine fevers, clean wounds, explain treatments, and follow up with families. Yosef is the only man among dozens of women health workers, and he smiles about it, but both know how serious their responsibility is. Without them, most neighbours would never see a trained health worker.

For more than sixteen years, our Swiss-based team has worked with communities like Lahiru, enabling primary care, clean water, and basic prevention to reach ultra-rural families. This film shows what that work looks like inside one small house.

Read more on our website here: https://fairfuturefoundation.org/kawan-sehat-health-agent-day/State-approved

Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-approved NGO since 2008. 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗛-𝟱𝟱𝟬.𝟭.𝟬𝟱𝟳.𝟬𝟮𝟳-𝟴
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- Swiss Development & Cooperation - Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia - International Committee of the Red Cross - UNICEF - World Health Organization (WHO) - UN Women - Women in Global Health - Perth Rotary - Western Australia - Malaria Partners International

Follows Kawan Sehat health Agent in Lahiru as Sarlota and Yosef carry water, raise their child, farm the hillsides and turn their home into a...

19/11/2025

In many of our posts, you read about Kawan Sehat, medical backpacks, and long rides across East Sumba, yet you rarely meet the people behind this name.

This article finally answers a simple question: who are the Kawan Sehat health agents? Through portraits and brief biographies, they introduce themselves, sharing words shaped by three years of Primary Medical Care in remote hills.

They are mostly village women, with one man among them—almost all of whom are teachers or community workers. They reside in the same isolated places as the families they serve, often several hours away from any clinic. After training with Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia, they became the first line of care where no doctor is available. They clean and dress wounds, recognise malaria, support pregnant women, and follow up with fragile patients at home.

Sixteen years of Swiss-led field experience have shown us that community health only thrives when the people involved are visible. By giving these agents a voice, we demonstrate that our medical programmes are driven by neighbours who refused to look away when others were unwell. Read the full article to meet each of them in detail.

Explore the full article and meet each Kawan Sehat health agent through their portrait and story at https://fairfuturefoundation.org/who-are-kawan-sehat/, to gain a better understanding of how this community-based medical programme functions in daily life.



Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-approved NGO since 2008. Federal Number CH-550.1.057.027-8

Presents who are Kawan Sehat health agents with portraits and short bios, showing how they live, who they treat each month and how they keep...